# To subscribers of the xforms list from "j.w.c.a. lokin" <lokin@signaal.nl> :
John Levon wrote:
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> # To subscribers of the xforms list from John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk> :
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> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, j.w.c.a. lokin wrote:
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> > # To subscribers of the xforms list from "j.w.c.a. lokin" <lokin@signaal.nl> :
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> > Steve Lamont wrote:
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> > > # To subscribers of the xforms list from Steve Lamont <spl@ncmir.ucsd.edu> :
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> > > > I need to iconify and restore forms on some specific events. I did
> > > > consult the manual pages and tried several ways, but I am still
> > > > unsuccessful. I am a bit surprized since it seems I've used X-forms for
> > > > years now to be quite a basic action !
> > >
> > > fl_iconify() will send a request to your window manager to iconify the
> > > Window containing the form. fl_winshow() may redisplay it.
> >
> > Indeed, it may. If the form is transient the program seems to hang in
> > the call to fl_winshow() and more specifically in the call to
> > wait_mapwin(). It may seem stupid to want to uniconify transient forms,
> > but olvwm, which I otherwise like, does not uniconify the transient
> > windows when I uniconify the "parent".
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> You can try working around this with XMapWindow() on the X Window id of
> the form.
Yep, it helps. One wonders why fl_winshow() doesn't do the same...
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