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List:       debian-user
Subject:    Re: Minimized windows do not display icons under Sawfish
From:       dman <dsh8290 () rit ! edu>
Date:       2001-10-31 20:52:10
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:31:03PM +0000, descdata@att.net wrote:
| 
| > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 09:13:55PM +0000, descdata@att.net wrote:
| > 
| > > Since changing from  WindowMaker to Sawfish, minimized 
| > > windows do not display icons.
| > 
| > Good... then sawfish is working properly.
| > 
| > > Are others showing icons properly? Is this one of this, slip a line into
| > > the rc file things?
| > 
| > There is no "properly".  Sawfish doesn't display icons.  You need something
| > like the Gnome panel or fspanel if you want to be able to see iconized
| > applications.
| > 
| > Or if you like the icons, perhaps you should continue to use WindowMaker.
| > ^_^
|
| Thanks for correcting me in. :-}. However, can you tell me why the
| hint text for the minimize button says ‘Button1-Off
| iconify-window’? Being excessively literal minded, I expected to
| see an icon!

The tooltip first tells what the event is (Button 1 Off, not Button 1
Press or Button 2 <something>), then what action will be performed
(iconify-window).  It puts the window into the "iconified" state and
doesn't display it in a normal frame.  A window manager should do
nothing more than manage windows.  Displaying icons is not part of
managing windows so sawfish leaves that chore to the desktop.

-D


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