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Re: fvwm95 and icons



In Wed, 01 Mar 2000 15:56:02 +0100, de profundis Jose Alberto Lobo <lobo@ffn.ub.es> cum veritas scribat

lobo>     Hi!,
lobo> 
lobo>     I run Debian slink and use fvwm95 window manager --I know it's a little
lobo> primitive, but very robust and easy to handle. I have however a silly problem
lobo> with the icons in the button bar: there are certain applications --netscape,
lobo> xfig, xterm, etc.-- I launch by clicking on the corresponding button. While
lobo> the corresponding program is loaded the button looks pressed, but one expects
lobo> it to return to the original position on load finish. Some of the applications
lobo> do show this behaviour, such as xterms, but others don't, such as netscape, xfig
lobo> and others. With these the button remains in "pressed" state forever, even after
lobo> exiting the associated program. It can be clicked on again, and the application
lobo> restarts normally.
lobo> 
lobo>     Not very serious, indeed, but a bit of a nuisance to look at...
lobo> 
lobo>     Anybody any suggestions?

*FvwmButtons Netscape nscape.xpm Exec "Netscape" netscape -geometry 621x700+0+0
*FvwmButtons command rterm.xpm	Exec "XTerm" xterm -ut -rv -title EnglishTerminal&


I have these settings, and I think they seem to work. 
The "Application name" part after Exec seems to be important.
If you don't get it right, the button will look pressed all the time.
I don't know what fvwm95 looks at for buttons, but I guess it is
the window title, or something else, of the executed application.

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