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Article #23735Re: Iconification from another program
From: Mike Yang
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 19:23
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 19:23
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In article <rtdickerson.676675058@node_25d97>, rtdickerson@lescsse.jsc.nasa.gov (russel dickerson) writes:
|> I'm working on a client which forks off some other clients. I am
|> trying to determine how the first program can iconify all of the
|> others (ie Iconify Session). As I understand it, the window state
|> is private and cannot be modified by a program other than the
|> window manager. Can another program use the same mechanism??
True, but you can request that the window manager iconify the window
by using XIconifyWindow. Therefore, if your client can somehow get
the window ID's of the clients it forks, it can do "session" iconify.
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Mike Yang Silicon Graphics, Inc.
mikey@sgi.com 415/335-1786
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sgi!shinobu!odin!sgihub!zola!twilight!eukanuba.wpd.sgi.com!mikey From: mikey@eukanuba.wpd.sgi.com (Mike Yang) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Iconification from another program Message-ID: <1991Jun14.192342.23344@twilight.wpd.sgi.com> Date: 14 Jun 91 19:23:42 GMT References: <rtdickerson.676675058@node_25d97> Sender: news@twilight.wpd.sgi.com ( CNews Account ) Reply-To: mikey@sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Lines: 14