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Re: XView Conversion Problem

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From: Heather Rose
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1990 02:33
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In article <HOGAN.90Feb14155624@trollope.csl.sri.com> hogan@trollope.csl.sri.com (Emmett Hogan) writes:
>
>SetUp: Sun 3/80, SunOS 4.0.3, X11R4 (compiled with cc)
>
>The problem occurs  when  the window is   iconified and  the   program
>attempts to change the icon  (This  program monitors several log files
>and changes the icon when an entry  is made  in one  of the logs); the
>icon does not change and cannot be  de-iconified by simply clicking on
>the icon,  I must choose the (de)-iconify   entry in   my TWM menu and
>click on the  icon.  The  window will then  pop up,   which the latest
>entry appearing in the monitored log file,  but  the icon also remains
>on the  screen.  When I re-iconify the  window,  it  goes back  to the
>previously frozen icon,   but  I can now  open   the  window again  by
>clicking on the icon (until of course, the  program tries to change it
>again).  I have found  this behavior in other programs  (i.e. contool)
>that I have tried to convert to XView, that try to change the icon.

I believe this is a twm limitation pointed out by someone else on this
alias.  There's even a fix for it I believe...

Regards,

Heather
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From: hvr@kimba.Sun.COM (Heather Rose)
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Subject: Re: XView Conversion Problem
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Date: 27 Feb 90 02:33:48 GMT
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