ekberg@asl.dl.nec.COM (Tom Ekberg) (04/08/91)
I am using a SPARCstation running the X Window System (X11R4) and FrameMaker 2.1X. I recently obtained the tvtwm window manager from MIT (patch level 4) and brought it up for internal use. The only difficulty I have is that FrameMaker document windows do not come up with the right size. When I open a document, very often the width of the document window will be more than 30000 pixels (about 25 feet wide for a 100dpi monitor). Sometimes the width will be reasonable (not correct, but reasonable) and the height will be more than 30000 pixels. The other times the width will be about 1/3 normal and the height about 2/3 the normal size. There seems to be an unusual interaction between the tvtwm window manager, a (presumably) ICCCM compliant window manager, and FrameMaker. I really like the virtual screen idea of tvtwm, especially for FrameMaker. It is nice to have all of FrameMaker's windows (paragraph, character, ...) in one place in the virtual screen so they don't get in the way when I am doing something else. If you have used tvtwm and FrameMaker successfully I'd like to find out how to get them to cooperate. -- tom, ekberg@asl.dl.nec.com (x3503)
dob@inel.GOV (Dave Brooks) (04/10/91)
From: ekberg@asl.dl.nec.COM (Tom Ekberg)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Date: 8 Apr 91 16:32:37 GMT
Organization: The Internet
[stuff deleted about wierd interaction between Frame 2.1X and tvtwm]
If you have used tvtwm and FrameMaker successfully I'd like to find out how to
get them to cooperate.
-- tom, ekberg@asl.dl.nec.com (x3503)
i'm in the same situation as you. i sent mail to comments@frame.com, the
address i got from the Frame Info window. they responded to me pretty
quickly, notifying that they received my email. about a week ago, they
sent me more mail indiciating that this problem is fixed in 2.1.1X. we also
have 2.1X.
the person within our company who is the Frame point of contact is working
with them to see if this is also fixed in the upcoming Frame 3.0.
note that Frame works fine under twm, except that you can't close
individual windows like you can under mwm. or at least i haven't figured
out how...
dlb
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------mikeh@bryant.NCD.COM (Mike Harrigan) (04/10/91)
In article <9104091721.AA05518@mijen.inel.gov>, dob@inel.GOV (Dave Brooks) writes: |> [lots of stuff deleted about tvtwm and Frame interaction and Frame supposedly fixing it in 2.1.1-X] |> |> note that Frame works fine under twm, except that you can't close |> individual windows like you can under mwm. or at least i haven't figured |> out how... Put the cursor in the window to be closed and type control-c. Works for most applications that use the Motif toolkit. I find it faster than using the mwm close command even when using mwm. Mike Harrigan Network Computing Devices mikeh@ncd.com
nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) (04/11/91)
In article <4960@lupine.NCD.COM> mikeh@bryant.NCD.COM (Mike Harrigan) writes: >Put the cursor in the window to be closed and type control-c. Works for >most applications that use the Motif toolkit. I find it faster than Not unless the programmer put the functionality in. Motif unfortunately does not specify standards for accelerators. A grave mistake IMHO. -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
aw@jello.bae.bellcore.com (Andrew Wason) (04/12/91)
In article <9104091721.AA05518@mijen.inel.gov>, dob@inel.GOV (Dave Brooks) writes: >note that Frame works fine under twm, except that you can't close >individual windows like you can under mwm. or at least i haven't figured >out how... Type Ctrl-C or Meta-F4 in the window. Andrew _______________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Wason Bell Communications Research aw@bae.bellcore.com Piscataway, NJ bellcore!bae!aw