argv%turnpike@Sun.COM (Dan Heller) (02/22/90)
In article <478@med.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) writes: > "olwm" doesn't accept font arguments and xv_set (base_frame,XV_FONT...) > doesn't work. Suggestions? (I see that there are various sized olglyph > fonts.) Remember: a "frame" (or base window) in an application is not associated with the window manager's decorations for toplevel windows (children of the root window). That means that the application does not have direct control over the fonts or colors of the titlebar, resize handles, gadgets or whatever that are installed on titlebar of the window. These functions are strictly window manager responsibilities and applications should not be able to set such attributes. Sepcifically to XView, setting XV_FONT in anything in the application will not affect your titlebar font. Use your X resources or window manager functions to set such attributes. dan ----------------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly && Associates argv@sun.com / argv@ora.com 632 Petaluma Ave, Sebastopol, CA 95472 800-338-NUTS, in CA: 800-533-NUTS, FAX 707-829-0104
mh@awds18.eaton.com (Mike H.) (02/23/90)
>> "olwm" doesn't accept font arguments and xv_set (base_frame,XV_FONT...) >> doesn't work. Suggestions? (I see that there are various sized olglyph >> fonts.) >Remember: a "frame" (or base window) in an application is not >associated with the window manager's decorations for toplevel >windows (children of the root window). That means that the >application does not have direct control over the fonts or >colors of the titlebar, resize handles, gadgets or whatever >that are installed on titlebar of the window. These functions >are strictly window manager responsibilities and applications >should not be able to set such attributes. why should'nt an application be able to set such attributes ? doing something like changing the color or the font of the title bar seems like a pretty pedestrian thing to want to do. -mike
converse@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Donna Converse) (02/23/90)
Concerning titlebars: > why should'nt an application be able to set such attributes ? > doing something like changing the color or the font of the title bar > seems like a pretty pedestrian thing to want to do. The *user* can do this, via the window manager; the application programmer should not dictate, not give the application the ability to dictate, what is actually under the purview of the window manager.
hvr@kimba.Sun.COM (Heather Rose) (03/06/90)
In article <132159@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> argv@sun.UUCP (Dan Heller) writes: >In article <478@med.Stanford.EDU> rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini) writes: >> "olwm" doesn't accept font arguments and xv_set (base_frame,XV_FONT...) >> doesn't work. Suggestions? (I see that there are various sized olglyph >> fonts.) > >Remember: a "frame" (or base window) in an application is not >associated with the window manager's decorations for toplevel >windows (children of the root window). That means that the >application does not have direct control over the fonts or >colors of the titlebar, resize handles, gadgets or whatever >that are installed on titlebar of the window. These functions >are strictly window manager responsibilities and applications >should not be able to set such attributes. > >Sepcifically to XView, setting XV_FONT in anything in the >application will not affect your titlebar font. Use your >X resources or window manager functions to set such attributes. Just browsing the olwm man page... olwm.TitleFont Font used in title bars above the windows. Default is Lucida-Sans Bold. olwm.IconFont Font used in icons. Default is Lucida-Sans. olwm.MenuTitleFont Font used in the title (first line) of menus. Default is lucidasans-bold-12. olwm.MenuButtonFont Font used for individual entries in menus. Default is lucidasans-12. olwm.GlyphFont Glyph font used for drawing OPEN LOOK graphics. You probably don't want to change this. Regards, Heather