[comp.windows.x] twm, things I've fixed

tlastran@esunix.UUCP (Tom LaStrange) (05/05/88)

I have fixed/implemented the following things in twm.

1.  Window moves and resizes now work VERY good on slower machines
    such as the Vaxstation II we have here.  I poll the pointer
    position rather than getting motion events. Thanks Carl.

2.  Initial window positioning incorrectly used the window size hints
    rather than the window position hints in determining if the window
    had a geometry specified.  Thanks Dana.

3.  Multiple button presses in the root window causes multiple menus
    to be popped up.  Thanks Guido.

4.  I now center the font in the title bar even if it is too big to fit.
    It looks better.

5.  I finally handle PropertyNotify events so the title and the icon of
    the window now change.  I had no idea that xmh was doing that all
    along!

6.  I fixed the problem with windows being the wrong size if twm handles
    the initial position.  I did have that working properly at one point,
	honest.

7.  You can no longer "resize" the icon window.  If you haven't seen this,
    select f.resize from a menu and pick an icon to resize.

Also, several people have been telling me about the xterm cursor
staying dark after a few times moving the mouse into and out of xterm
windows.  This may be a problem in the toolkit.  The problem does not
exist in the X11R1 xterm and may be related to the fact that I
explicitly set input focus to windows.  At one point, Ed Swick was
looking into the problem, Ed are you listening?

I will post complete sources (not patches) in a week or so.  I don't have
access to a machine that is anonymous ftp'able, sorry.

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tlastran@esunix.UUCP (Tom LaStrange) (05/05/88)

> Also, several people have been telling me about the xterm cursor
> staying dark after a few times moving the mouse into and out of xterm
> windows.  This may be a problem in the toolkit.  The problem does not
> exist in the X11R1 xterm and may be related to the fact that I
> explicitly set input focus to windows.  At one point, Ed Swick was
> looking into the problem, Ed are you listening?
> 

That should be Ralph Swick, not Ed.  SORRY Ralph.

--
Tom L.

lydia@daisy.UUCP (Lydia Yomtovian) (05/10/88)

	Does the fix for move and resize (item #1), fixes also
	the window distortion when growing (resize) the window above 
        the title bar?

	If not, is there anyone who is working on this fix?



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