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3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
This chapter lists the changes to 4Dwm since the previous
release.
+o Minimized window stacking order among the managed
windows is now remembered on a per desk basis.
+o A new resource, SG_iconAutoPlaceUnique has been added.
The default behavior is that 4Dwm will try not to
auto-place a new icon where another current client has
been iconified. This is not on a per desk basis.
+o Session management now remembers the location of
minimized window icons that are on the root window (not
in the iconbox).
+o The following are features added during or prior to
IRIX 6.1:
+o Silicon Graphics is happy to announce that the "Desks
Overview" dispute has been successfully resolved. The
Desks Overview and 4Dwm no longer check for the Desks
license.
+o 4Dwm is based on the Motif 1.2.4 version of _m_w_m. This
includes some support for internationalization. See
the Motif release notes for new features that were
integrated into 4Dwm from _m_w_m.
+o 4Dwm can save a session on reboot if the desktop system
shutdown tools are used, such as the toolchest System-
>"System Shutdown".
+o The default values of some resources have been changed.
Some of these resources are: clientAutoPlace,
interactivePlacement, wMenuButtonClick,
doubleClickTime. If the doubleClickTime is not
explicitly set, it should use the value of
multiClickTime which can be set through the toolchest
Desktop->Customize->Mouse panel. Backgrounds are
turned on the 4Dwm command line in the desktop
Xsession.dt file, otherwise backgrounds are off by
default and can be turned on by setting the
SG_useBackgrounds resource to True.
+o "Quit" in Window menu has become "Exit".
+o The 4Dwm dialogs have been removed from the overlay
planes. We wanted to use more colors than are
available on all systems there.
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+o 4Dwm expects to run with schemes turned on. If schemes
are turned off 4Dwm colors may need to be set
explicitly, especially colors for the overlay planes.
+o On some systems, the 4Dwm icons will share the same
colormap as the desktop. This is an attempt at further
reducing colormap flashing. Also, the reading of the
IRIS image format icon files has been improved.
+o Session management startup has been improved.
+o The following are features added during or prior to
IRIX 5.2:
+o Desks functionality has been added to 4Dwm. Desks
allows the user to organize windows into related groups
called ``desks.'' The toolchest entry ``Desktop->Desks
Overview'' invokes the user interface controls needed
to use desks easily and effectively. See the 4Dwm man
page for more information on desks.
+o Some additional session management functionality has
been added to 4Dwm. In its default configuration, 4Dwm
will attempt to save command lines for windows that are
on your display. Then, when you log in again, 4Dwm
will attempt to execute these commands. 4Dwm only
attempts to execute these commands if the -_l_a_u_n_c_h
option is specified on the 4Dwm command line. See the
toolchest Desktop->Customize->Windows control panel, as
well as the 4Dwm man page, for more information.
+o Screen background management has been added to 4Dwm.
It switches the screen backgrounds automatically when
the user switches desks, and it communicates to the
file manager when icons are on the background, so the
file manager can maintain the background. Whether or
not 4Dwm manages backgrounds is controlled by setting
the SG_useBackgrounds resource to True or to False.