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- From: robert@cobra.sybase.com (Robert Garvey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: A few OpenLook questions ...
- Keywords: openlook, resources, lame
- Message-ID: <23125@sybase.sybase.com>
- Date: 4 Sep 92 18:19:24 GMT
- References: <BtEHou.3GL@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <BtHCzJ.LF@micromuse.co.uk> <1992Aug25.114410.8413@cas.org>
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- In article <1992Aug25.114410.8413@cas.org>, lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:
- |> In article <BtHCzJ.LF@micromuse.co.uk> dj@godot.co.uk writes:
- |> :In article 3GL@news.cso.uiuc.edu, jrpg8255@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jeremy Payne ) writes:
- |> :>
- |> :>-> How can I get more control over window properties (like individual colors
- |> :> for certain windows like in SunView), again since the Properties interface
- |> :> doesn't seem to provide this?
- |> :>
- |> :
- |> :Look at the X resource mechanism, where these options reside.
- |> :
- |> Actually, you have to look at man 7 xview. Of course, you will discover
- |> that the only way to control the individual properties of most XView programs
- |> is via command line arguments - XView commands generally use command
- |> specific resources for command specific properties. There doesn't appear to
- |> be a cmdtool resource for background color, etc.
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- One of the less pleasant aspects of the tools provided with OpenLook.
- There seems to be so little configuration available for the olwm window
- manager, that I'm running twm on top of the NeWS server. Having a few
- resource specifications like:
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- Font.Name: -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
- scrollbar.jumpCursor: True
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- seems rather shortsighted. The other shortcoming is the NeWS server's
- problems with font specifications like -*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-
- and the requirement that ALL dashes be included.
-
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