Thanks you, Mikhael, for your useful suggestions regarding my recent query (shown below.) I figured out how to do transparent FvwmButtons in version 2.4.5. I will upgrade to 2.5.* one of these days to use the newer features.
Now I have a related question. When I change the root window background image, the transparent FvwmButtons do not refresh themselves, because I guess they are not aware that the root has changed. I have to do a RefreshWindow on FvwmButtons to get the transparent parts adapt to the new background. This brings me to my question: will upgrading to 2.5.* help to get around this? If not, is there a "standard" method to update fvwm's transparent objects when the root background changes? As always, thank you for your time and dedication to readers of this mailing list. Rouben > On 26 May 2003 21:18:07 -0400, Rouben Rostamian wrote: > > > > Fvwm version: 2.4.5 > > > > Let's say I have three windows with resource names win1, win2, win3. > > I want to set things up so that when any of the three windows are > > raised, the other two are also raised automatically. Similarly, > > when any one of them is lowered, the other two are also lowered > > automatically. In other words, the three windows act in tandem as > > far as raising/lowering goes. > > > > Let's assume that the geometry of the windows are fixed and they > > do now overlap, otherwise we may run into problems. > > > > I played around with FvwmEvent but did not get far. I would appreciate > > if you could help me with this. > > You should be aware of endless loops. Say, you listen to lower_window, > get win1 then you lower all 3 windows and get 3 new lower_window > events... Maybe "*FvwmEvent: Delay 2" will help you to avoid this. > > Is the problem that your windows are CirculateSkip? Then do: > > Next (FvwmPager, CirculateHit) Lower > > > In case you are wondering why I want to do this, here is the reason. > > I have three little windows near the bottom edge of the screen. > > A Pager, an Xosview, and an Xload. Like this: > > > > > > +------------+ +------------+ +------------+ > > | | | | | | > > | | | | | | > > +------------+ +------------+ +------------+ > > > > If these windows are partially obscured by another application and > > if the user raises one of them, I want all three to raise at once, > > giving the impression that they are one whole unit, not three separate > > windows. > > > > PS: I tried putting the three objects inside one FvwmButtons, but wasn't > > able to make transparent horizontal gaps between them. > > This is indead the best solution. Can you try again with 2.5.x using > transparent colorset and "Style FvwmButtons ParentalRelativity"? > > Regards, > Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
