On Wed 12.Nov'08 at 15:18:05 +0100, Gilbert wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:40:26 +0100
> "Carlos R. Mafra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Thu 6.Nov'08 at 17:40:42 +0100, Gilbert wrote:
> > > Also, I have one 'gripe' about wmaker that bothers me, but I'm probably
> > > not a good enough
> > > coder to come up with a fix on my own. When right clicking on a un-docked
> > > DockApp and
> > > choosing 'Kill', the pop-window that follows thats says:
> > > 'Kill Application' shows the window class instead of the window
> > > name: 'DockApp will be forcibly closed' instead of:
> > > 'YawmPPP will be forcibly closed' (for example).
> > >
> > > This is not noticable with all DockApps because many, or most of them
> > > have the same
> > > window 'class' as window 'name'. For me, though, this happens with all my
> > > DockApps becuase
> > > i have them all patched to use 'DockApp' as the class, instead of using
> > > the same string as
> > > for the window 'name', if they are not already that way. In other words,
> > > some DockApps already
> > > have the class set to DockApp. the diference seems to be related to the
> > > libdockapp API -this
> > > was changed and the library was incorporated into Wutils libs.
> > >
> > > I deliberately patch the DockApps this way because I run wmaker with both
> > > the Dock
> > > and Clip disabled. I also disable all mini-windows and application and
> > > shared icons.
> > > This means that I get a completely clean desktop and only DockApps get
> > > shown when they
> > > are running (undocked). When started, they run with the icon in the
> > > location specified
> > > in the options. The key thing here, is that only DockApps which have
> > > their window 'class'
> > > set to 'DockApp' will show up. Those (many) DockApps which have the class
> > > set to the
> > > window 'name' will not display at all on the screen.
> > >
> > > I have no problem patching nearly any DockApp to change the class to
> > > DockApp, but the
> > > undelying behaviour of wmaker which doesn't show the name of the app in
> > > the kill panel is bothersome.
> >
> > Have you tried to modify src/dock.c and src/appicon.c and change
> > icon->wm_class to
> > icon->command in this part of the code?
> >
> > buffer = wstrconcat(icon->wm_class,
> > _(" will be forcibly closed.\n"
> > "Any unsaved changes will be lost.\n"
> > "Please confirm."));
> >
> > I haven't tested this because this is non-issue for me, but I think it will
> > write
> > the 'command' you used to start the application. If you start them by
> > invoking
> > only their name (with no options and not specifying the whole path) then
> > this
> > give you more or less what you want, I think.
> >
> Thanks for he help Carlos. Actually I did try a change there, but I wasn't
> sure what
> variable would be holding the app name at that point.
Take a look at the struct called WAppIcon inside src/appicon.h
> I'll give that a shot.
If your computer explode don't blame me! :-)
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