Re: Tweeking X11

[Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost>]

So, I re-read this today:

bash-5.1$ xprop -id 0x120001f  _NET_WM_NAME
_NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "KWin"

Are you giving *WM_NAME a var , or name???



On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM Andrew Randrianasulu
<randrianasulu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > I found both MOTIF Manuals -- 6A and 8B
> >
> > You mean this???
>
>
> Not ...
>
> https://superuser.com/questions/1369172/find-out-x-server-window-manager-from-x-client
>
> On my machine (your root win id will be different!)
>
> bash-5.1$ xprop -root _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK
> _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK(WINDOW): window id # 0x120001f
> bash-5.1$ xprop -id 0x120001f  _NET_WM_NAME
> _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "KWin"
>
>
> Then depending on Window Manager name you read how to configure how
> windows stacked relative to each other
>
> in Fluxbox and kwin it all in GUI
>
> Not sure about netBSD's default CTWM (from Linux right now)
>
> If we still talk about keeping special window with text you prepared
> with ImageMagick visible at all times
>
> >
> > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM Andrew Randrianasulu
> > <randrianasulu%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > <<   That'll depend upon, and be configured in, your
> > > > <<  window manager.
> > > >
> > > > << X window manager is CTWM, fluxbox, openbox .. they
> > > > << usually control
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If MOTIF does not fit in this list, then I need to change
> > > > to what?  I like the see and feel of MOTIF ...
> > >
> > > If you use Motif Window Manager (as opposed to using some Motif
> > > program outputting image) you hopefully can find manual to it and read
> > > there now to set window order ? never tried motif window manager....
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM <ignatios%cs.uni-bonn.de@localhost> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 01:52:10AM +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM Todd Gruhn <tgruhn2%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > OK .. I am using MOTIF -- specific is motif-2.3.8nb3
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Motif is widget set/ GUI library / toolkit.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > X window manager is CTWM, fluxbox, openbox .. they usually control
> > > > > > what window can cover others.
> > > > >
> > > > > well, there's mwm, a window manager using the motif toolkit.
> > > > >
> > > > >         -is