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| 4 | Mwm 1.2 Snapshot PreFinal Notes (20 Mar 92) |
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| 7 | This is a list of UNSUPPORTED compilation flags used by Mwm: |
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| 9 | NO_SHAPE - turn off non-rectangular shape extension support for |
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| 10 | environments that do not have libXext.a. |
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| 12 | NO_MULTIBYTE - turn off support for multibyte text and localized |
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| 13 | text. |
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| 15 | MOTIF_ONE_DOT_ONE - use this flag when compiling Mwm 1.2 against |
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| 16 | a Motif 1.1 Xm Toolkit. This flag has only been |
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| 17 | touch tested with the NO_MULTIBYTE option also set |
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| 18 | (ie. cc -DMOTIF_ONE_DOT_ONE -DNO_MULTIBYTE). |
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| 21 | This is an list of the changes from Mwm 1.1 to Mwm 1.2. |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | GENERAL |
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| 25 | ------- |
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| 26 | |
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| 27 | Performance enhancements: |
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| 28 | event optimization and focus event compression |
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| 29 | streamline frequently executed routines |
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| 30 | fixed unnecessary redraws of icon image |
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| 31 | fixed memory leaks |
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| 32 | |
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| 33 | I18n of .mwmrc file |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | I18n of mwm's dialog messages |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | Builtin default root menu (named DefaultRootMenu) |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | Improved support for clients with multiple colormaps |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | Improved clientAutoPlace placement algorithm |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | Support menu unpost replay so that the unposting buttonDown is |
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| 44 | passed on. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | Support Motif tear-off menus (ie. no truncation of title) |
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| 47 | |
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| 48 | Support WM_QUERY drag and drop protocol (pre-register mode). |
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| 49 | |
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| 50 | Improved traversal of icons in iconbox (ie. autoscroll to icon with |
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| 51 | focus). |
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| 52 | |
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| 53 | Widget names used by Mwm exposed (ie. TitleName, PushButtonGadget<n>, |
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| 54 | etc). |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | Support continuation character '\' in .mwmrc file |
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| 57 | |
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| 58 | Button1 double click on icons will restore icons to their previous |
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| 59 | window state (ie. maximize window will deiconify to their maximum |
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| 60 | size). |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | Alt and Meta key modifiers are treated as different modifiers. |
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| 63 | |
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| 64 | Posting icon menus via KMenu (now Shift+F10) is fixed |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | Allow f.minimize from an icon in an iconbox. |
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| 67 | |
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| 68 | "Globally active" windows are supported correctly. |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | Both "Alt Shift Ctrl<Key>exclam" and "Alt Ctrl<Key>1" will toggle |
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| 71 | behavior. |
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| 72 | |
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| 73 | Support of non-rectangular SHAPED windows. Now fully supported and |
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| 74 | documented. |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | NEW OR ENHANCED MWM F.FUNCTIONS |
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| 78 | ------------------------------- |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | Modified "f.lower" function to take 'within' and 'freeFamily' to |
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| 81 | lower transient window below parent. |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | Added "f.screen arg" function to traverse screens. Legal arguments |
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| 84 | are next, prev, last, or a screen number. |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | Added "f.restore" function to restore window to previous window |
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| 87 | state. This function will be be bounded by default to Button1 |
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| 88 | double click on root icons. |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | Added "f.restore_and_raise" function to restore window to previous |
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| 91 | window state. This function will be be bounded by default to |
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| 92 | Button1 double click on icons in an iconbox. |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | |
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| 95 | NEW OR IMPROVED RESOURCES |
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| 96 | ------------------------- |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | Modified "maximumClientSize" resource to take 'vertical' or |
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| 99 | 'horizontal' as values (eg. users can specify that Xterms maximize |
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| 100 | only in the vertical direction). |
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| 102 | Added "usePPostion" resource that takes the values (on, off, or |
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| 103 | nonzero) to control whether program specified postion is used or |
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| 104 | not. The default for this resource is 'nonzero'. |
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| 105 | |
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| 106 | Added "feedbackGeometry" resource to set the position of the |
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| 107 | move/resize feedback window. The default is the center of the |
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| 108 | screen. |
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| 109 | |
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| 110 | Modified "resizeBorderWidth" to default depending on the size and |
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| 111 | resolution of the screen, instead of defaulting to a hardcode '10'. |
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| 112 | |
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| 113 | Modified "frameBorderWidth" to default depending on the size and |
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| 114 | resolution of the screen, instead of defaulting to a hardcode '5'. |
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| 116 | Modified "iconPlacement" to take the value 'tight' for auto icon |
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| 117 | placement with no gaps between icons. |
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| 118 | |
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| 119 | Added "moveOpaque" resource to enable opaque window moves. Now |
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| 120 | fully supported and documented. |
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