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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

1431.0. "xwininfo(MIT) on VMS/DECWindows" by MUNICH::KOLB () Wed Sep 13 1989 08:26

    Problem with xwininfo (MIT) on VMS
    
    
    invoking xwininfo (MIT) on VMS/Decwindows always reports the same
    window ID (root window).
    When the window manageer is stopped then the programm works fine!!
    
    Comparing the window ID with those of XTREE-demo:
    
    	w = xxxxxxx
    	. w = yyyyyyy    
    	
    The second window is the windowID xwininfo always has as result!
    
    
    The DECwindow window manager adds one or more windows to every
    "user"-window
    
    QUESTION:
    
    		1. Is there a xwininfo demo written for the DECwindows
    		   window manager ???
    
    		2. Where can I get info how the window manager works
    		   internal.
    
    
    			have a nice day, Helmut.

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	The same problem occurs in Ultrix/UWS. If you use the xwininfo sources from MIT X11R3 you can see the same problem on Ultrix as on VMS. The reason is that the window manager 'changes' the window hierarchy by adding his own windows and reparenting his children. But there is an xwininfo supplied with the UWS software which works fine. Could anyone point me and Helmut to the sources of this DEC version ? Another problem (with our window manager) is that the RootWindow macro returns the real window id of the root (which you actually cannot see), but not the 'virtual' root from the window manager (which you can see !). How can I figure out this window id within a program, for instance to fix the problem which was mentioned in note 1011 and answered (???) by Ken Lee? If you use xwininfo from UWS to get the 'window manger root' id and substitute ' d = RootWindow(..)' by this you can copy your root window to a pixmap and vice versa. But a lot of questions remain ... Guenter.

The same problem occurs in Ultrix/UWS.

If you use the xwininfo sources from MIT X11R3 you can see the same problem on
Ultrix as on VMS. The reason is that the window manager 'changes' the window
hierarchy by adding his own windows and reparenting his children. But there is
an xwininfo supplied with the UWS software which works fine. Could anyone point
me and Helmut to the sources of this DEC version ?

Another problem (with our window manager) is that the RootWindow macro returns
the real window id of the root (which you actually cannot see), but not the 
'virtual' root from the window manager (which you can see !). How can I figure 
out this window id within a program, for instance to fix the problem which was 
mentioned in note 1011 and answered (???) by Ken Lee? If you use xwininfo
from UWS to get the 'window manger root' id and substitute ' d = RootWindow(..)'
by this you can copy your root window to a pixmap and vice versa.

But a lot of questions remain ...

Guenter.