| 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 |
Is the limiting factor for the maximum number of ICONS an operating system limitation (number of processes) or is there an additional DECWINDOWs configuration parameter? thanx, -ed
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2108.1 | 32 client connections ? | WAIT::DESAI | Jatin Desai | Tue Jan 23 1990 09:27 | 6 |
There is an upper limit of 32 client connections to DECwindows X servers. Apparently this was due to some engineering tradeoff. I have not heard of any limits on number of icons. Jatin | |||||
| 2108.2 | what are icons, etc. | CALL::SWEENEY | Patrick Sweeney in New York | Sun Jan 28 1990 13:20 | 15 |
There are many definitions of "icon". An icon is basically a pixmap or
a window that has some singular semanics (ie one simple meaning).
Icons which appear in the window manager icon box are the creations of
the window manager client. The semantics of these icons is that they
map and unmap other windows when MB1 is pressed and released on one of
them.
As for what's the maximum, why not run a program, create a bunch of
toplevel shells (they are the kind that the window manager will create
icons for) and see how many get created before the window manager or
the server blows up? You know, even if the implementer of the window
manager supplied an answer here as a reply, it still could be wrong
unless actually tested.
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