| 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 |
I'm trying to make a popup window on the root window using the standard
Motif resources, but it's not working. From what it says in the Motif MWM
manual, this should work. Any clues?
DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT
Mwm*configFile: sys$login:decw$mwm.rc
SYS$LOGIN:DECW$MWM.RC
Menu MyMenu
{
"Applications" f.title
no-label f.separator
"DECterm" f.exec "create/term/det"
}
Buttons MyButtons
{
<Button2Down> root f.menu "MyMenu"
}
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3219.1 | Probably lots of bugs | STAR::VATNE | Peter Vatne, VMS Development | Thu Aug 16 1990 19:07 | 12 |
I haven't been able to affect the Motif Window Manager settings either through the DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT file or the DECW$MWM.DAT file. This may be a bug. The only way I've gotten Motif to recognize my own menus is to put them in SYS$LOGIN:DECW$MWM_RC.DAT, and to always name the menu RootMenu, and my buttons DefaultButtonBindings. I'm not positive, but I think you may have to spell button 2 as <Btn2Down>. Also, I believe that f.exec is not implemented on VMS. The last time I tried this, I hung the window manager. | |||||
| 3219.2 | <Btn2Down> fixed it | AIRBAG::SWATKO | Electrons are cheap. Trees are not. | Thu Aug 16 1990 19:30 | 13 |
That was the problem. It should have been <Btn2Down>, not <Button2Down>. It works now. Put the resource Mwm*configFile: sys$login:decw$mwm.rc (or whatever filename) near the top of the file to make it find your resource file. It works for me. Now the problem is: 1. Any menu element "f.exec" causes an ACCVIO 2. I can't make a bitmap entry because MWM is always appending a "/" in front of the filename and VMS doesn't like that. | |||||
| 3219.3 | Look in SUBWAY::MOTIF conference | BOMBE::MOORE | Eat or be eaten | Thu Aug 16 1990 20:29 | 2 |
There is a patch listed in the MOTIF conference to enable f.exec for
VMS. I believe the other problem has been discussed there as well.
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