On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 04:50:17PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 12 Oct 2002 10:13:47 +0200, Grzegorz Nieweglowski wrote: > > I often have a couple (or so) xterms opened, which as far as I can tell > > have all identical atributes (Class/Name/Title etc.) > > > > I would hovewer find it usefull to have a keybinding that, say, turns > > the active windows "FixedPosition" state on. But the Style command > > accepts only name, class or resource strings, and with multiple xterms > > those strings are shared among all of those little pests. I know that > > I can force an xterm to change it's title to something unique, either > > with a command line/X resource option, or with an escape sequence at > > run-time, but that really isn't a solution. For a moment I thought that > > "Style xterm IndexedWindowName" could come usefull here, but it only > > changes the appearance of the titlebar, and so it does not influence the > > "Style" command... If only Style would support "$w" (WindowID)... > > > > Am I asking for the impossible, or have I just overlooked something > > obvious? > > If something is only configurable using Style and you don't use the > unique id string, this is not possible yet. But setting Style on per > window basis (and not just on per id basis as it is now) is on to-do list. > > Practically, it is often solvable without such functionality. > Just start all special xterms with -name YourUniqueId option (-n and -T > may work too) and configure Style YourUniqueId.
You can also set xterm's class with "xterm -class foobar". This way you won't see the mangled string in the window title. > But of course, this is a statical solution, you ask for a dynamical one. > You may change the window name and icon name of xterm dynamically using: [snip] Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
