On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 10:12:22AM +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 10:04:51PM +0200, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 05:25:40PM +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > And I also noticed that if I define a MiniIcon style for the
> > > window and run the scripts too, the mini icon is displayed on top
> > > of the real icon.  I wonder if that's a bug or if it's a secret
> > > feature that I could not find in the documentation yet.
> > 
> > The function I've posted?  Well the aim is to get something similar to
> > what MacOSX does.
> 
> Oh, that's something your function does.  I didn't even read the
> image processing functions.  :-)
> 
> > Let me explain the whole history.  I borrowed the
> > idea from here:
> > 
> > http://zensites.net/fvwm/guide/advanced_functions.html
> > 
> > And combined it with what I've read in the fvwm.org FAQ:
> > 
> > http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#toc_7.18
> > 
> > Note that Thomas put two versions in the FAQ, the first using
> > DestrowWindowStyle and the second using SetEnv.
> 
> Actually, it was me who put Q7.18 into the FAQ.  I cannot remember
> who wrote these functions in the first place, though.  ;-)
> 
> > I got the thing working (the function I've pasted in my second message),
> > I simplified a bit the pipe commands (used just import) and instead of
> > icons like the guy of the first site did I used mini icons at the top of
> > the thumbnail.  The result I got was:
> > 
> > http://roquesor.com/Downloads/fvwm_desktop.png
> 
> Nice.
> 
> > The problem came because, time ago I'd borrowed from some place (I don't
> > remember from where) a ShowDesktop function, I modified it a bit too:
> > 
> > DestroyFunc ShowDesktop
> > AddToFunc   ShowDesktop
> > + I SendToModule FvwmAnimate pause
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, Iconic, State 1) RestoreDesktop
> > + I TestRc (Match) Break
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, !Iconic, !State 1) ThisWindow State 1 
> > True
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, !Iconic, State 1) Thumbnail
> >                                                       ^^^^^^^^^
> >                                                      (replaced with Iconify)
> > + I SendToModule FvwmAnimate play
> > 
> > DestroyFunc RestoreDesktop
> > AddToFunc   RestoreDesktop
> > + I SendToModule FvwmAnimate pause
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, Iconic, State 1, !Focused) Iconify
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, Iconic, State 1) Iconify
> > + I All (AcceptsFocus, CurrentPage, State 1) ThisWindow State 1 False
> > + I SendToModule FvwmAnimate play
> > 
> > Thumbnail was too slow for this function, the idea is ShowDesktop to be
> > instantaneous.  Hence I put here "Iconify".  I forgot DeThumbnail
> > function :-), FvwmEvent reseted the icon each time the application was
> > de-iconified that's why the icon setted in styles worked just the first
> > time and the IconOverride was ignored.
> 
> Oh, I see.  MoveToDesk should work better and faster and not
> trigger any unwanted application behaviour on iconification:
> 
> --
> addtofunc showdesktop
> + i all (currentdesk, !iconic) movetodesk 42
> 
> addtofunc restoredesktop
> + i gotodesk 42
> + i all (currentdesk) movetodesk -42
> + i gotodesk -42
> --
> 
> The restoration function is a bit complicated because at the
> moment you cannot say "all (desk 42) ..."; you can only check for
> the current desk.  Note that sticky windows are not affected.  If
> that is necessary, you would have to unstick them, store their
> "sticky" status in one of the windowstate flags and restore their
> stickyness in the restoredesktop function.  I'm to lazy to do that
> now, but if you would like to see how to do that, just ask.

Wow! Sorry, for butting in, but is there a link where all this is
explained for the layman?

I've tried reading the man page - not easy! :(

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