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Date: 17 Apr 89 22:47:22 GMT
From: munnari!otc!metro!basser!usage!csdvx0!decus!taylort@uunet.uu.net  (Trevor Taylor)
Organization: DECUS, Australian Chapter
Subject: DECwindows tid bits
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Here are a couple of ideas for your Xdefaults file. What?
You don't have one? Neither did I until I was talking to
a friend at DEC the other day ...

Create a file in your login directory called:
	DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT

Insert the following two lines in it:

wm*sticky:	TRUE
wm*flash:	TRUE

Then quit out of the session and log in again.

The first item makes windows "sticky", i.e., they will not
automatically pop to the front when you click on them. (This
is documented, after a fashion, using Shift-Click on the
push-to-back gadget on the title bar.)

The second one has an interesting effect whenever you shrink
or expand a window to/from an icon. Macintosh anyone?


	Trevor Taylor

P.S. These are both examples of a more general facility called
the Resource Database. Check the X documentation for more info.