mwm(3)
NAME
Tk::Mwm - Communicate with the Motif(tm) window manager.
SYNOPSIS
use Tk::Mwm; $toplevel->mwmOption?(args)? $toplevel->mwm(option ?,args?)
DESCRIPTION
Interface to special extentions supported by mwm.
METHODS
- $toplevel->mwmDecoration?(?option??=>value? ?,...?)?
- When no options are given, this method returns the
values of all the decorations options for the toplevel
window with the $toplevel. When only one option is given without specifying the value, the current value
of that option is returned. When more than one
"option-value" pairs are passed to this method, the
specified values will be assigned to the corresponding
options. As a result, the appearance of the Motif dec
orations around the toplevel window will be changed.
Possible options are: -border, -menu, -maximize, -min imize, -resizeh and -title. The value must be a Boolean value. The values returned by this command are
undefined when the window is not managed by mwm. - $toplevel->mwmIsmwmrunning
- This returns value is true if mwm is running on the
screen where the specified window is located, false
otherwise. - $toplevel->mwmProtocol
- When no additional options are given, this method
returns all protocols associated with this toplevel
window. - $toplevel->mwmProtocol(activate => protocol_name)
- Activate the mwm protocol message in mwm's menu.
- $toplevel->MwmProtocol(add => protocol_name, menu_message)
- Add a new mwm protocol message for this toplevel win
dow. The message is identified by the string name
specified in protocol_name. A menu item will be added into mwm's menu as specified by menu_message. Once a new mwm protocol message is added to a toplevel, it
can be caught by the TK protocol method. Here is an example:
$toplevel->mwmProtocol('add' => 'MY_PRINT_HELLO', - '"Print Hello" _H Ctrl<Key>H');
$toplevel->protocol('MY_PRINT_HELLO' => sub {print - "Hello"});
- $toplevel->mwmProtocol('deactivate' => protocol_name)
- Deactivate the mwm protocol message in mwm's menu.
- $toplevel->mwmProtocol('delete' => protocol_name)
- Delete the mwm protocol message from mwm's menu.
Please note that the window manager protocol handler
associated with this protocol (by the protocol method) is not deleted automatically. You have to delete the
protocol handle explicitly. E.g.:
$mw->mwmProtocol('delete' => 'MY_PRINT_HELLO');$mw->protocol('MY_PRINT_HELLO' => '');
BUGS
This is a Tix extension which perl/Tk has adopted. It has
not been tested as perl/Tk's author has not got round to
installing a Motif Window Manager.
On some versions of mwm, the -border will not disappear
unless -resizeh is turned off. Also, the -title will not
disappear unless all of -title, -menu, -maximize and -min
imize are turned off.
SEE ALSO
Tk::Wm Tk::tixWm Tk::Toplevel
KEYWORDS
window manager, mwm, TIX
AUTHOR
- Ioi Kim Lam - ioi@graphics.cis.upenn.edu