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- 3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s
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- This chapter lists the changes to 4Dwm since the previous
- release.
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- +o Silicon Graphics is happy to announce that the "Desks
- Overview" dispute has been successfully resolved. The
- Desks Overview and 4Dwm no longer check for the Desks
- license.
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- +o 4Dwm is based on the Motif 1.2.4 version of _m_w_m. This
- includes some support for internationalization. See
- the Motif release notes for new features that were
- integrated into 4Dwm from _m_w_m.
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- +o 4Dwm can save a session on reboot if the desktop system
- shutdown tools are used, such as the toolchest System-
- >"System Shutdown".
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- +o The default values of some resources have been changed.
- Some of these resources are: clientAutoPlace,
- interactivePlacement, wMenuButtonClick,
- doubleClickTime. If the doubleClickTime is not
- explicitly set, it should use the value of
- multiClickTime which can be set through the toolchest
- Desktop->Customize->Mouse panel. Backgrounds are on
- turned on the 4Dwm command line in the desktop
- Xsession.dt file, otherwise backgrounds are off by
- default and can be turned on by setting the
- SG_useBackgrounds resource to True.
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- +o "Quit" in Window menu has become "Exit".
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- +o The 4Dwm menus have been removed from the overlay
- planes. We wanted to use more colors than are
- available on all systems there.
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- +o 4Dwm expects to run with schemes turned on. If schemes
- are turned off 4Dwm colors may need to be set
- explicitly, especially colors for the overlay planes.
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- +o On some systems, the 4Dwm icons will share the same
- colormap as the desktop. This is an attempt at further
- reducing colormap flashing. Also, the reading of the
- IRIS image format icon files has been improved.
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- +o Session management startup has been improved.
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- +o The following are features added during or prior to
- IRIX 5.2:
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- +o Desks functionality has been added to 4Dwm. Desks
- allows the user to organize windows into related groups
- called ``desks.'' The toolchest entry ``Desktop->Desks
- Overview'' invokes the user interface controls needed
- to use desks easily and effectively. See the 4Dwm man
- page for more information on desks.
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- +o Some additional session management functionality has
- been added to 4Dwm. In its default configuration, 4Dwm
- will attempt to save command lines for windows that are
- on your display. Then, when you log in again, 4Dwm
- will attempt to execute these commands. 4Dwm only
- attempts to execute these commands if the -_l_a_u_n_c_h
- option is specified on the 4Dwm command line. See the
- toolchest Desktop->Customize->Windows control panel, as
- well as the 4Dwm man page, for more information.
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- +o Screen background management has been added to 4Dwm.
- It switches the screen backgrounds automatically when
- the user switches desks, and it communicates to the
- file manager when icons are on the background, so the
- file manager can maintain the background. Whether or
- not 4Dwm manages backgrounds is controlled by setting
- the SG_useBackgrounds resource to True or to False.
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