Mwm(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Mwm(3pm)
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 decorations around the toplevel window will
be changed. Possible options are: -border, -menu, -maximize,
-minimize, -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 window. 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 -minimize 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
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