Submitted by motifuser on Fri, 11/02/2001 - 20:59. Developers
I used the test program from ch 16 of the motif programmers manual. This works fine on an SGI under 6.5.
But I can`t get it to work under AIX or Linux. I also tried to force the protocol to be activated, but no luck.
Further on IBM the items show up but are insensitized.
On Linux they don`t show up when running locally under twm, window maker or enlightenment.
Any ideas would be GREATLY appreciated.
I don`t know which manual you`re referring to, but it is probably one that includes information on how the application can have mwm display an application-specific window menu with various choices, including Raise or Lower or other options that are passed back to the application.
As you`ve found, these work only for mwm and not for other window managers. The custom protocols are a feature of mwm when used with Motif. They are not part of the ICCCM and are not standard.
When you use these -- and you can always set them from within your application -- they should be treated as special features when the user happens to be running mwm, and not a required feature that the application depends on.