minimize emacs

[Harold L Hunt II]

Jason,

No problem.

Harold

Jason Dufair wrote:
> Harold -
> 
> This is working.  Many thanks for putting this in.  Talk about service!
> 
> Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> 
>> Jason,
>>
>> Yes, that is exactly what I wanted.
>>
>> I don't have time for a formal release announcement now, but I just 
>> posted XFree86-xserv-4.3.0-8 as a "test" release.  You have to 
>> manually select this in Cygwin's setup.exe when it shows up on mirrors 
>> in a few hours.
>>
>> The new test release handles WM_CHANGE_STATE IconicState messages and 
>> calls ShowWindow (hWnd, SW_MINIMIZE).  I tested it with emacs and it 
>> works for me.  I can't believe that no one asked for this before... it 
>> seems to have been a missing feature for a long time.
>>
>> Thanks for testing,
>>
>> Harold
>>
>> Jason Dufair wrote:
>>
>>> Harold -
>>>
>>> How does the following sound?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Check the function `x_iconify_frame' in xterm.c in the Emacs sources
>>>> to see what it does.  Basically, what it boils down to is Emacs
>>>> running `XIconifyWindow' which sends a `ClientMessage' with
>>>> `IconicState' to X.  See if the windowmanager listens to the
>>>> `WM_CHANGE_STATE' hint properly.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Harold L Hunt II <huntharo@msu.edu> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Jason,
>>>>
>>>> I think this means that we have to trap a window manager
>>>> message/hint/whatever that tells us that an application is requesting
>>>> to be minimized.  It is up to our internal window manager to then
>>>> perform the minimization and report that to the app that the
>>>> minimization has been performed.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone find some information about how this is implemented?  It
>>>> sounds fairly simple, so a quick example from somewhere could probably
>>>> help me get it done quickly.
>>>>
>>>> Harold
>>>>
>>>> Jason Dufair wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria@Salira.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I wouldn't call it a fix, rather a default configuration. I think you
>>>>>> can put the following in your .emacs file:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (global-set-key "\C-z" 'suspend-emacs-or-iconify-fram)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't seem to have a 'suspend-emacs-or-iconify-frame.  When I call
>>>>> 'suspend-emacs, I get "Suspending an emacs running under X makes no
>>>>> sense".  Thanks for the suggestion.  C-z does work under Linux for me,
>>>>> but no luck here.  C-z does have the effect of making the cursor 
>>>>> hollow,
>>>>> however.  I suspect whatever tricks are being done with -multiwindow
>>>>> prevent iconify from behaving correctly.  Thanks for checking into it.
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
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