minimize emacs

[Jason Dufair]

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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