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FVWM: fvwm showing kill icon when starting and restarting
lee
2015-10-17 14:14:59 UTC
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Hi,

what could be the reason for fvwm showing its kill icon on startup and
when restarting?

It seems to do that since after I made some change to the configuration,
and I don't remember what that change was. When it first happened, I
thought "ok, it's been restarted like so often and might be confused and
this will go away on a fresh start" --- but it didn't.

The configuration is here: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm
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Dan Espen
2015-10-17 14:26:57 UTC
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Post by lee
Hi,
what could be the reason for fvwm showing its kill icon on startup and
when restarting?
Do you mean kill cursor?
Post by lee
It seems to do that since after I made some change to the configuration,
and I don't remember what that change was. When it first happened, I
thought "ok, it's been restarted like so often and might be confused and
this will go away on a fresh start" --- but it didn't.
The configuration is here: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm
Somewhere in there you're issuing a Delete or Destroy not in a window
context.
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Dan Espen
lee
2015-10-17 20:11:27 UTC
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Post by Dan Espen
Post by lee
Hi,
what could be the reason for fvwm showing its kill icon on startup and
when restarting?
Do you mean kill cursor?
I guess so --- it's some icon which is probably supposed to look like a
skull with bones under it. I vaguely remember having seen that
somewhere many years ago, and this icon reminds me of it.
Post by Dan Espen
Post by lee
It seems to do that since after I made some change to the configuration,
and I don't remember what that change was. When it first happened, I
thought "ok, it's been restarted like so often and might be confused and
this will go away on a fresh start" --- but it didn't.
The configuration is here: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm
Somewhere in there you're issuing a Delete or Destroy not in a window
context.
"not in a window context"? I'm only destroying functions ... Oh, I
found it! I used "Destroy" where I should have put "DestroyFunc".

Thanks!
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Again we must be afraid of speaking of daemons for fear that daemons
might swallow us. Finally, this fear has become reasonable.
Dan Espen
2015-10-17 20:53:01 UTC
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Post by lee
Post by Dan Espen
Post by lee
Hi,
what could be the reason for fvwm showing its kill icon on startup and
when restarting?
Do you mean kill cursor?
I guess so --- it's some icon which is probably supposed to look like a
skull with bones under it. I vaguely remember having seen that
somewhere many years ago, and this icon reminds me of it.
Post by Dan Espen
Post by lee
It seems to do that since after I made some change to the configuration,
and I don't remember what that change was. When it first happened, I
thought "ok, it's been restarted like so often and might be confused and
this will go away on a fresh start" --- but it didn't.
The configuration is here: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm
Somewhere in there you're issuing a Delete or Destroy not in a window
context.
"not in a window context"? I'm only destroying functions ... Oh, I
found it! I used "Destroy" where I should have put "DestroyFunc".
Glad to hear.

I think you have "not in a window context" figured out.

A title bar button has a window context, a destroy on a window button
"knows" which window to destroy.

A root window key binding for destroy doesn't know which window to
destroy (there is no window context), so fvwm changes the mouse pointer
to the skull you saw waiting for a click on a window to know which
window to destroy.
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Dan Espen
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