Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

JohnnySSH · 2014-10-09 20:18:06

Hi,

I'm having an issue with adding icons to the Dock in WM.... possibly my understanding is wrong or something extra needs to be configured.

Currently have been following these guides:

http://administratosphere.wordpress.com … dow-maker/

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Window_Maker

http://windowmaker.org/chap3.php#3.2.3

which virtually all say to just simply drag the icon to the Dock after it's launched; they also say that a "ghost" image of the icon will appear in it's position in the dock.

Currently I've added Chromium and Trojita to the Menu. If I try dragging the icons to the Dock though nothing happens. They simply slide underneath the dock or if I put them manually under the Xterm icon they simply close after the application exits. How can I get them permanently there?

The system is an HTPC so I don't really want to use the Menu method, as the size of the menu is not very visible on the full HD TV that the machine's hooked up to.

Could anyone help?

I've used WM many years ago and didn't have this issue though it was on a different distro, so perhaps something changed or maybe I just need to change a default setting somewhere?

Thanks.

JohnnySSH · 2014-10-10 23:22:14

I have sort of got this working but it's not perfect:

Editing the file: ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState has managed to add the rest of the icons I needed into the Dock. Graphically however, it still won't work. Also I tried adding a Dockapp in there - wmclockmon - which graphically of course didn't work but sort of worked through the file.

Though the Dockapp is displayed at the bottom left with the place where it should be in the Dock is grayed out???

Very strange issue!!

drcouzelis · 2014-10-11 00:17:22

I love Window Maker! Which package are you using? The official one or one from the AUR?

JohnnySSH · 2014-10-11 01:18:41

Hi, it would be the "official" package obtained by pacman. Just not sure what's going on... something is definitely off and needs to be changed.

drcouzelis · 2014-10-11 01:32:20

I don't know either. I just tested it out on my installation and everything looks good.

Please forgive me for asking but, do you know the difference between application icons and mini-windows?

Maybe try moving your GNUstep directory and starting fresh?

JohnnySSH · 2014-10-11 21:26:42

Please forgive me for asking but, do you know the difference between application icons and mini-windows?

Yep that's not a problem

I took your advice and rebuilt the GNUstep dir from scratch:

$ mkdir ~/GNUstep
export GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT="${HOME}/GNUstep"
$ wmaker.inst

but still no joy?

I tried moving a few of the Icons to the Dock and again they just simply slip under and don't "snap" to grid so to speak. Even when dropping Icon under the others it seems as though it's just being moved around the desktop rather then getting added to the Dock as the options when right clicking are the same as if I was to drag it anywhere on the desktop area....

Am totally lost!

drcouzelis · 2014-10-11 22:46:43

I just followed your steps with positive results.

Here's my test: From a fresh setup, I started Firefox from the root menu, clicked on the application icon, and dragged it to the dock area, which is anywhere on the right edge of the screen EXCEPT where the "Window Maker" and "xterm" icons are. I then did the same thing with "urxvt".

BUT, I then tried it with Chromium. Chromium, for some reason, doesn't have an application icon! I have no idea why, but it might be related to your problem...

I then installed Trojita. That worked fine being put into the dock.

The fact that you're able to move the application icons around the screen and place them anywhere you want (including underneath the dock) doesn't surprise me. That's the default setting (no auto-arrange).

...as much as I love talking about Window Maker, I think that's about all the ideas I have. If it's still not working correctly, it may be time to create a bug report (and point to this thread).

JohnnySSH · 2014-10-11 23:58:44

Many thanks for taking the time to help

Chromium doesn't actually have an Icon.... it has the app Icon with the writing on top but not like Trojita or Xterm.

I think I'll post a bug as the version I have is the newest but have no idea either

drcouzelis · 2014-10-12 02:38:50

JohnnySSH wrote:

Chromium doesn't actually have an Icon.... it has the app Icon with the writing on top but not like Trojita or Xterm.

That's the "mini-window" that has the title bar, correct? In addition to that, every application should have an application icon. I found a bug report for Chromium that discusses this exact issue here:

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issu … ?id=375758

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#1 2014-10-09 20:18:06

Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#2 2014-10-10 23:22:14

Re: Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#3 2014-10-11 00:17:22

Re: Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#4 2014-10-11 01:18:41

Re: Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#5 2014-10-11 01:32:20

Re: Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#6 2014-10-11 21:26:42

Re: Adding Icons to Dock in WindowMaker

#7 2014-10-11 22:46:43

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