Summary:
- General Information.
- I18N support does not work. 
- Netscape is not refreshed correctly. 
- How can I dock Netscape (or whatever?)
- Why some apps, like Netscape, can't be docked like others? 
- How do I dock asclock?
- What are the 3 dots on the dock buttons?	
- But they don't disappear when I launch netscape/ghostscript/etc!!!
- Is there a ASCP like control panel for WindowMaker? 
- How do I swallow clock, xload etc.?
- I want a Pager.
- function key bindings don't work

- General Information.

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	If you have some bug report, please send me a detailed description
	of the bug and some information about your system (OS, X server,
	WindowMaker version etc.). In the util directory, there is a
	script called bughint that gathers information about your system. 
	Run it from a xterm and send the output file to me.
	Unclear bug reports are quite useless and most likely to be ignored.
	Please note that although I'm open to suggestions, it doens't mean
	I will implement it. There are a lot of other things I have to do.
	If you want some feature, try coding it yourself and send me a patch.
	You can reach me at kojima@afterstep.org

- I18N support does not work. 
	Check these:
	- wmaker was compiled with multibyte character support. There must
	be a line in src/wconfig.h that says:
		#define I18N_MB
	- the fonts you're using support your locale. 
	- the LANG environment variable is set to your locale
	- the LC_CTYPE environment variable is unset or it has the correct
	value. If you don't know what is the correct value, unset it.

- Netscape is not refreshed correctly. 
	This problem is not specific to WindowMaker. I noted this problem
	with AfterStep, fvwm2 and olwm. It's probably something with Netscape
	or XFree86. Note that this only happens when a menu or icon is
	laying over the affected window. 
Fix:
	- Don't place menus over Netscape. 
	- Turn UseSaveUnders off.

- How can I dock Netscape (or whatever?)
	Not all applications can be docked by drag and drop, but
	some of these can be docked by hand with the dockapp utility.
	Run the util/dockapp script. For netscape, you should run it
	as:
	dockapp Navigator Netscape netscape

	You must exit wmaker before using dockapp, as wmaker overwrites the
	configuration file during exit/restart.

	Some apps like Gimp can't be docked at all. You can try asking
	the maintainer (the apps' not me) to add session management
	support to gtk...

- Why some apps, like Netscape, can't be docked like others? 
	WindowMaker relies on some window properties in the apps.
	These tell what windows belong to a single instance of an
	app, how the app must be started (the command line) and 
	the application specific identification of the type of
	window (class and instance). You can see if these are supported
	by the application by running xprop on the window. The following
	properties must appear:
	* WM_CLASS(STRING):

	* WM_CLIENT_LEADER(WINDOW):
		OR
	  WM_HINTS(WM_HINTS):
		window id # of group leader:

	* WM_COMMAND(STRING):

	In summary, the app must support session management.

	
- How do I dock asclock?
	1. build the included asclock
	2. run asclock -shape
	3. drag asclock to the dock and drop it when a white shadow appears
	4. double click on the back of the asclock icon with the 3rd mouse 
		button. A little dot will appear on the top-right corner.


- What are the 3 dots on the dock buttons?
	They indicate the app is not running. As soon as you
	double click on the button and launch the app, the
	dots will disappear.
	
- But they don't disappear when I launch netscape/ghostscript/etc!!!
	The dots will not disappear for apps that can't be docked
	in the normal way. There's no elegant way to fix this.

- Is there a ASCP like control panel for WindowMaker? When will it be done?
	There is no control panel for WindowMaker yet. I don't know when 
it will be done. 


- How do I swallow clock, xload etc.?
	You can't swallow things (WindowMaker is not fvwm or AfterStep).
	What you can do is dock some apps that have icon windows or
	animated icons, like the patched asclock.

- I want a Pager.
	Me too. I'm thinking on a way to make a dockable pager that can have
	any number of workspaces without making each workspace on the pager
	be too tiny.
	
	
- Function key bindings don't work

> From: Adam Zygmunt <azygmun@bgnet.bgsu.edu>
>
> I found what's causing the problem! It's that the xmodmap program (run
> by xinit) already assigned F-keys 1 through 5 before wmaker runs. Here's
> a copy of the file:
> 
> ~/.Xmodmap:
> 
> ! *** Installed by xview3L5 ***
> ! F1=Help  (move pointer on panel, press F1 to show help on the item)
> ! F2=Find  (after having selected some text, press F2 to do a search)
> ! F3=Cut   (select text, press F3 to move text into clipboard)
> ! F4=Copy  (select text, press F4 to copy text into clipboard)
> ! F5=Paste (insert text from clipboard at caret position)
> 
> keysym F1 = Help
> keysym F2 = F19
> keysym F3 = F20
> keysym F4 = F16
> keysym F5 = F18
> 
> This could be something peculiar to Slackware when the OLWM/xview
> package is installed.
> 

If your .xmodmap file has something like the above, comment out the
entries that redefine the function keys.
