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iconify/deiconify catches in Tkinter

Cameron Laird claird at lairds.com
Thu Jan 9 17:01:58 EST 2003 
In article <avjfhr$k99$1 at news-reader11.wanadoo.fr>,
Eric Brunel  <eric.brunel at pragmadev.com> wrote:
>v.wehren wrote:
>> "Dave Martens" <davemartens at yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:mailman.1042010114.13709.python-list at python.org...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>   As Tkinter people know, the destroy window
>>> button (X) on a window can be caught, but I
>>> cannot find any way to catch the other two
>>> buttons (iconify and maximize).
>> 
>> Taking a glance at the Tkinter modules would suggest that the protocol
>> method  is pretty open. So,
>> one would expect something like: w.protocol("WM_ICONIFY_WINDOW", callback)
>> wouldn't one?
>> Alas, doesn't seem to work...(at least not on win32)
>
>I looked into tk's code (namely win/tkWinX.c) and I didn't find anything 
>concerning iconify/deiconify events. The WM_DELETE_WINDOW is explicitely 
>generated when the corresponding Windows event occurs, but nothing else 
>seems to be treated... So at least in tk 8.3.2, it doesn't seem possible. 
>Maybe with a later version?
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No time now to tell full story.  Briefly, bind to
<Unmap> for iconify, and for maximize ... ummmm,
someone will have to get back to you.
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