Thanks so much for the advice, but it wound up not working.
In gtkwindow.c::gtk_window_realize, I inserterted the following line:
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gdk_window_set_functions (widget->window, GDK_FUNC_ALL | GDK_FUNC_MINIMIZE);
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This effectively removed the minimize button from window on my
DEVELOPMENT machine, which was running Ubuntu 11.04, Metacity Window
Manager.
I didn't realize, though, that the PRODUCTION machine was running
Ubuntu 11.04 with a Compiz Window Manager. The Minimize Button was
still there!!! Luckily, I was able to use ccsm (Compiz Settings
Manager) to disappear the button.
But why didn't it work in the first place? Why didn't the fix
transfer to a new Window Manager? Would there have been a better way
to hack the code to make the Minimize Button dissappear on all
platforms and window managers?
THanks
Mitchell
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Jasper St. Pierre
<jstpierre mecheye net> wrote:
> If you have a GdkWindow, you can tell the window manager to disable the
> minimize button with MWM hints using gdk_window_set_functions along with
> GDK_FUNC_MINIMIZE.
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Mitchell Verter <mitchell verter gmail com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Is there any way to remove the "Minimize" button by hacking the
>> gtk+-2.24.18 code, or at least to prevent it from minimizing?
>>
>> I have been fiddling around with gtkwindow.c and gtkwindow-decorate.c,
>> playing with gtk_window_iconify() and GtkWindow:decorated (Whether the
>> window should be decorated by the window manager) but nothing seems to be
>> working.
>>
>> I've read online that it's not, in fact, possible , and that this is
>> controlled by the window manager. But I wanted to ask here before I gave
>> up.
>>
>> The system we are working on is Ubuntu 11.04. I believe the window
>> manager is Metacity.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mitchell
>>
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> Jasper
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