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[ In reference to "FVWM: How Styles are Applied" in LG#127 ]
David Chanters [david.chanters at googlemail.com]
Hey all,
I read with interest the article that explained how FVWM parses its style lines. I've been a FVWM user for about two years now, and this article really inspired me to rearrange parts of my config. I now have everything the way I want it, except for some things, which I want to ask the rest of you:
1. Are any of you using FVWM, and, if so, do you have anything useful to
share, such as key-bindings, etc?
2. Can I somehow get new window to receive focus, even though I am using
ClickToFocus?
3. What's FvwmIconMan and do I really need it to replace FvwmTaskBar?
I hope the gang can help with this, and thank you so much for this article. In klnd regards,
David
Thomas Adam [thomas.adam22 at gmail.com]
On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 11:03:06PM +0100, David Chanters wrote:
> 1. Are any of you using FVWM, and if so, do you have anything useful to > share, such as key-bindings, etc?
Can you be more specific as to what you want from this?
> 2. Can I somehow get new window to receive focus even though I am using > ClickToFocus?
Style * FPGrabFocus,FPgrabFocusTransient,FPReleaseFocus, ClickToFocusWhich will grab the focus on newly created windows, and ensure that thereafter ClickToFocus is the default policy.
> 3. What's FvwmIconMan and do I really need it to replace FvwmTaskBar?
FvwmTaskBar has had numerous prolems in the past -- I am hoping that it will be removed from a future FVWM version. FvwmIconMan has many better enhancements and configurations over FvwmTaskBar, and that coupled with FvwmButtons can be very powerful indeed.
For example, one thing that FvwmIconMan can do that FvwmTaskBar does not is that you can sort and weight applications together.
-- Thomas Adam
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David Chanters [david.chanters at googlemail.com]
On 14/04/07, Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 11:03:06PM +0100, David Chanters wrote: > > 1. Are any of you using FVWM, and if so, do you have anything useful to > > share, such as key-bindings, etc? > > Can you be more specific as to what you want from this? > > > 2. Can I somehow get new window to receive focus even though I am using > > ClickToFocus? > > `` > Style * FPGrabFocus,FPgrabFocusTransient,FPReleaseFocus, ClickToFocus > '' > > Which will grab the focus on newly created windows, and ensure that > thereeafter ClickToFocus is the default policy.
A reply from the master himself. Brilliant, thanks. This is exactly what I want, Can you explain how it works exactly?
> > 3. What's FvwmIconMan and do I really need it to replace FvwmTaskBar? > > FvwmTaskBar has had numerous prolems in the past -- I am hoping that it > will be removed from a future FVWM version. FvwmIconMan has many better > enhancements and configurations over FvwmTaskBar, and that coupled with > FvwmButtons can be very powerful indeed. > > For example, one thing that FvwmIconMan can do that FvwmTaskBar does not > is that you can sort and weight applications together.
Ok, I'll be sure to try it.
David.