On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 12:40:38AM -0400, Ben Mathews wrote: > I have modified FvwmTaskBar to allow for Windows-like shortcut > minibuttons in the taskbar. These can have icons, textlabels, or a > combination of both. A screenshot can be seen at > http://www.students.uiuc.edu/~blmathew/fvwm.png that shows an example of > all three types of buttons, to the immediate right of the start button. > There is a text label for Mozilla, an icon for xterm, and a > combination for Freeamp. The screenshot may be unavailable in a matter > of days, as I am about to lose my uiuc account. > > The syntax for this command is as follows: > *FvwmTaskBar: Button Action <action>, Title <title>, Icon <icon> > > The buttons MUST be declared AFTER the start button. Doing so before > will cause unpredictable behaviour. I am working on this now. The will > appear in order from left to right as they are declared in fvwm2rc. >
Yes, this should be added to the patch. > The action, title, and icon can appear in any order. The commands to > get the three minibuttons on my screenshot are shown on the screenshot > and below: > > *FvwmTaskBar: Button Action exec exec /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla, Title > Mozilla > *FvwmTaskBar: Button Icon mini.term.xpm, Action exec exec xterm > *FvwmTaskBar: Button Icon mini.cd.xpm, Action exec exec freeamp, Title > Freeamp > > I origionally wrote this against 2.4.9, under which I have been using it > with no problems for the last month. I re-wrote it against the current > CVS code, which also appears to be working fine. My origional change to > 2.4.9 also allowed more control over the spacing of the buttons as well > as an option to not have the start button. I will add these within the > comming days. > > Let me know what you guys think. > I few notes. Please include a changlog and update the man page. Also, now we use the AUTHORS file in the place of comments in the code for "credits". Take a look at docs/DEVELOPERS. I like the idea of the patch. Maybe other will say that it is better to simulate this by using FvwmButtons and FvwmIconMan. Regards, Olivier -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
