On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:34:06PM -0400, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Running with fvwm-2.4.16 on Linux, gtk-gnutella-0.92 consistently starts
> up with its titlebar 3/4 of the way off the top edge of the screen.
> I've tried Style NoPPosition without any effect.  Clearly some kind of
> hinting on gtk-gnutella's part is incorrect; any ideas what I can do to
> tell fvwm2 to Do The Right Thing here?
> 

Style "name_which_match_your_gnutella" NoPPosition, NoUSPosition

With 2.5.7 you may try to add FixedPPosition. 

> 
> Also, I use Style "*" RandomPlacement, SmartPlacement, ...  in my fvwm2
> configuration.  95% of the time, this does what I intend.  However,
> fvwm2 refuses to place a window over an icon unless specifically
> directed to do so by -geometry.  This frequently results in it placing a
> new window over an open window instead, because there isn't room to
> place the window NOT covering an existing window without covering icons
> instead, and given the choice, it seems to perversely prefer covering
> windows to covering icons.  How can I tell fvwm2 that it's OK to place
> windows over icons, but not over regular windows?
>

I suggest you upgrade to 2.5.7 and use the following styles:

MinOverlapPlacement or MinOverlapPercentPlacement

then you can use the

MinOverlapPlacementPenalties or  MinOverlapPercentPlacementPenalties 

styles to control various convering factor (e.g., ignore icons).

Regards, Olivier
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