On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 11:31:00AM +0100, Uwe Pross wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> On 13 Jan 2004 at 10:43:24 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> 
> Thanks for that explanation.
> 
> > ...
> >    * 4. Transients go on the same desk as their parents.
> 
> This is the one. :-\ 
> 
> > ...
> > An option controlling this would be in order, but I think it
> > would not help a lot.  Normally you do not want popups appear on
> > the current desk when the application is somewhere else.
> 
> I see. One should distinguish between transient windows
> which apear automatically e.g. error messages and transient
> windows which were opened by the user e.g. dialog windows.
> But this seems to be a general problem (not of fvwm).
> 
> > ...
> > I suggest you exploit either #1 or #2 from the list above.  This
> > is probably the easiest:
> 
> >  Style <annoying window name> StickyAcrossDesks
> 
> Well, the window's name is just "Open" or "Save". So not
> very suitable for a special style.

Use FvwmIdent on the window.  Maybe it has a suitable class or
resource name.  In acroread, the open dialog has the resource
name "OpenDlg".

> As a workaround I disabled
> 
> Style * SkipMapping
> 
> to see the window at least ;-) For the first time I was
> confused since the window apeared on another desk and the
> viewport did not change. 
> 
> I used SkipMapping since I got an application which pops up
> small window during compilation to show what it does
> (Compiling, Linking, ...)

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^
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