On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:22:27PM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 12:58:02PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 11:05:23PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote: > > > > > > > > So, I have my 800x600 screen in this hypothetical example. I set my > > > > page size to > > > > 830x630 in the FVWM config file. > > > > > > I think you want that virtual desktop size feature of X. It does > > > exactly what you describe without involving the window manager. > > > > You're right. That looks like exactly what I need. Thanks! Sorry for making > > unnecessary noise. > > > > So, I added a "Virtual" line in my xorg.config file, and it now gives me the > > extra space around my screen, where I can store window decorations and > > access > > the desktop background for menus and whatnot. > > > > The only problem is that now when my mouse bumps the edge of the screen, > > I get this smooth scrolling action that moves my screen off the window. Is > > there a way to change this, maybe tie it to FVWM's "EdgeResistance"? Once I > > start scrolling around the 'virtual' page, it's hard to recenter since the > > scrolling is so smooth. Is there a way to tie recentering to a keypress or > > something? > > I honestly don't know. The window manager does not have any part > in it, and I don't know where to start looking in the X.org > documentation.
I've confirmed that there is no way to control scrolling over an xorg virtual desktop. If the mouse brushes the edge of the screen, you scroll. Period. :-( So this too turns out not to solve my basic problem: How can I have over-maximized xterms, with the window decorations off the screen, without encroaching on neighboring pages? My sense here is just that it can't be done, and I'll be stuck with one of the suboptimal workarounds already suggested here. And I guess my suggestion still stands, that FVWM implement some kind of control over the page-size, to decouple the page size and screen size. Be well, Zack > > Ciao > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ > > -- > Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Zack Brown
