Thank you Dominik. This will be a huge help! Will this patch be in 2.4.8, or only in the 2.5.x tree?
Thanks again! Steve Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 09:39:45PM -0600, Steve Talley wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I've just started using fvwm, and it is easily the best window manager > > I've ever used. Great job!! I do have a question: > > > > How can I get fvwm to consistently remember the last position of an > > icon? > > > > To start, I have this in my .fvwmrc: > > > > Style * IconBox 0 0 -0 -0, IconFill top left, IconGrid 80 80 > > Style * IconPosition > > > > Here's an example: > > > > Suppose I have three non-overlapping icons in the first three > > positions in my icon box. If I start an xterm, and then iconify it, > > it will be placed in the fourth position (so far so good). Now > > suppose I close the application whose icon was occupying the 2nd > > position in the icon box. Now, if I deiconify and reiconify the > > xterm, its icon will be moved to take the place of the closed app in > > the 2nd position. How can I force it to go back to the 4th position > > where it was initially? > > > > I've found that fvwm will remember an icon's position only if I > > manually drag it to a specific position. Then every time it is > > iconified it will return to the same position. Otherwise, it seems > > that fvwm has no memory of where the icon was placed before. > > > > The reason I ask is because I identify a specific xterm by its icon > > position. When that position isn't constant, I don't know which xterm > > to go back to later. The last window manager I used (CDE) remembered > > an icon's last position, and always replaced it in the same position > > unless a new icon had taken its place. How can I tell fvwm to do this > > as well? > > That couldn't be done easily until I committed my latest patch. > With tomorrows snapshot you can use > > Move $[i.x]p $[i.y]p > > on an icon. Fvwm will remember that the icon was moved manually > and always place it at its current position. This should be done > automatically when the window is iconified, e.g. with > > AddToFunc my_iconify > + I iconify on > + I move $[i.x]p $[i.y]p > > Then use the my_iconify function instead of the Iconify command to > iconify your windows. > > Bye > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
