Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
Original Message Subject: Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry From: Dan Espen des...@verizon.net Date: Fri, December 14, 2012 11:07 pm To: msib...@crosswire.com Cc: fvwm@fvwm.org msib...@crosswire.com writes: So I am taking your answer to mean: FVWM can't move a window by handing it an X11 formatted geometry string Any particular reason for this void? Void? Fvwm can't support dozens of different command formats. To convert a geometry string write a program that does the conversion and generates the command(s) you want. Then do something like: PipeRead 'MyConverter 800x600+10+10' Please don't top post. -- Dan Espen Howdy, It isn't that FVWM doesn't support it, but rather that FVWM doesn't 'export' it. Right? FVWM runs on top of X11, which itself uses a standard geometry format. But FVWM reinvents the wheel instead of providing a hook into the lower layer. There are a dozen or more application that take the above format on the CLI, including FvwmIconBox I believe, which takes the format as a Style argument. Surprising that FVWM itself, doesn't conform. Feature request? Call the Command MoveX of something? My guess is that the Move, Resize commands already use this format before it punts the request to X. It's probably less than a 50 line patch. I would do it myself, but my C sucks. The PipeRead solution is not a good one. The example above is simplified. If FVWM can take an X11 formatted string, I can get such strings from commonly available libs, and push them with FvwmCommand. I have considered alternatives, and in this case, all other alternatives suck more. So the question is: Can I communicate with FVWM using a standardized format, or do I have to kludge something up? Generally, it is preferable to do IPC with standardized formats. Since the core advantage of FVWM is its ability to do simple IPC with user developed tools, I figured it would be appropriate to ask if the FVWM team would be interested in implementing such a feature if it does not exist. So... Can the FVWM take X11 formatted geometry strings natively? Please, please please? It is Christmas :-) Thanks in advance!
Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
msib...@crosswire.com writes: Original Message Subject: Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry From: Dan Espen des...@verizon.net Date: Fri, December 14, 2012 11:07 pm To: msib...@crosswire.com Cc: fvwm@fvwm.org msib...@crosswire.com writes: So I am taking your answer to mean: FVWM can't move a window by handing it an X11 formatted geometry string Any particular reason for this void? Void? Fvwm can't support dozens of different command formats. To convert a geometry string write a program that does the conversion and generates the command(s) you want. Then do something like: PipeRead 'MyConverter 800x600+10+10' Please don't top post. Howdy, It isn't that FVWM doesn't support it, but rather that FVWM doesn't 'export' it. Right? FVWM runs on top of X11, which itself uses a standard geometry format. But FVWM reinvents the wheel instead of providing a hook into the lower layer. There are a dozen or more application that take the above format on the CLI, including FvwmIconBox I believe, which takes the format as a Style argument. Surprising that FVWM itself, doesn't conform. Feature request? Call the Command MoveX of something? My guess is that the Move, Resize commands already use this format before it punts the request to X. It's probably less than a 50 line patch. I would do it myself, but my C sucks. The PipeRead solution is not a good one. The example above is simplified. If FVWM can take an X11 formatted string, I can get such strings from commonly available libs, and push them with FvwmCommand. I have considered alternatives, and in this case, all other alternatives suck more. So the question is: Can I communicate with FVWM using a standardized format, or do I have to kludge something up? Generally, it is preferable to do IPC with standardized formats. Since the core advantage of FVWM is its ability to do simple IPC with user developed tools, I figured it would be appropriate to ask if the FVWM team would be interested in implementing such a feature if it does not exist. So... Can the FVWM take X11 formatted geometry strings natively? Please, please please? It is Christmas :-) Note that it's not really that simple. ResizeMove does a lot more than an X11 geometry string allows for. As always, patches will be reviewed for possible application. -- Dan Espen
Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
Howdy, So I am taking your answer to mean: FVWM can't move a window by handing it an X11 formatted geometry string Any particular reason for this void? Screen resolutions do change. For my intended purpose, that particular condition is not a factor. Thanks in advance! Original Message Subject: Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry From: Thomas Adam tho...@fvwm.org Date: Thu, December 13, 2012 5:16 pm To: msib...@crosswire.com Cc: fvwm@fvwm.org On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 02:32:25PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: Howdy, I'd like to do something like the following: SetEnv CAPGEOM '800x600+10+10' Key F6 A A ThisWindow (!Iconic) Move $[CAPGEOM] The purpose is to stack various windows at exactly the same resolution for consistent screen capturing. What is the best way to move a window to a known static geometry? Is there a command that will move/resize a window based on a formatted X11 geometry string? This is nothing more than a question of semantics, for which you should see the ResizeMove command in your case. Note that offsets for consistent screen capturing as you put it vary with resolution changes. -- Thomas Adam
Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
msib...@crosswire.com writes: So I am taking your answer to mean: FVWM can't move a window by handing it an X11 formatted geometry string Any particular reason for this void? Void? Fvwm can't support dozens of different command formats. To convert a geometry string write a program that does the conversion and generates the command(s) you want. Then do something like: PipeRead 'MyConverter 800x600+10+10' Please don't top post. -- Dan Espen
FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
Howdy, I'd like to do something like the following: SetEnv CAPGEOM '800x600+10+10' Key F6 A A ThisWindow (!Iconic) Move $[CAPGEOM] The purpose is to stack various windows at exactly the same resolution for consistent screen capturing. What is the best way to move a window to a known static geometry? Is there a command that will move/resize a window based on a formatted X11 geometry string? Thanks in advance!
Re: FVWM: Resizing any window to a known geometry
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 02:32:25PM -0700, msib...@crosswire.com wrote: Howdy, I'd like to do something like the following: SetEnv CAPGEOM '800x600+10+10' Key F6 A A ThisWindow (!Iconic) Move $[CAPGEOM] The purpose is to stack various windows at exactly the same resolution for consistent screen capturing. What is the best way to move a window to a known static geometry? Is there a command that will move/resize a window based on a formatted X11 geometry string? This is nothing more than a question of semantics, for which you should see the ResizeMove command in your case. Note that offsets for consistent screen capturing as you put it vary with resolution changes. -- Thomas Adam