Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2019-01-14 Thread Glenn Golden
Stephen Dennison [2018-07-17 09:49:39 -0400]: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Dennison wrote: > >> OK, I just tried it with an empty config too, and came across something new > >> that I'd never noticed before, which may be a clue: The problem seems to be > >> related to whether or not

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-20 Thread Glenn Golden
Stephen Dennison [2018-07-17 09:49:39 -0400]: > On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Dennison wrote: > >> OK, I just tried it with an empty config too, and came across something new > >> that I'd never noticed before, which may be a clue: The problem seems to be > >> related to whether or not

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-17 Thread Stephen Dennison
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Stephen Dennison wrote: >> OK, I just tried it with an empty config too, and came across something new >> that I'd never noticed before, which may be a clue: The problem seems to be >> related to whether or not the "hide xv windows" checkbox is selected before > I

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-17 Thread Stephen Dennison
> OK, I just tried it with an empty config too, and came across something new > that I'd never noticed before, which may be a clue: The problem seems to be > related to whether or not the "hide xv windows" checkbox is selected before I had not selected that previously. This seems to be key. > doi

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Glenn Golden
Stephen Dennison [2018-07-16 14:19:55 -0400]: > > That's essentially the process I follow. My config contains just a > call to FvwmConsole and I accomplish each step by typing in the > command and then carrying out whatever mouse action. > > > For me, it returns to position A. > > I did it again

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 16/07/2018 à 19:50, Stephen Dennison a écrit : > On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Didier Spaier wrote: >> >> >> Le 16/07/2018 à 19:10, Michael Großer a écrit : >>> Stephen Dennison wrote: I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I iconify honors the new pos

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Stephen Dennison
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Glenn Golden wrote: > Can you try this specific sequence: > >1. Start xv >2. Iconify it. Call that position A >3. Manually move the icon to some other position, B >4. Click the icon to open it, then do a grab (^G) of some arbitrary >wind

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Glenn Golden
Stephen Dennison [2018-07-16 14:00:40 -0400]: > > I managed to build xv, when I run it it iconifies and deiconifes and > re-iconifies back to where its icon was moved. Or more simply, it > behaves as expected. > Hmm. Can you try this specific sequence: 1. Start xv 2. Iconify it. Call

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Stephen Dennison
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 2:00 PM, Stephen Dennison wrote: > I managed to build xv, when I run it it iconifies and deiconifes and > re-iconifies back to where its icon was moved. Or more simply, it > behaves as expected. > > Double checking my version info: > > fvwm 2.6.7 compiled on Jan 16 2017 at

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Stephen Dennison
I managed to build xv, when I run it it iconifies and deiconifes and re-iconifies back to where its icon was moved. Or more simply, it behaves as expected. Double checking my version info: fvwm 2.6.7 compiled on Jan 16 2017 at 17:52:00 with support for: ReadLine, RPlay, Stroke, XPM, SVG, Shape,

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Glenn Golden
Michael Großer [2018-07-16 19:10:37 +0200]: > > XV is a piece of software that I reglarly use. > Yeah, xv is a true classic, even legendary. Sure hope Bradley made a little coin off it, it's really an astonishingly excellent piece of work. Simplicity, intuitive interface, attention to detail i

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Stephen Dennison
On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM, Didier Spaier wrote: > > > Le 16/07/2018 à 19:10, Michael Großer a écrit : >> Stephen Dennison wrote: >>> I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I >>> iconify honors the new position. Maybe xv is doing something odd? >>> Have you tried s

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 16/07/2018 à 19:19, Didier Spaier a écrit : > Or what Patrick Volkerding uses to make Slackware package:: > http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-current/source/xap/xv/xv.SlackBuild I should have linked to the directory instead : http://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-current/source/xap

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Didier Spaier
Le 16/07/2018 à 19:10, Michael Großer a écrit : > Stephen Dennison wrote: >> I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I >> iconify honors the new position. Maybe xv is doing something odd? >> Have you tried specifying something like >> Style xv NoUseIconPosition ? > >

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Michael Großer
Stephen Dennison wrote: > I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I > iconify honors the new position. Maybe xv is doing something odd? > Have you tried specifying something like > Style xv NoUseIconPosition ? Hey! This is MY special topic... How about this? ftp://ftp.

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Glenn Golden
Stephen Dennison [2018-07-16 12:31:28 -0400]: > > I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I > iconify honors the new position. Maybe xv is doing something odd? > If so, and if the cause can be identified I'll take a shot at fixing it. But probably I've not enough exper

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Stephen Dennison
On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 6:58 PM, Glenn Golden wrote: > Version info: > > fvwm 2.6.7 compiled on Nov 30 2016 at 13:19:18 with support for: > ReadLine, Stroke, XPM, SVG, Shape, XShm, SM, Bidi text, Xinerama, > XRender, XCursor, XFT, NLS > > > Glenn Golden [2018-07-13 16:45:36 -0600]: >>

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-13 Thread Glenn Golden
Version info: fvwm 2.6.7 compiled on Nov 30 2016 at 13:19:18 with support for: ReadLine, Stroke, XPM, SVG, Shape, XShm, SM, Bidi text, Xinerama, XRender, XCursor, XFT, NLS Glenn Golden [2018-07-13 16:45:36 -0600]: > "They kill, they maim, and they call information for numbers they c

FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-13 Thread Glenn Golden
"They kill, they maim, and they call information for numbers they could easily look up in the phone book." - Woody Allen, 'What's up Tiger Lily?', 1966 -- Here is a simple sounding question that probably been answered many times, but after googling and wikiing awhile, still haven't fou