FVWM: Problem with the lists?

2005-08-14 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I haven't got any mail from the lists (fvwm and fvwm-users) in quite a while. Is there some trouble, or have I gotton un-subscribed somehow? //Marcus

Re: FVWM: Amiga->FVWM2

2002-04-21 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, cr0acker2 wrote: > Hello fvwm, > > I found this Amiga screen shot. Is there any way to make FVWM2 lokk > the same as Workbench on this shot? There is a window manager called "amiwm" that emulates the Amiga-look. This can be found here: http://www.xwinman.org/ This migh

FVWM: Running fvwm in Xnest

2002-04-27 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I read somewhere that running the same WM in Xnest as is running on the X-session starting Xnest could cause the machine to crash. I accidently did this, but it seemed to work (although I quit quickly when I realised what I just done...) Is there a reason why this would be dangerous? I could see t

RE: FVWM: Shortcut at desktop

2002-04-29 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Ripalda-Marin, Miguel-Angel wrote: > I have included all the suggestions made by Uwe, and now my .fvwm2rc look > like this: > > ImagePath $HOME/.fvwm_icons > > AddToFunc StartFunction > + "I" Module FvwmButtons > *FvwmButtons:Back black > *FvwmButtons:BoxSize smart > *Fvwm

FVWM: Slow moving of XMMS window in fvwm 2.5.1

2002-05-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I compiled fvwm 2.5.1 and now it feels as xmms's window is moving more sluggish than before (2.5.0). I have OpaqueMoveSize unlimited. But even setting OpaqueMoveSize 0 doesn't make any difference. (and xmms does it's own window management). Is this a common problem? //Marcus -- Visit the offici

Re: FVWM: WindowMaker dockapps under FVWM ?

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Thu, 2 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:57:59PM +, Mikhael Goikhman wrote > > > Just to be sure. Do you have "I" before "Wait"? It can't work > > without it. Also please take a look at the standard error stream, > > it may contain messages about this app. >

Re: FVWM: WindowMaker dockapps under FVWM ?

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Thu, 2 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 08:57:59PM +, Mikhael Goikhman wrote > > > Just to be sure. Do you have "I" before "Wait"? It can't work > > without it. Also please take a look at the standard error stream, > > it may contain messages about this app. >

FVWM: Pager active desk highlight suggestion

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
When having all desks crouded with windows it can be hard to see easily which desk is active if a very small window is active (the one with a distinct colour). (Because the background is hardly visible). My suggestion is to have an option that adds a thin border (which can be given a colour that "

FVWM: Icon reliefs

2002-05-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Some time ago someone asked if it's possible to get icons with "boxes" around them. And someone answered that if you turn off shaped support when running ./configure this effect will be achived. But this prevents windows (like xeyes) from being transparent. So I edited icons.c, replaceing all "FSh

Re: FVWM: Icon reliefs

2002-05-07 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 08:19:04PM +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > Some time ago someone asked if it's possible to get icons with > > "boxes" around them. > > And someone answered that if you turn off shaped suppo

RE: FVWM: Icon reliefs

2002-05-08 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 8 May 2002, Riswick, J.G.A. van wrote: > > > -Original Message- > From: Marcus Lundblad > To: Dominik Vogt > Sent: 5/7/2002 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: FVWM: Icon reliefs > > > > HI > > With this modification, does the icon get ordinary

FVWM: Place new windows at mouse cursor...

2002-05-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Is there a way to get new windows to show up at a position where the mouse cursor is? Like Style * SmartPlacement that overrides the position specified by the program, but instead places the window at the cursor position. //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To u

FVWM: FvwmPager window title question

2002-05-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I run fvwm 2.5.1 My pager always has the window title "Desk 0", regardless of desk. (the pager is stucky). But the icon title changes depending on the desk. Before the title was always "FvwmPager", but I like the idea to have the title reflect the current desk. Is this a behaviour that is changing

Re: FVWM: FvwmPager window title question

2002-05-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 19 May 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 19 May 2002 20:16:21 +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > > I run fvwm 2.5.1 > > My pager always has the window title "Desk 0", regardless of desk. > > (the pager is stucky). > > But the icon title cha

Re: FVWM: Startup

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Stephen Dennison wrote: > Is there really no one on the list who can help me? > > On Thu, 16 May 2002, Stephen Dennison wrote: > > > When fvwm starts up, I can see the background being set, I see the > > applications start up for the pager, and then they are swallowed by t

Re: FVWM: Two small questions

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Stian Sletner wrote: > Hello again. Two small questions. > > Firstly, I'm using this setup, > > mouse 1 w m function alt-move > > destroyfunc alt-move > addtofunc alt-move > + m move > > which allows me t

FVWM: Style * MwmButtons

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Is there a way to get a window decor button that is tied to a menu to not remain pressed in when the mouse button is released, althogh the menu is still posted? (this is the way it behaves in mwm) Maybe this should be implied by Style MWMButtons //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at ht

Re: FVWM: Style * MwmButtons

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 20 May 2002 21:30:45 +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > > Is there a way to get a window decor button that is tied to a menu to not > > remain pressed in when the mouse button is released, althogh the menu is > > sti

Re: FVWM: Style * MwmButtons

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> When a menu is activated, no buttons may be pressed/depressed. > So a menu button should be depressed either before a menu started or > after it is closed. > > > selecting an entry in the menu it's operation are not directly applied to > > the window in question, instead the pointer changes to

FVWM: SloppyFocus and windows not taking focus.

2002-05-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
With sloppy focus some windows doesn't take focus (like xclock). By turning on Style * Lenience this is overriden, but not for fvwm tear-off menus. I know most people prefer not to have windows that you don't type in "steal" focus, but I prefer to have them change to focused so I can easier see whe

FVWM: Setting mouse bindings in functions

2002-05-21 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have 2 functions which I would like to change the binding of mouse button 2 on the root window like this: Mouse 2 R A HidePager AddToFunc HidePager "I" All ("FvwmPager") Stick off + "I" All ("FvwmPager") MoveToDesk 123 + "I"

Re: FVWM: Setting mouse bindings in functions

2002-05-21 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > I don't know how it exactly works internally, but you can not > expect that changing bindings or functions works inside complex > functions. Anyway, there is a much simpler solution for what you > want to achieve. Take a look at Q 7.12 from the FAQ: > > AddToFunc ToggleFvwmConsole >

FVWM: Typo(s) in man-page of FvwmRearrange

2002-05-24 Thread Marcus Lundblad
It says "(implied by -all)." on some options. It's just that there are no "-all"... So I guess it should say "-a" //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report pr

FVWM: fvwm3

2002-05-27 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > > PS. Is there any plans for fvwm3? If so, does it > > understand my new fvwm2 config files? > > Yes, there are plans for a major version 3 and no, if it is ever > released, the config file will be incompatible in large parts. We > will provide a script to convert configs as usual, but my g

Re: FVWM: fvwm3

2002-05-29 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 29 May 2002, Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 01:01:09PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > If fvwm3 were to be released for a date in the future, > > Dominik, would you consider some kind of "graphical" > > customisation tool, similar to what Enlightenment > > offers??? > > Unf

Re: FVWM: lack of pager

2002-06-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Brian Postow wrote: > > I'm having trouble getting a pager to appear. I'm using a .fvwm2rc > that has worked fine in previous versions of fvwm2, so I'm not sure > what I'm doing wrong. I'm running a slightly old version of fvwm > (2.2.5), but that shouldn't have any effect,

Re: FVWM: lack of pager

2002-06-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 17 Jun 2002 18:52:44 +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > > Function "InitFunction" > > + Module FvwmPager * * > > + Exec"I" xsetroot -solid blue3 > > > >

Re: FVWM: Problem when deiconifying/placing tcl/tk windows with fvwm-2.4.8

2002-06-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I also have experienced strange behaviour in TK applications. Sometimes menus doesn't popup where you would expect. After moving the window the menu appears where expected. For example this tutorial program: -- # Create the main me

Re: FVWM: Problem when deiconifying/placing tcl/tk windows with fvwm-2.4.8

2002-06-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Gerhard Hintermayer wrote: > Marcus, do you have an idea, when this "strange behavior" was introduced. It > was > definitely not in 2.2.5, but that's a very old version and I had to upgrade, I think I've only seen it using 2.5.x releases. If I remeber correctly I went fro

FVWM: Automatic disbling of menu entries in 2.5.2

2002-06-28 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have the following defined: # and some special for TK tear-off menus Style Menu NoButton 2, NoButton 4, NoHandles, FixedSize Before (2.5.1) this automatically made menu entries in the window menu shaded (such as resize). This doesn't happen any more. The same happens for Motif tear-off me

FVWM: Typo in NEWS

2002-06-28 Thread Marcus Lundblad
There is a typo in the file NEWS in the 2.5.2 tar-ball. "Removed the --enable-multibyte configure option. Multibyte support is nor compiled in unconditionally." I guess it should say "... now compiled in ... " //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscr

Re: FVWM: FvwmButtons: shade and wait for application to be launched

2002-06-30 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Sergio Nasi wrote: > Hi Dominik and thanks for answering. > I can live without the double click feature, but I cannot exactly figure > out what you mean by saying that FvwmButtons stay pressed while the > application is waiting to load. > > I have a couple of FvwmButtons bar

Re: FVWM: fvwm i18n question

2002-07-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get fvwm to display chinese characters on the windows > title bar. > > I installed the latest alpha version 2.5.2, and changed my .fvwm2rc > config file to have the following line: > > Style "*" Font StringEncoding=gb2312-1980-0:"

Re: FvwmPager? (was: Re: FVWM: OpaqueMove... not enough! ;))

2002-07-07 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 7 Jul 2002, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: > Alas! Andrew Haninger spake thus: > > > Now Fvwm is perfect ;) > > So, with that, Dominik's work is done! > > Maybe not quite... I'm having some trouble with FvwmPager. Not sure if > it's an FvwmPager problem or what, but in fvwm 2.5.2 it doesn't s

FVWM: Problem with colorsets

2002-07-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have a script that outputs a current colour set. For example the outpu looks like this: Colorset 0 bg rgb:60/a0/a0, fg rgb:ff/ff/ff Colorset 1 bg rgb:d3/d3/d3, fg rgb:00/00/00 further I have defined: Style * ActiveColorset 0 Style * Colorset 1 That script is run using PipeRead during start. Bu

Re: FVWM: Problem with colorsets

2002-07-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> The colorset commands should be the first commands in your config > file. For performance reasons, colorset updates are ignored > during startup when a lot of things happen. This is probably the > reason for your problem. > Actually I found an error in my scipt, it didn\t work from the home

FVWM: Alternative menu positions

2002-07-25 Thread Marcus Lundblad
When using the Menu and Popup commands it's possible to specify a position for the menu. I was wondering if its possible to get an alternative position if the first one isn't possible. For exaplle , I have a menu for icons that normally pops up above the icon, this is good, because normally my icon

Re: FVWM: Alternative menu positions

2002-07-25 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> You can write a shell script and use it with PipeRead: > > Mouse 1 I N PipeRead "my_iconmenu.sh WindowMenu $[i.x] $[i.y] $[i.width] > $[i.height]" > > --- my_iconmenu.sh --- > if [[ $3 -lt 500 ]]; then > echo Menu $1 rectangle "$4"x"$5"+"$2"+"$3

Re: FVWM: What is the history of FVWM?

2002-08-16 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Andy Arbon wrote: > Hello, > > I was having a discussion with a mate about our respective choices of > window manager and it occurred to me that I know very little about where > FVWM came from.. > > Who started it? When? What was it based on? I'd find info on this sort

Re: FVWM: Pager improvement suggestion

2002-08-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Erik Steffl wrote: > Cameron Simpson wrote: > > > > On 01:58 17 Aug 2002, Dominik Vogt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > | On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 12:02:45PM +, Saku Sammakko wrote: > > | > A humble suggestion for pager: > > | > [... app thumbnails in pager ...] > > | I'm

FVWM: MouseFocusClickRaises

2002-08-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I just realised Style * MouseFocusClickRaises doesn't work for me. Windows are only raised when I click the title bar. I have sloppy focus set. I use fvwm 2.5.2, is this a bug (known) or is it my config that is broken somewhere? I also tried to set Style * ClickToFocusRaises and Style * ClickToFoc

FVWM: MouseFocusClickRaises

2002-08-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Actually all key-bindings stopped working too (and yes, I tried pressing num-lock again too see if it was the problem), after a log out and in again the problem was gone, perhaps some problem with XFree86... //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe fro

Re: FVWM: MouseFocusClickRaises

2002-08-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 17 Aug 2002, Bob Woodside wrote: > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:10:55 +0200 (CEST) > Marcus Lundblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Actually all key-bindings stopped working too (and yes, I tried pressing > > num-lock again too see if it was the problem), after

FVWM: Greyed out menu items

2002-08-21 Thread Marcus Lundblad
When using for example motif tear-off menus, some menu entries used to be "shaded out" because they are not useable (like an entry boud to Resize). Now (I'm using 2.5.2) they never are (although there is a beep when trying to use them). I converted my setup to use Colorsets some time ago. Do you ha

Re: FVWM: Greyed out menu items

2002-08-21 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 21 Aug 2002 18:42:12 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 06:27:25PM +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > When using for example motif tear-off menus, some menu entries used to be > > >

FVWM: Colorset updates and tear-off menus

2002-08-25 Thread Marcus Lundblad
If a colourset used in Menustyle * is updated while a "torn-off" root menu is on the screen FvwmConsole spits out the following: [FVWM][menustyle_update]: <> menu style * is in use [FVWM][menustyle_update]: <> menu style * is in use and the colour of the menu is not updated, although the next menu

Re: FVWM: Colorset updates and tear-off menus

2002-08-25 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> I'm using the snapshot from yesterday (24:th). Is it worth pulling down > the latest 2.4.3 (saw it was released today)? I mean 2.5.3 (obvioulsly) > > //Marcus > > -- > Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fvwm.org/>. > To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the

FVWM: FixedSize and maximising

2002-08-25 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have the following lines set: # and some special for TK tear-off menus Style Menu NoButton 2, NoButton 4, NoHandles, FixedSize it's still possible to maximise those windows (through the menu or using FvwmConsole and so on) Shouldn't FixedSize inhibit maximising? //Marcus -- Visit the off

RE: FVWM: 2.4.9 Remarks

2002-09-20 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Riswick, J.G.A. van wrote: > > HI > > I think work on this is (still?) in progress. To get this feature the > fvwm developers can exploit some functionality of tearoff menus, ie to > put a window border around an icon, which are still under development. > But maybe some t

Re: FVWM: Scrolling an xterm

2002-09-28 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Russell wrote: > Russell wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > In .xinitrc, i have: > > xterm -sb -rightbar -geometry 80x25 & > > > > When i open an xterm on the fvwm desktop, i get > > the scroll bar, and the mouse arrow changes shape > > over the bar, but dragging has no effect.

FVWM: Invoking gnome-terminal from from menus

2002-10-12 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have the following script to start a terminal, it permits to set an env variable and provides some fallbacks. -- #!/bin/sh if [ -n "$TERMINAL" ]; then `$TERMINAL` $* >/dev/null 2>@1 elif [ `which gnome-terminal` ]; then

FVWM: Hilight of active desk in FvwmPager

2002-10-13 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have the following lines: *FvwmPager: Colorset * 1 *FvwmPager: HilightColorset * 0 *FvwmPager: NoDeskHightlight I want the desk labels to get the colours depending on if it's the active desk or not. But this will override the pixmaps I have set for the desks in the pager. If I remove the lines:

Re: FVWM: Hilight of active desk in FvwmPager

2002-10-14 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 13 Oct 2002 18:03:51 +0200, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > > I have the following lines: > > > > *FvwmPager: Colorset * 1 > > *FvwmPager: HilightColorset * 0 > > *FvwmPager: NoDeskHightlight > >

FVWM: Vector buttons with a "shadow" effect

2002-10-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I was defining 4Dwm-like buttons. So a maximise button would look something like this (presuming you have fixed font, run pine :-)) # # ## # ## # ## # ## ## # I don't find a way to do this properly, since

Re: FVWM: Vector buttons with a "shadow" effect

2002-10-19 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> Another idea that would create a more proportional look is to be able > to fill recangles, not just draw lines, like: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually in fvwm 1.x this was the ONLY way to define buttons: Like: (taken from a sample .fvwmrc for 1.24) ButtonStyle 1 50x22 ButtonS

Re: FVWM: proper way to show some arbitrary text?

2002-10-23 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Denis Perelyubskiy wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to run fvwm2 --version from my menu, and show > output. > something like this would perhaps do good: Exec exec xmessage `fvwm --version` or (for a more brief string): Exec exec xmessage `fvwm --version | awk '{print $1 " " $

Re: FVWM: resize/move mouse bindings

2002-11-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Peter McAlpine wrote: > hi, > > I've got the following in my .fvwm2rc: > > Mouse 3 W M Resize > Mouse 1 W M Move > > It sometimes doesn't work with emacs, sometimes it does. If it doesn't > work, then restarting fvwm fixes it. I've tried running > global-unset-key in emacs

Re: FVWM: selective title bar buttons

2002-11-12 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Perry Hutchison wrote: > Is it possible, in 2.2.4 (Red Hat 6.2), to bind a titlebar button > to only some windows? The impression I get from the manpage is > that the Mouse command applies to all windows. > > Specifically, I'd like to define a button 0 action on "xpdf" win

Re: FVWM: Man page too long

2002-11-23 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Dan Espen wrote: > I find reading man pages with XEmacs the best way to go. > > Start XEmacs, type esc x man fvwm2 It ofcourse works in "ordninary" Emacs also: Meta-x man fvwm2 //Marcus > > -- > Dan Espen E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > V

Re: FVWM: Everything stops when moving around windows

2002-12-03 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> Something in the general direction of a non-XOR frame as was being > discussed would be nice, but perhaps I can live with OpaqueResize--the > only app that seems to redraw excessively is xterm, and its redraws are > only annoying, not slow. > I think the reason for this is because xterm (and

Re: FVWM: What does the F stand for?

2002-12-09 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, No Nym wrote: > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:20:24 -0500, you wrote: > > >Isn't there an interview with the original author in UnixWorld (or > >something like it; I'm too lazy to look it up) where he gives the > >original meaning as "feeble"? > According to an article by FVWM's a

Re: FVWM: What does the F stand for?

2002-12-09 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On 9 Dec 2002, Tor Stormwall wrote: > Marcus Lundblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, No Nym wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 10:20:24 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > > >Isn't there an interview with the original

Re: FVWM: What does the F stand for?

2002-12-09 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > Where can I find a copy of such an old release from 1993? > > I found an archive 0.91, from 23 July 1993... > http://www.update.uu.se/~ml/fvwm-0.91b.tar.gz And I kind of dig this line (from the system.fvwmrc shipped with this release): Icon "Fvwm Pager" /tmp_mnt/auto/asp_1a/homes/dsp/natio

FVWM: Invoking a menu for a window through a function

2003-01-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I have the following definitions # for the title bar buttons: Mouse 0 1 A Window-Menu-Func Mouse 0 2 A Maximize-and-Raise-toggle Mouse 0 4 A Iconify and AddToFunc Window-Menu-Func + I Current (HasHandles) Menu Window-Menu Interior 0 0 Close

Re: FVWM: Invoking a menu for a window through a function

2003-01-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> You probably use MouseFocus. With SloppyFocus you would not see > "nothing happens". Actually, when using ClickToFocus and Lenience, the FVWM tear-off menus takes focus (when clicked). Also Next (HasPointer, HasHandles) worked for xclock but not the tear-offs > > Current works on the curren

Re: FVWM: Windowlist

2003-01-05 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Johan Svedberg wrote: > Hi, again. > > Just wondering how I can make the window list (by default accessed with > Alt+Tab) act the way it does in a certain famous OS? :) > > By act I mean te way it lists windows (i.e. Alt+Tab would take me to the > last used window instead o

Re: FVWM: IconOverride?

2003-01-09 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Barry A. Warsaw wrote: > > Hi all, please CC me as I'm not on this list. > > I hate application icons. All I want when I iconify a window is to > see a nice little rectangle with the window name in it. I must be a > bonehead, because I can't figure out how to make this wo

Re: FVWM: FvwmPager goes crazy?

2003-02-02 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> Hello, > > while experimenting with fvwm i have found a funny thing: > > I do have an empty .fvwm2rc file (0 bytes of size) for my fvwm 2.5.5. > Now i do the following things: > > Choose "Issue FVWM Commands" from the default menu. > Enter the following 2 lines: > >Module FvwmPager >

Re: FVWM: How many dekstops and pages are you using?

2003-03-12 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > Hello, > > as configuring fvwm I ask myself which way the desktops and pages are > set up best: > > 1) One desktop with multiple pages > 2) Multiple desktops with only one page each > 3) Multiple desktops with multiple pages each > I use 2) I would say the advantage of 1) is that you can

Re: FVWM: Shell scripts in FVWM menus

2003-03-16 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, Timothy Groves wrote: > Okay, I've RTFM, and it doesn't address this question: How exactly does one > run a shell script from an FVWM exec command? I have a script called opendir that looks like this: --- #!/bin/sh # this script opens a dire

Re: FVWM: Repost: Mwm hints

2003-04-12 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > Our configuration is set up to maximally support Motif apps; i.e., > > > > Emulate Mwm > > Style * MwmFunctions > > Style * MwmDecor > > Style * NoOverride > > > > The 2.4.7 release appears to make a strict distinction between function > > and decoration hints. An application that has MWM_FU

Re: FVWM: problem installing fvwm

2003-04-12 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > > Tried that, doesn't work. Redhat won't read .xsession or .xinitrc or is > getting over written. How does one knows what it is doing just after it > starts X? > Do you use gdm (Gnome's display manager) to login? (Redhat does by default). You need to choose "xsession" from the menu where you

Re: FVWM: a few Q's

2003-04-13 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> 1) Focus when switching pages: When I switch a page, I want the last focused > window > on that page (before i left) to be refocused. To do this, I tried to write a > function > like: > > AddToFunc GotoPageAndFocus > + I GotoPage $0 $1 > + I Next [CurrentPage] Focus The commands Next, Current

Re: FVWM: Command Line args lost over a Restart

2003-04-13 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> However, after a restart, it seems these arguments are completely lost > as neither variable is set when the fvwmrc file is re-processed. What command do you use to restart? (The full line from the menu item or keybinding that restarts). //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://w

FVWM: Keybindings and Cygwin/XFree86

2003-05-05 Thread Marcus Lundblad
At work we decided to dump XWinPro that we have used 'til now to access the Linux servers and start to use Cygwin on the local PCs (to lighted the burdon on the develop machine). So I sacrificed a few hours this evening to get my script-based FVWM config working and compiled 2.5.6 (since I use som

Re: FVWM: Keybindings and Cygwin/XFree86

2003-05-05 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Dan Espen wrote: > Marcus Lundblad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > At work we decided to dump XWinPro that we have used 'til now to access > > the Linux servers and start to use Cygwin on the local PCs (to lighted the > > burdon on the

Re: FVWM: Keybindings and Cygwin/XFree86

2003-05-06 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > I bring you a shimmer of hope (as I've used Cygwin's X server before--it > makes using Win32 a much less painful experience ;) -- Although fvwm > can't do anything about Windows grabbing alt-f4, the X server can: start > the X server with -nowinkill to disable alt-f4, and consider starting it

FVWM: 8-bit graphics mode

2003-05-08 Thread Marcus Lundblad
It seems my AGP port stopped worked. So now I sit with an old S3 card I found in a drawer in the sysadmin's room at work. The card has only 1 MB VRAM. So I tried to run 1024x768 in 8-bit mode. But colours in FVWM is screwed up (white is blue). Does it depend on the X-server? (The test provided by

Re: FVWM: Different backgrounds

2003-05-22 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> Yes JPG will be good, but surely after 2.6. Also, one thing about > images and fvwm I would like to implement after 2.6 is a good image > resizing algo. Perhaps SVG would be nice support also. I guees this has been up to discussion. //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at http://www.fv

FVWM: Happy birthday!

2003-05-31 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I had my first serious "meeting" with UNIX workstations when I started university back in 1995. Those where Suns (some of them where even Sparc 4's... :-) ). They run OpenWindows (olwm). It was quite different from what I was used to from home, Amiga. Then in 1997 I changed to another department, t

Re: FVWM: FVWM 2.4.7, Move & resize problems

2003-06-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Jindrich Makovicka wrote: > Hello, > > till 2.5.6, I used the following line > > Mouse 1W 4 Move > > to move windows by dragging them with left Windows key and Mouse-1. > Since 2.4.7, behavior of the Move command changed - I have to click into

Re: FVWM: Fvwm 2.5.7 with XDirectFB 1.0

2003-07-16 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > I'm running gentoo, fvwm 2.5.7 development version, > DirectFB v0.9.17, and XDirectFB 1.0. It works > gloriously except for a couple of problems, one of > which is fvwm related. > > I run 3x3 desktops, and when I move my cursor to an > edge of a screen, the desktop changes. That is good, > b

FVWM: Using UTF-8 locale

2003-09-01 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I swithed to using a UTF-8 locale. It works really nice in FVWM, but gtk (1.2)-based apps displays text as if it were latin 1. I set the locale in my .xsession like this: export LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8 If I run "echo $LANG" in rxvt started from a menu in FVWM, it says sv_SE.UTF-8 but if I start an rxvt

Re: FVWM: Using UTF-8 locale

2003-09-02 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> It sounds like your shell's profile is overriding the LANG setting (e.g. > /etc/profile)... I personally set the locale in my zshrc, depending on > whether I'm in an xterm or the console (because Linux's console UTF-8 > support is kind of lacking.) Yes, you're right. My .bashrc read some global

Re: FVWM: Icon styles

2003-09-04 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > Style * IconSize 32 32 > Style * IconBackgroundColorset grey60 > Style * IconBackgroundRelief 3 > Style * IconBackgroundPadding 0 > Style * IconTitleRelief 3 > > However, some applications seemt o ignore these styles, most notably, > java appl

Re: FVWM: fifo for fvwm?

2003-11-08 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Andrei Mitrofanow wrote: > Hello Workers! > > I want run FvwmCommand, but get a message no fifo found. > > How can i get this fifo? Are you sure you don't have a module path set to a different version of FVWM? Normally you shouldn't need to set it (the default path is comp

Re: FVWM: Shaped window?

2003-12-07 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 7 Dec 2003, Philipp Frank wrote: > Hi there! > > I'm not sure if this is a fvwm issue, but... Well, I've got gkrellm > running, and it went pretty fine until my upgrade to fvwm 2.5.8 > (that's why I guess it's an fvwm issue). What happens is that the > gkrellm window would show up for 1

FVWM: Appearance of checkboxes in FvwmScript

2003-12-23 Thread Marcus Lundblad
I started working on cleaning up my configuration. Then I decided I might as well replace my dynamic config menus with FvwmScript applets. But I'm wondering if checkboxes are really supposed to look like this: http://www.update.uu.se/~ml/snapshot-031123.png The thing I find strang is that the sha

Re: FVWM: Appearance of checkboxes in FvwmScript

2003-12-23 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Olivier Chapuis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:16:24AM +0100, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > I started working on cleaning up my configuration. Then I decided I might > > as well replace my dynamic config menus with FvwmScript applets. > > >

Re: FVWM: Appearance of checkboxes in FvwmScript

2003-12-23 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Olivier Chapuis wrote: > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 12:00:33PM +0100, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 23 Dec 2003, Olivier Chapuis wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:16:24AM +0100, Marcus Lundblad wrote: > &g

FVWM: Merry christmast

2003-12-24 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Merry christmas, Ein fr�hliges Weinacht, God jul, etc. to all FVWM-ers :-) //Marcus -- Visit the official FVWM web page at 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]

Re: FVWM: Appearance of checkboxes in FvwmScript

2003-12-30 Thread Marcus Lundblad
> > Oops, it should be > > http://www.update.uu.se/~ml/snapshot-031223.png > > > > It seems that some widgets intersect. What happen if you put more > space around the checkbox. If this is not the problem, can you send > me your script. I changed the font. Now the widgets look like they should.

Re: FVWM: Focusing the top most window that accepts focus?

2004-01-05 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > I need a solution to give focus to the top most window that accepts > focus. Any ideas? > > At first, I tried > Next (AcceptsFocus,Raised) Focus > But this doesn't do what I want if the currently raised window is one > that doesn't a

Re: FVWM: letting fvwm do something in the background

2004-01-10 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004, Klaus Umbach wrote: > On Sa, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:11:26 -0500, Dan Espen wrote: > > Klaus Umbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello list, > > > is it possible, to let fvwm do something in the background? > > > With the help of Tavis Ormandy, I have a nice function now, to

Re: FVWM: symbolic xpm colors (with FVWMCPP? )

2004-01-15 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 13 Jan 2004 09:36:08 -0600, Shay Hill wrote: > > > > Is it possible to take my SetEnv defined colors and translate them into > > symbolic colors useable by an xpm? This seems possible with FVWMCPP, but > > I've got not idea where even to begin

FVWM: The winning logo on the homepage

2004-01-17 Thread Marcus Lundblad
Will the winning logo(s) soon be present on the homepage? I would like the submit the news to "http://www.xwinman.org";. I wrote an e-mail to the guy running that site in time for the anniversery, but he wanted to wait until the new logo was presented, and then perhaps write an article on FVWM. //

Re: FVWM: Window border query

2004-01-18 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Kelvin Woods wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to specify different > border/handle widths for top, bottom, left or right borders? > > What I'm trying to achieve is a window border style something like the > default Openbox style i.e. single pixel borders aroun

Re: FVWM: MWMBorder bevel accuracy

2004-02-09 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Dan Espen wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > i have noticed a discrepancy between the appearance mwm (from openmotif > > 2.1.30) and fvwm-2.5.8's MWMBorder. i have some screenshots for viewing = > > at > > http://helloworld.sh/wm/ . notice that the pixel 1 up and 1 right

Re: FVWM: Automatic menu without mouse click

2004-02-16 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > On 16 Feb 2004 00:51:59 +, Ukpong Ukpong wrote: > > > > Is it possible to make a menu appear without the user the user > > having pressed any buttons.. > > Yes, using commands from modules or Schedule'd commands. > > > Then make the menu dis

Re: FVWM: Testing custom functions

2004-02-16 Thread Marcus Lundblad
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Ryan Daly wrote: > What's the best way to test the various lines of a function? > > Can I start something that will actually run my function and show me the > results without actually needing to put it in my configuration (and > therefore sometimes breaking my config...)? Y

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