Re: FVWM: Config Help

From: Tim Phipps <tim_phipps_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:26:00 +0000

Jerry Alexandratos wrote:
>
> Dang!!!
>
> I don't suppose anyone is planning on adding this feature? It's like
> the only decent feature of that "other" GUI and it greatly accelerates
> everything. 8(

I don't think it will happen. Fvwm only reacts to key presses and this
would require it to listen for key releases and be able to bind
sequences to functions. How would you specify this behaviour in a
.fvwm2rc?

There are ways of getting around the desktop quickly. The FAQ has a
method that makes hitting alt-tab twice quickly work like the quick
alt-tab in Windows:

DestroyFunc my_dbltab2
AddToFunc my_dbltab2 "I" WindowListFunc $w
DestroyFunc my_dbltab
AddToFunc my_dbltab "I" Prev (CurrentDesk) my_dbltab2
Key Tab A M WindowList Root c c CurrentDesk NoGeometry my_dbltab

If you bind the keypad Enter instead of Alt-Tab it gets a bit quicker:

Key KP_Enter A N WindowList Root c c CurrentDesk NoGeometry my_dbltab

Another method that may give even better results is to use FvwmIconMan
and write some functions/bindings to get it to focus to specific buttons
e.g. Alt-F1 could send a message to FvwmIconMan that would make Fvwm
Switch focus to the first window in the FvwmIconMan list, Alt-F2 to the
second etc. Since FvwmIconMan is always visible you could decide which
window to go to and just hit the appropriate key. If you arrange the
FvwmIconMan window carefully you may even get it to arrange the windows
straight above the functions keys and you won't even have to count, just
hit the key beneath the FvwmIconMan button.

heers,
Tim.
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Received on Wed Jan 26 2000 - 09:26:49 GMT

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