Re: FVWM: config, basics - please

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 22:16:18 -0400

"leegold" <goldtech_at_worldpost.com> writes:
> Please,
>
> I would deeply appreciate if someone would rephrase the manual entree, or
> perhaps a brief practical example of what this setting - EdgeResistance 250
> 10
> - does. say it's eg desktop 2x2.
>
> Yes, I have printed out and am "barnstorming" the manual ( all 63 pages ).
> As well as going thru my system.fvwn2rc line by line to get acquainted w/the
> config. Would anyone indulge me for a moment and offer their explaination
> of: EdgeResistance 250 10.

The best way to understand the command is to try different values.
You can issue the command without restarting fvwm with FvwmTalk.

Refer to the man page text below.

For "scrolling" try values like 100 (tenth of a second) and 1000
(1 second). Move the pointer to the edge of the screen and hold it
there a while. Try the righthand edge of the screen first.

For "moving" try 1, 100, and 1000. With the mouse put the pointer
on the frame or titlebar of a window and try to drag the window off
the edge of the screen.


     EdgeResistance scrolling moving
          Tells how hard it should be to change the desktop
          viewport by moving the mouse over the edge of the
          screen and how hard it should be to move a window over
          the edge of the screen.

          The first parameter tells how many milliseconds the
          pointer must spend on the screen edge before fvwm will
          move the viewport. This is intended for people who use

               EdgeScroll 100 100

          but find themselves accidentally flipping pages when
          they don't want to.

          The second parameter tells how many pixels over the
          edge of the screen a window's edge must move before it
          actually moves partially off the screen. By default
          the viewport is moved a full page in the requested
          direction, but if you used EdgeScroll and set any
          values other than zero they will be used instead.

          Note that, with

               EdgeScroll 0 0

          it is still possible to move or resize windows across
          the edge of the current screen. By making the first
          parameter to EdgeResistance 10000 this type of motion
          is impossible. With EdgeResistance less than 10000 but
          greater than 0 moving over pages becomes difficult but
          not impossible. See also EdgeThickness.


After trying a few values, the man page explanation should make more
sense.

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