On 22 Oct 2003 02:27:35 +0200, Julian Finn wrote:
>
> i have a few questions concerning different parts of FVWM which I use in
> version 2.5.6 in combinatino with rox.
Is there any good reason you run the old developement version?
> a) I would somehow like to have a key command to place my mplayer on top
> and visible on all virtual screens (for example to whach a video whilst
> surfing, chatting whatever). I only found out, that I can use StaysOnTop,
> but that somehow just would keep thew window on top, not on all virtual
> screens.. What would I have to do?
You should read the fvwm man page. You may discover the things you always
wanted to have and don't know the terminology by merely reading it.
The command you want is:
Style MPlayer Sticky
Or the following makes it sticky by pressing Shift-Ctrl-M from anywhere:
Key M A SC Next (MPlayer) Stick
> b) I would like to jump to a certain window containing a programm (for
> example to write a script that always opens program x on a certain
> command). can I somehow grep through WindowList? and if so, how can I then
> focus window xy? Next question then: can I use these commands from within
> a bash script or how would I do all this? (i am a bit new to this all, I
> just got the configs from a friend and I am still trying to figure it all
> out)
Add FvwmConsole to your menus or launch it on a key like Alt-F12, then
invoke it and type any fvwm commands in it (the same commands you put
into .fvwm2rc). Run, for example, commands "Beep" or "Module FvwmIdent"
from FvwmConsole.
Another way tp remotely control fvwm is to run FvwmCommand (read its man
page).
You want to read about conditional commands in the fvwm man page, like:
Next (MPlayer) SwitchToWindow
DestroyFunc SwitchToWindow
AddToFunc SwitchToWindow
+ I Raise
+ I Focus
+ I WarpToWindow 50 50
> c) At work I have a Matrox G450 with 2 Monitors. Set it up in my
> Xf86config, but it somehow isn't what I want. My optimal configuration
> would be 2 totally separate monitors with their own virtual screens.
> Switching from one phyiscal monitor to the other would _only_ work via a
> key command, not by moving the mouse somewhere or doing anything else that
> could happen accidentally. Is this possible? Can anybody give me some
> hints how to approach this?
Please read about MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAYS and XINERAMA in the man page.
It suggests:
EdgeScroll 0 0
There are other Edge commands, powerful, but a bit tricky to understand.
You may either enable or disable Xinerama in your X depending on what you
want to achieve.
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Tue Oct 21 2003 - 21:08:16 BST