On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 01:10:43PM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> On 07 Nov 2003 10:28:16 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:14:18PM -0500, Ben Winslow wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 03:33, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:17:21PM -0500, Ryan Daly wrote:
> > > > > I'm noticing something strange with 2.5.8 and gkrellm (2.1.21).
> > > > >
> > > > > I click in the top area to move the window and go to move the mouse, but
> > > > > the window stays put. After about 2 or 3 seconds, I hear a beep and the
> > > > > window all of a sudden appears under my pointer ready for me to place it
> > > > > anywhere.
> > > > >
> > > > > If I use my hotkey to move it, I don't get the delay.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is this a bug or maybe a compile option I missed?
> > > >
> > > > gkrellm and fvwm are competing for a grab on the pointer. The
> > > > beep indicates that fvwm has finally given up. Make sure you don
> > > > not have any mouse bindings like
> > > >
> > > > Mouse 1 w ... Function ...
> > > >
> > > > in your fvwm config.
> > >
> > > n.b. This won't matter--Not only is a complex function needed to
> > > properly move a window by clicking and dragging, but
> > > EWMHActivateWindowFunc is called when you try to start dragging the
> > > gkrellm window.
> >
> > That sounds somewhat familiar. I think you are right. So the
> > problem can be circumvented by either destroying the corresponding
> > fvwm function:
> >
> > DestroyFunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc
> >
> > (which affects all windows, not just gkrellm). Unfortunately, it
> > is not yet possible to disable certain features of the EWMH spec
> > for individual windows.
>
> Destroying this function would be undesirable for modern applications
> asking the window manager to activate (bring to the user attention) their
> windows.
>
> A better solution would be to introduce Grab command and add "Grab off"
> to EWMHActivateWindowFunc.
Deja Vu? No, it wouldn't.
Ciao
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Nov 07 2003 - 07:39:27 GMT