Re: FVWM: [newbie query] Alt+Tab (have already consulted FAQ - no go)

From: Micha Feigin <michf_at_post.tau.ac.il>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 02:56:09 +0200

On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 11:20:19PM -0700, S. Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 04:59:56AM -0000, rao_at_sdf.lonestar.org wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am new to FVWM (I chucked KDE bcos the feature blot was a major pain.)
> > However, I am facing a problem. I referred to the FAQ before coming here.
> > I apologize if this question has been already asked on the mailing list,
> > which I am sure is the case (no search facility is given, and I don't have
> > the resourced to download all the raw archives.)
>
> for searching the archives try
> http://www.mail-archive.com/index.php?hunt=fvwm
>
> >
> > I desperately need Alt+Tab to take me to the previous window I was working
> > on (or more generally, cycle in an MRU manner.) The answer to Q3.3 in the
> > FAQ (http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#3.3) says:
> > "Starting with release 2.3.15 you can hold the alt key down and keep
> > hitting tab. A single alt-tab selects the previous window."
> >
> > However, I have fvwm-2.5.8-2. Left Alt+Tab only pops up a list of windows
> > open, with the current window being the first on the list. Thus Alt+Tab
> > [release all] only dumps me where I was. So, to get the job done, I have
> > to go in for _two_ Tabs after Alt, which is inefficient. How can I get
> > this done with a single alt+tab?
> >
>
> I think your looking for:
>
> Key Tab A M WindowList CurrentAtEnd IconifiedAtEnd
>

Tried this as I was looking for this functionality too and it seems
that WindowList is quite stubborn at sorting my window list so this
doesn't seem to work.
Tried to remove all menustyle commands from the setups and even destroy
the windowlist menustyle doesn't seem to help.
What am I missing?

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Received on Sun Dec 14 2003 - 18:59:37 GMT

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