Re: FVWM: Two Xservers - two fvwms

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:11:27 +0100

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:18:01AM +0100, Uwe Pross wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have got a funny setup at work. I have got a box with two
> graphic cards. Each graphic card is handled by its own
> Xserver. For each Xserver there is one fvwm instance
> running. There are two monitors as well. Switching from one
> screen to the other is done by moving the mouse pointer.
>
> But currently there is no way to define a key binding to
> switch to the other screen.

You can use the WarpToWindow command and specify the other
screen's root window.

> Today I say that xemacs pops up
> a window on the other screen. This was since I have gnuserv
> running which runs once for the two screens. While this the
> focus switched to the other screen while the mouse pointer
> remained on the other one.
>
> Seeing this I wondered if fvwm can do the same. It would be
> sufficient if the focus switches from one screen to the
> other so that I don't need to do that with the mouse.

Hm, the problem is to detect that the focus has left the screen.
I think you'd need some code change. I can't think of a way to
distinguish that from no window having the focus at the moment.

> Maybe the two fvwms can communicate with each other. Any ideas?

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Mar 19 2004 - 06:13:47 GMT

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