Alvin Chin <achin_at_cs.toronto.edu> writes:
> Sorry to be ignorant, but when I right click with my mouse on the root
> window (the background of my desktop which is in a VNC viewer), I only
> see the standard menu of the GNOME window manager (New Windows, New
> Folder, etc.).
>
> Unless this is not called the root window, then what is the root window?
Gnome runs something called Nautilus.
This creates a borderless window that covers the root window.
You can stop using nautilus or invoke your fvwm menus some other way.
> Thanks and sorry to sound ignorant, I am new to FVWM.
You must be new.
Replies belong "in context" on this list.
Normally, I just delete top posted messages.
I don't know how many other people on this list do the same
but it could be a non-zero number.
>
> On Wed, 2004-05-19 at 19:22, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> > On 19 May 2004 18:02:50 -0400, Alvin Chin wrote:
> > >
> > > I still can't seem to get mouse stroke to work. Does someone have a
> > > sample fvwm2rc file that works with mouse strokes? I keep getting
> > > errors with my fvwm2rc file.
> >
> > Did you try the file I suggested?
> >
> > Start FvwmConsole and type these commands in it:
> >
> > Mouse 3 R A StrokeFunc FeedBack DrawMotion StrokeWidth 2
> > Stroke 0 0 R A Exec xmessage "Just click mouse 3 on the root"
> > Stroke N852 0 R A Exec xterm -n "Draw line from up to down"
> > Stroke N456 0 R A Exec xterm -n "Draw line from left to right"
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mikhael.
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