Re: FVWM: StrokeFunc on PDA help

From: Tavis Ormandy <taviso_at_sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:41:43 +0000

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 01:26:44PM +1000, Alexei Gilchrist wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been running fvwm on a linux Zaurus PDA and it's by far the best
> window manager I've found for the platform despite the limitations of a
> PDA (you can see screenshots of fvwm on Zaurus on this thread:
> http://www.zaurususergroup.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8280&st=0 )
>

Wow, that's awesome!

> Can anyone suggest how to efficiently set up the use of Stroke for a
> PDA? Stroke itself is working fine, but I have not found it very usable because:
>
> 1) there is only really one button with the stylus so you can't simply
> overide that for the stroke commands.
> 2) binding the stroke commands only on the root window is a bit
> limiting, and you would have to get to the root window first.
> 3) using a modifier key means that you have to use the
> keyboard, and if you're going to do that it's just as easy to bind a key
> to the command than have to use both keys and stylus, also if the PDA
> is open such that the keyboard is unaccessible then you lose the stroke
> commands right when you need them most.

I see you use a taskbar, you could create a button on it that initiates
the stroke, for example:

*FvwmButtons: (2x20, Icon stroke.png, Frame 0, ActionOnPress, Action(Mouse 1) `StrokeFunc DrawMotion FeedBack`)

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Received on Tue Dec 14 2004 - 05:42:27 GMT

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