FVWM: Manual window movement with SNAPPING!

From: Kobus Retief <kobus.retief_at_telkomsa.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 21:53:57 +0200

Ola

I wrote about this I while ago, but didn't get any response. Decided to
give it another shot (at the start of the month, for a change)...

I move windows around with key bindings; to tell the truth most of my
fvwm configuration is keyboard-based. The problem is that, sure, it's
easy to move windows to specific positions, but what I really need is
something that will snap the window to the closest intervening window
border (almost comparable to the "grow" option of the resize functions).

I hacked up a simple solution -- please note, it's a HACK, so it's not
guaranteed to take into account anybody else's preferences. For
example, I've hardcoded it to do animated moves, which really should be
a distinct parameter. The fvwm2rc syntax is also a bit dodgy, but for a
proof-of-concept patch it works admirably (after all, I use it every
day).

To use: apply the patch (against fvwm-2.5.12), add the following lines
to your .fvwm2rc ...

Key Up WSF C SnapMove North
Key Left WSF C SnapMove West
Key Down WSF C SnapMove South
Key Right WSF C SnapMove East

... and happily move windows around with Ctrl-Cursor. Good idea/bad
idea -- let me know please.

Cheers
-- 
Kobus Retief


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Received on Wed Feb 02 2005 - 13:55:36 GMT

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