Re: FVWM: New & popup windows

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 1995 15:55:11 -0500

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark B Hamby <mark%mailhost_at_leav-156-100.army.mil> writes:

Mark> Fvwm Users,

Mark> I am new to Fvwm. It's my first day of using it after years of
Mark> Sun's Open Windows.

Welcome aboard!

Mark> I am busy reading through web pages, man pages, etc. However, I
Mark> have a few questions that I need answered to make life bearable.

Mark> Q1: Open Windows used to have a pin on popup windows that you
Mark> could "tack down" so that the window would not go away when
Mark> pushing a button. How do I keep popup windows from disappearing
Mark> in Fvwm?

Currently not implemented, but it's on the 2.xx TO-DO list as a
possible future enhancement.

Mark> Q2: How do I get Fvwm to just open a new window anywhere instead
Mark> of putting up the rubber-band box and allowing me to place it?

Well, this is in the man pages (taken from the 2.xx man page):

               RandomPlacement causes windows which would normally
               require user placement to be automatically placed in
               ever-so- slightly random locations. For the best of
               all possible worlds use both RandomPlacement and
               SmartPlacement.

               SmartPlacement causes windows which would normally
               require user placement to be automatically placed in a
               smart location - a location in which they do not
               overlap any other windows on the screen. If no such
               position can be found user placement or random
               placement will be used as a fall-back method. For the
               best of all possible worlds use both RandomPlacement
               and SmartPlacement.

So, Are you using fvwm 1.xx or 2.xx?

1.xx

  # place windows in empty screen locations
  # but not over icons
  StubbornPlacement
  SmartPlacement
  # and place randomly if not enough empty screen
  RandomPlacement

2.xx

  Style "*" RandomPlacement, SmartPlacement

That should do the trick.

Mark> Q3: Does anyone have a .fvwmrc for Sun Open Windows or Microsoft
Mark> Windows-95 look-alike setup?

Currently fvwm cannot be made to really look like either of these.

Chuck

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