Re: FVWM: Placement Styles don't work

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 08:47:17 -0500

>>>>> "Ric" == Richard Lister <listerrj_at_helios.aston.ac.uk> writes:

Ric> On Thu, 15 Feb 1996 11:12:06 +0100 (MET)
Ric> spiegl_at_appl-math.tu-muenchen.de
Ric> wrote concerning 'FVWM: Placement Styles don't work':
>> Hi!
>>
>> I am using fvwm2.0.39 on an SGI Indigo (IRIX 5.3).
>>
>> In my .fvwm2rc I got those lines: (in this order)
>> Style "*" SmartPlacement
>> Style "winterm" ActivePlacement
>> Style "*Test*" ActivePlacement
>> Style "*Demo*" ActivePlacement
>>
>> I expected that all windows except the last three types would
>> be placed "smart". But in fact, *all* windows are placed "smart".
>> Is there something I didn't do right or is this a bug?

Ric> I'm using 2.0.40 on an Indigo 2 IRIX 6.1. Not really played with
Ric> SmartPlacement much. I'll give it a try.

It's probably due to PPosition info for these windows. Try changing
the first line to:

Style "*" SmartPlacement, NoPPostion

>> What I was trying to do is to get some windows from just placing
>> themselves into the upper left hand corner. For example all my
>> own Motif programs do that, which is really annoying. Even when

Ric> Ditto, all my motif programs do that too. I just assumed I was doing
Ric> something stupid in my code :-)

Try the above style line and see if it helps. I'm kind of suprised
though, since I don't believe that my motif programs that I've written
ever exhibited this behavior under fvwm...

Ric> Also, something which annoys me ... some windows never have title
Ric> bars whatever I try to do with Style. Particularly Mosaic and
Ric> Matlab plot windows. This problem doesn't seem to occur with
Ric> other window managers. Am I missing something basic here?

Try this:

Style "*" DecorateTransient

Chuck
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