Re: FVWM: Placement Styles don't work

From: <spiegl_at_appl-math.tu-muenchen.de>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 11:08:21 +0100 (MET)

> >> >> 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?

Alexander Sorg <sorg_at_cs.bu.edu> wrote:
> if i get the manpage right there are two different switches:
>
> SmartPlacement/DumbPlacement
> and
> RandomPlacement/ActivePlacement
>
> therefore all you windows are placed "smart" which overrides the active
> placement
> for the last two. i'm not sure but try:
>
> Style "*Test*" ActivePlacement,DumbPlacement
> Style "*Demo*" ActivePlacement,DumbPlacement
>
> which should turn off the SmartPlacement explicitly.

That's the solution!!! Great, thanks a lot!

Bye,
 Andy.
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  Andy Spiegl, Institute for Applied Mathematics
  University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany
  E-Mail: spiegl_at_Appl-Math.TU-Muenchen.de
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