Re: FVWM: autoplacement in fvwm 2.0.42

From: Austin Donnelly <and1000_at_cam.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 96 16:11 BST

On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Grant Beattie wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've turned off auto-placement in ~/.fvwm2rc, but it still
> auto-positions windows. Here's the relevant bits:
>
> ############################################################################
> # WINDOW Placement
> #
> # SmartPlacement makes new windows pop-up in blank regions of screen
> # Style "*" SmartPlacement
>
> # If SmartPlacement fails, this places it randomly instead of making you do it
> # Style "*" RandomPlacement
>
> It seems to be using random placement, BTW.

You need to say:

Style "*" SmartPlacement, ActivePlacement

Chuck: can you make ActivePlacement the default, this isn't the first
time this question has come up.

Austin
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Received on Sun Apr 21 1996 - 10:09:17 BST

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