Re: FVWM: Re: Questions about FVWM2

From: Fleish <fleish_at_stu056.bsc.edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:19:49 -0600 (CST)

Thanks Chuck, that did it.

EVERYONE ELSE: THANKS FOR YOUR REPLIES...BUT STOP SENDING THEM
(that should do the trick :)

This is just a message to shamelessly beg for Chuck to put the
StartsOnPage function in 2.0.44 (like he hasn't been asked that one
already :)
Todd

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On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, Charles Hines wrote:

> >>>>> "Fleish" == Fleish <fleish_at_stu056.bsc.edu> writes:
>
> Fleish> Second: Can someone explain to me what multiple
> Fleish> desktops (not pages) are and how they work exactly. I too,
> Fleish> have been awaiting the implementation of StartsOnPage, but
> Fleish> might find StartsOnDesk to be somewhat helpful in the interim,
> Fleish> if I knew what it was and how it worked.
>
> I recently put this in the FAQ, which you'll see updated with 2.0.44:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 27) What exactly is the differenct between a DESK, a PAGE, and the
> SCREEN?
>
> A: Our naming convention is sometimes a source of confusion, and when
> discussing problems and the like it's good to maintain a consistent
> meaning. To illustrate how features of fvwm should be referred to
> - fvwm has multiple disjoint DESKTOPS, each of which is comprised
> of M by N PAGES, which are each the size of the physical SCREEN.
> The physical SCREEN acts as a viewport over one of the PAGES of the
> current DESK. Here's a picture to clarify (also, take a look at
> the FvwmPager module):
>
> Desk 0 Desk 1
> +----------+----------+ +----------+----------+
> | | | | | |
> | Page 0 0 | Page 1 0 | | | |
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> +----------+----------+ +----------+----------+
> |+--------+| | | | |
> ||Page 0 1|| Page 1 1 | | | |
> || || | | | |
> |+--------+| | | | |
> +----------+----------+ +----------+----------+
>
> It shows two 2 x 2 DESKTOPS. If the current DESK were number 0,
> and the current PAGE were 0 1, the SCREEN would show only the
> windows located there, plus any sticky ones.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> How's that?
>
> Chuck
>

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