I've written a new module for fvwm2. As far as I know I had not seen
this and remember that it was on the todo list.
FvwmCascade is a simple module to cascade windows. There are a few
options to control how and what windows are cascaded. I've attached
the man page so you can read that. I'm also working on an FvwmTile
module.
You can retrieve it at:
http://www.rpi.edu/~veliaa/projects/fvwm_patches/fvwm_modules.html
Here is the man page:
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NAME
FvwmCascade - layer FVWM windows
SYNOPSIS
FvwmCascade is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invoca-
tion will work.
DESCRIPTION
This module attempts to cascade windows on the current
screen subject to certain constraints. Layering is per-
formed so consecutive windows will have their window
titles visible underneath the previous.
INVOCATION
FvwmCascade is best invoked from a menu, popup or button.
There are a number of command line options which can be
used to constrain the layering, these are described below.
As an example case, one could call FvwmCascade with the
following arguments:
FvwmCascade 100p 100p 400p 300p
This invocation will cascade windows starting at pixel
location 100, 100 on the screen and constrain the width
and height to 400 and 300 pixels respectively.
Command-line arguments passed to FvwmCascade are described
here.
-a Causes _a_l_l window styles to be affected
-desk Causes all windows on the desk to be cascaded
instead of the current screen only.
-flatx Inhibits border width increment.
-flaty Inhibits border height increment.
-noraise
Inhibits window raising, leaving the depth ordering
intact.
-r Reverses the window sequence.
-t Causes transient windows to also be affected
(implied by -all).
-u Causes untitled windows to also be affected
(implied by -all).
Up to four numbers can be placed on the command
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line that are not switches. The first pair specify
an x and y offset to start the first window
(default is 0, 0). The second pair specify a maxi-
mal width and height for the layered windows. If
an affected window exceeds either this width or
height, it is resized to the maximal width or
height. If each number is suffixed with the letter
p, then it is taken to be a pixel value, otherwise
it is interpreted as a screen percentage.
BUGS
It is probably not a good idea to delete windows while
windows are being cascaded.
AUTHOR
Andrew Veliath
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Received on Tue Nov 26 1996 - 12:12:23 GMT