Hi,
I've got a suggestion for the future development, which needs only a small
patch to fvwm and the module interface. I have, in fact, already made
quick (and dirty :-)) patches to the code myself. I hope that this feature
is really new since I have not been able to take a closer look at the
2.0.44 and 2.0.45 releases.
It'll be nice to bind arbitrary commands to mouse buttons which are sent
directly to the modules connected to fvwm to further integrate
them. To realize this, my suggestion is to define a new module message
(which I have called M_MISC_MESSAGE for now) which would contain the
command as an attached string. Most modules would perhaps ignore this
message, others would analyze the string and execute the appropriate
action.
If the suggested functionality was integrated into fvwm-code, modules
could communicate which each other via fvwm by just using its internal
communication facilities. This could be used for instance to write a
common GUI for different modules...
Stefan.
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Stefan Stille
TU Braunschweig
Inst. fuer Datenverarbeitungsanlagen Tel: (0531) 391-3731
Hans-Sommer-Str. 66 Fax: -4587
38106 Braunschweig email: Stille_at_ida.ing.tu-bs.de
"Not from the stars do I my judgement plug,
and yet methinks I have astronomy!"
--- Will Shakespeare
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Received on Tue Jan 28 1997 - 08:03:34 GMT