Excerpts from fvwm: 27-Jan-97 FVWM: Window Placement prob.. John
Tillema_at_hpfcjt.fc.h (1374)
> I like having active placement of windows (where I tell it where to go,
> much like the default twm setup). In 2.0.40 and I think 2.0.43, I could
> do this using ActivePlacement and NoPPosisition. Since 2.0.44 this
> seems to be broken, windows popup in what I think is smart placement
> (maybe Clever, I'm not sure what the differences are at the moment). If
> an open location exists, it lands there, otherwise it waits for you to
> place it. Can anyone confirm that ActivePlacement works?
> ...
> Any suggestions? (I haven't tried going through the code yet)
> Style "*" ForeColor white, BackColor lightsteelblue3
> Style "*" ActivePlacement, NoPPosition
ActivePlacement is still alive and well. However you need to specify
DumbPlacement as well. If I remember correctly, this is due to the
default placement styles being changed. So just change your style
command to be:
Style "*" ActivePlacement, DumbPlacement, NoPPosition
-Bill
--
Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/>.
To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a
message to majordomo_at_hpc.uh.edu.
To report problems, send mail to fvwm-owner_at_hpc.uh.edu.
Received on Tue Jan 28 1997 - 09:18:40 GMT