I'm a BIG fan of FVWM
(the Father-of-all Virtual Window Managers - isn't that what the F meant :-)
Here are a few things that I've noticed (bugs ?) using 2.0.45
1. FlipFocus seems to disappear when you Restart your fvwm session (via
'Restart fvwm2' in the .fvwm2rc file) - this happened on both 2.0.45 &
2.0.44. By disappearing I mean I get the following error when I try to
invoke the function after a restart
[FVWM][executeModule]: <<ERROR>> No such module /download/fvwm-2.0.45/modules/ALLmodules FlipFocus
I've also noticed that FlipFocus goes awry sometimes and when
asked to FlipFocus it flips between my xterm and FvwmButtons (even
though I wasn't focused on FvwmButtons - it ignores the other window
that I _was_ focused in).
Key F1 A C Prev [!iconic] FlipFocus
I've informed Dan Niles (FlipFocus' author) about the Restart problem.
2. I have seen the same problem that Lance Brown (labrown_at_splat.niehs.nih.gov)
mentioned in his email about FvwmAuto (not being able to focus); I've been
at times unable to focus on xterms when I was previously focused in some
application window such as Netscape/emacs. I would have to leave the
xterm and enter it a few times before it finally focuses. I know this is
not much of a description, but I can't really place it myself - it seems
rather random.
I've also seen a problem with rxvt losing/recapturing focus. If you
overlap your rxvt with any other window - say by 10% and briefly go to
the rxvt and return back, you'll notice that the focus keeps shifting
from the rxvt to the other window until you move your mouse deeper into
one window or the other (if you don't move the mouse this shifting stays
indefinitely). Since I haven't been able to replicate this problem on
two normal xterms (ie. not involving rxvt), I'm assuming this is more a
problem with rxvt rather than FvwmAuto
+ "I" Module FvwmAuto 200
3. I liked (still do) an old fvwm-1.24 function - 'TogglePage' and would love
to see it come back. If it does not, no harm done. I've been able to
replicate its behavior by including the following segment in my .fvwm2rc
file
AddToMenu MyTogglePage
+ "ON" EdgeScroll 100 100
+ "OFF" EdgeScroll 0 0
The 'EdgeScroll 0 0' works fine UNLESS you are moving a window in which
case the scrolling is enabled. I am not sure if this enabling of scrolling
upon moving windows is intentional or whether this is a bug (I tend to
believe its the later).
Lastly, a request; I read the archived version of the emails
(www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/) and it would be much nicer to remove the
FVWM background/wallpaper (with yellowish tint) from the archived directory
since it makes it rather difficult to see anything within Netscape.
Many Thanks,
- Nadim
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Received on Fri Jan 31 1997 - 19:47:05 GMT