Re: FVWM: Modules Programming

From: Kai Grossjohann <grossjohann_at_charly.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 23:15:58 +0200

>>>>> On 13 Aug 1997, Brady Montz said:

  Brady> As for things I could see this module doing: "smart resizing"
  Brady> like smart placement, so as I rubberband my window, my
  Brady> outline gets "guided" by the module to stay clear of other
  Brady> windows. Not sure how this would work exactly, but it could
  Brady> be cool.

Of course, "smart move" is also nice.

  Brady> Having the module remember former locations/sizes of
  Brady> windows, so I could move a window back to previous
  Brady> configutions quickly. Having some keybindings during the
  Brady> rubberband process that would maximize
  Brady> horizontally/vertically, move window all the way to the
  Brady> left/top/bottom/right of the screen, move window to a given
  Brady> desk or page, etc. Basically, everything anyone might want
  Brady> to do while moving or resizing a window.

That'd be great! Mouse button "chords" could also be used with nice
results, like twm does. There, hitting any second mouse button while
doing a move aborts the move.

kai
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