Re: FVWM: Problems with fvwm2

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_bae.bellcore.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 14:01:46 -0400

norvien <norvien_at_halcyon.com> writes:
> Well, I've held out on using fvwm2 for some time now, being quite
> content with the old 1.24, but the summer heat finally got to my head
> and I decided to give it a shot. After a couple of weeks of tinkering
> and learning, I have a fairly useable .fvwm2rc file. I do have,
> however, a few problems which I have been unable to solve. I've check
> the archives and the man pages and haven't found anything yet, so I
> was hoping some kind soul here might be willing to lend me a hand (or
> at least some advice).
>
> I'm using the fvwm2 from fvwm2-2.0.46-2.i386.rpm.
>
> Problem #1: When swallowing xclock into an FvwmButton, the clock is
> too small, and won't respond to my efforts at making it larger. I'd
> like it to fill up the button, but it stubbornly remains small.

I didn't see the problem when I tried, perhaps you should try sending
the part of your config that shows the problem. I'm not a regular
fvwmButtons user, so send it to the list, not me.

> Problem #2: After closing any window (using any method -- logging out
> of an xterm, closing, deleting or destroying) my Key mappings won't
> work until I use the mouse -- can't scroll with Ctrl-Arrow, can't
> start up the root menu with Alt-F1, etc. After I click on something
> with the mouse, the Key mappings work again.

This is a known problem. So far, no one has tracked it down.
I tried, but so far, no success.

> Problem #3: Menus don't respond to keys like they used to in 1.24.
> ESC used to close a menu; not anymore. Arrow keys used to move the
> cursor down, up or across a menu; not anymore. I have some menus with
> underscored abbreviations (using the ampersand feature in the menu
> lines), and these don't respond to key presses either.

The arrow keys in menus should work, I use them all the time. Escape
works, except in cases where you are using mwm menus, and are over a
submenu item. Hot keys should also work. Perhaps something in your
.fvwm2rc is causing the problem, however, I don't see how. Maybe if
you post your whole .fvwm2rc, someone will try it out...

> I will gladly submit some or all of my .fvwm2rc file for inspection if
> necessary. I apologize if these are simple problems and I'm
> overlooking something in the manpages, but, as I said, I have looked.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Christopher Possanza
> norvien_at_halcyon.com
> --

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Received on Wed Sep 03 1997 - 13:03:03 BST

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