Irene's message reminded me of something I would very much like to be
able to do in FVWM: Duplicate the ALT+TAB behavior of Windows 95 as
much as possible. The closest I've been able to come is to specify
Key Tab A M Next [*] Focus
in my .fvwmrc (well, okay, .fvwm95rc, but the behavior seems to be the
same in stock FVWM), but this only seems to alternate between the two
most recent windows (most of the time, there are exceptions). It's
close enough when I'm working with two windows, and something of a
headache if a third window comes into play.
For those unaware, Windows 95's (and it's relative Windows NT 4.0)
ALT+TAB works like this: When the ALT key is depressed, a box appears
in the middle of the screen with an icon for each window. Keeping ALT
held and tapping TAB will advance an outline cursor within the window
to the next icon in the list. Releasing ALT raises the window and
gives it focus. The ordering is important too. Non-iconized windows
are first in the list, followed by iconized windows.
Is there anything else I can try in my .fvwmrc to duplicate some of
this behavior, or should I investigate writing a module to do this?
(Starting with FvwmWinList as a starting point, of course). I could
care less about looking like Windows 95--It's the functionality I'm
after.
-- Dave
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Schwarting, Irene S wrote:
> I'm working on developing a catalog of the differences between wvfm95 and NT,
> the aspects of the NT interface which *cannot* be implemented in a Unix
> environment. I am particularly interested in the "look and feel" differences
> which can induce user problems when the behavior of the environment does not
> match expectations. For instance, why do you use Motif...what are the problems
> you find occurring because "FVWM95 and WinNT4.0 look just too much alike?" Any
> feedback would be appreciated. Respond privately, if there is interest I will
> compile the differences for the list.
> Thanks,
David E. Brooks Jr mailto:dbj_at_pelops.com
Tantalus Incorporated
http://members.iglou.com/dbj/
130 Fairfax Avenue, Suite 1D
Louisville, KY 40207 finger dbj_at_iglou.com for public key
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