Re: FVWM: two dimensional menu bars

From: <gensch_at_zk3.dec.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 1998 08:50:50 -0400 (EDT)

On 5 Jun, Neil Zanella wrote:


> And is it possible to have different FvwmButtons applications, say two,
> on the same desktop.

Yup. I do it all the time. I have one instance called
"TaskBarButtons" (my task bar) and another one called "XtermButtons".

You just simply need to call the buttons some name:

        Module FvwmButtons XtermButtons

and then give the properties by name:

    *XtermButtonsFore Black
    *XtermButtonsBack #c0c0c0
    *XtermButtonsFont -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal-*-*-70-*-*-*-*-*-*
    *XtermButtonsGeometry -1-31
    *XtermButtonsColumns 4

    *XtermButtons(4x8, Swallow "Fvwm Pager" "FvwmPager 0 3")
    *XtermButtons(Size 34 10, Title system1,
            Action 'Exec rsh sys1 /usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display $HOSTDISPLAY')
    *XtermButtons(Size 34 10, Title sys2,
            Action 'Exec rsh sys1 /usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display $HOSTDISPLAY')
    *XtermButtons(Size 34 10, Title sys3,
            Action 'Exec rsh sys1 /usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display $HOSTDISPLAY')
    *XtermButtons(Size 34 10, Title quit,
            Action 'Next [CirculateHit "XtermButtons"] Close')


This gives a nice little button block that consists of a pager and
four buttons underneath it, including a QUIT button that causes the
XtermButtons to close. The geometry (-1-31) makes it sit on the
bottom right corner, just above my TaskBarButtons.

> Also, can FvwmButtons launch another FvwmButtons onto the desktop, ie.
> can we have nested FvwmButtons?

A button on FvwmButtons can launch another set of buttons.

For instance:

    *XtermButtons(Size 34 10, Title "Other...",
            Action 'Module FvwmButtons OtherButtons')

Or, a set of buttons can be included within a set of buttons using the
"Container" keyword. See the man page for FvwmButtons that comes with
fvwm-2.0.46.

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Received on Fri Jun 05 1998 - 07:51:27 BST

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