Re: FVWM: another feature request

From: Brady Montz <bradym_at_cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 05 Jun 1998 08:17:40 -0700

Neil Zanella <nzanella_at_cs.mun.ca> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to suggest a generalization of Emacs' follow mode
> concept to fvwm. Most of you are probably already familiar with
> follow-mode <http://www.csd.uu.se/~andersl/follow.shtml>.
> For those of you who are not, I will briefly explain the concept:
>
> Two windows A and B are opened, both showing the same file, image,
> or application. The bottom of window A is the top of window B.
> Hence scrolling in window A causes window B to scroll as well.
>
> We could have the same situation with N windows.
>
> By opening enough windows one can get a better view of the application
> they are looking at, and can also display full pages of postscript on
> a small screen with no need for scroll bars.
>
> Perhaps this is a somewhat strange though useful feature.
> fvwm would be the first window manager to offer it.
>
> Neil

The only way I can see to do this is with FvwmScroll, and I don't know how
well it would work.

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