Re: FVWM: 2.0.46 -> 2.1.4 differences in IconMan, Buttons

From: Brad Giaccio <bgiaccio_at_psrw.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 07:49:53 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Jim Nicholson wrote:

>
> I bit and built the new version, and managed to install it. I'm
> noticing some behaviors that puzzle me:
>
> - FvwmIconMan starts out by issuing "*FvwmIconMan: cannot open
> /dev/console" and then goes on to send all kinds of debug info to
> stdout. Is there a way to turn this off?
>
edit FvwmIconMan/debug.h
and set this
#if 0
#define PRINT_DEBUG
#endif

to #if 0
then recompile the module

> - The 'panel' configuration syntax for FvwmButtons is different from
> the one I was using with a patch Buttons under 2.0.46. The new
> configuration syntax is probably better, except that I can't get
> even a simple example (or the manpage example) to work.
>

The man page lists up as the default direction, but the code wasn't
setting this. It has been fixed in the next release. But in the meantime
you can just put a direction in your panel definitions.

Brad


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Received on Wed Dec 16 1998 - 06:50:16 GMT

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