Thus spake Bob Woodside:
>
> Neil Bird wrote:
> >
> > "Brian D. McGrew" wrote:
> > > Quick question. I'm using a virtual 2x2 desktop.
> > > How, using what commands can I tell X-Terminal which
> > > desktop I want it to load on. (ie. I want to load one
> > > on desktop 1x1, 1x2 and 2x2; but not 2x1). Can this
> > > be done? If so, can someone give me the command?
> >
> > <Ahem> "RTFM".
> >
> > (BTW, I believe the pages start at '0' not '1').
>
> Yes, they do.
>
> > xterm -xrm "*Page:3 2 1"
> >
> > will start an xterm two pages to the right and one down from
> > the upper left hand page of desk number 3. Not all applica-
> > tions understand the use of these options, however.
> >
> > Mind you, I've not tried that myself ... and you may be able to omit the
> > desk number as you can with StartsOnPage.
>
> Yes, you can. "*Page: 2 1" will give you this relative page positioning
> on the current desktop. (The full resource name is actually
> "Fvwm.Page".)
>
> Also, in most cases you'd probably want to set a style like
>
> Style "xterm" SkipMapping
Can you please explain me how this option SkipMapping is useful.
An example will be very useful. I checked the max page, it is very brief.
-sam
> to avoid warping to each desktop in turn as these xterms are started up.
> At least I would find that annoying.
>
> Brian -- you didn't tell us what release of FVWM you're using. This
> technique that Neil describes requires 2.2 or later. If you're using
> 2.0.46, there's a patch available to implement StartsOnPage.
>
> If you're using version 1, you're out of luck. You have to use the old
> hack of specifying geometries on the command line to position the
> windows beyond the boundaries of the currently visible viewport (page),
> and it only works if you are on page 0,0 (upper left hand corner) when
> you start them. (And, frankly, I won't guarantee that it works at all:
> version 1 hasn't been actively supported for a long time.)
>
>
> - Bob
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Received on Fri May 07 1999 - 15:28:33 BST