Re: FVWM: click on swallowed app?

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:28:11 -0600

On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 10:53:50AM -0400, pavese_at_chem.columbia.edu wrote:
> Hi, All.
>
> Quick question: Is there any way to tie an action to clicking on a
> swallowed app in FvwmButtons?

No. Older versions of the man page simply lie about it.

> I tried tying an action to a swallowed
> xload, but clicking on it seems to do nothing. I guess what is happening
> is that the click is getting passed on to the running app & not the button
> bar itself.

Exactly.

>Is there any way to get around this?

Yes: write a patch :-) I tried to implement it, but I'm not good enough
a X programmer to get it working. I guess it would require to reparent
the swallowed applications in a window with the same size to do it, but
I don't dare to try.

Bye

Dominik ^_^

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