Re: FVWM: Re: recapture ; icons

From: Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 12:29:59 +0200

On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 08:02:28PM -0500, cks_at_hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu wrote:
> | I've noticed that icons get repositioned when the Recapture command is run.
> | Is there any way to turn this off and let the icons stay where they were?
>
> I will second this. I suspect that the intended behavior is that icons
> that were automatically placed should be re-positioned equally automatically,
> perhaps tidying them up. The unfortunate current effect is that if you don't
> have automatic icon placement on, all your icons get 'tidied' to +0 +0 in
> an ugly mess.
>
> Ideally, Recapture would only reposition icons that were auto-placed and
> then never moved afterwards.

I don't consider tidying up icons a bug. The bug is the 'Recapture' command
itself. It's just a dirty hack to allow already mapped windows to change
their styles (with a positive effect on speed).

Bye

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