On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 06:25:43PM +0100, Adye, TJ (Tim) wrote:
> Hi Dominik,
>
> On Thu, 3 May 2001 11:40:54 +0200, Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 11:32:24PM +0100, Adye, TJ (Tim) wrote:
> > > 3) In my FvwmButtons (edited a little to conform to the new syntax) I
> have
> > > buttons like
> > >
> > > *BarButtons(Title XTerm, Icon rterm.xpm, Action `Exec "XTerm" exec
> > > xterm`)
> > >
> > > which I think should mean that the button remains shown as depressed
> until
> > > the XTerm window appears (this is what used to happen). Now the button
> is
> > > only shown depressed as long as mouse button is down. Is this a new bug,
> or
> > > am I using the wrong syntax?
> >
> > FvwmButtons does not have the functionality you describe. You
> > are probably confusing this with the 'Swallow' option.
>
> If that's true, it must have been removed recently. It used to do this in
> 2.3.6, and it's still in the (2.3.31) FvwmButtons man page:-
>
> Any fvwm command is recognized by FvwmButtons.
> See fvwm2(1) for more infomation. The Exec com-
> mand has a small extension when used in Actions,
> its syntax is:
>
> Exec ["hangon"] command
>
> When FvwmButtons finds such an Exec command, the
> button remains pushed in until a window whose name
> or class matches the quoted portion of the command
> is encountered. This is intended to provide visual
> feedback to the user that the action he has
> requested will be performed. If the quoted portion
> contains no characters, then the button will pop
> out immediately. Note that users can continue
> pressing the button, and re-executing the command,
> even when it looks "pressed in."
>
> I rather liked this functionality, but I agree that it's not a critical
> feature. If it was decided to remove it (when did that happen - I didn't
> notice it in the news?), then I guess the documentation should be updated.
>
> In any case, this is just a minor quibble (sorry if I'm too much of a
> pedant). My main problems are the spurious window raising and full-screen
> refresh that I mentioned in my original message.
Fixed.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Sun May 06 2001 - 06:54:24 BST