On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 04:22:52PM +1000, ben_at_snrc.uow.edu.au wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 11:29:35PM +1000, ben_at_snrc.uow.edu.au wrote:
> ...
> > > I made a hack to fvwm 2.0.46 which undoes the icon 'auto-compact'
> > > feature - that is, an application's icon position is reserved for the
>
> > I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do. I can't remember any
> > feature that 'auto compacts' icons, whatever that may be. Perhaps
>
> What I mean is the way fvwm (and some other icon-based wmgrs) layout icons
> on the screen. Presently, fvwm fills the icon box to not leave any gaps.
> This means icons don't 'stay put' - for example:
>
> Wn - window id 'n' In - icon for window 'n'
>
> a)initial: b)restore W2: c)iconify W4: d)iconify W2:
> +-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+
> | I1 | | I1 W2 | | I1 W2 | | I1 |
> | I2 | | | | I4 | | I4 |
> | I3 W4 | | I3 W4 | | I3 | | I3 |
> | | | | | | | I2 |
> +-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+ +-----------+
>
> So you can see that the icons have rearranged themselves, each time
> begin 'compacted' into the first available space in the icon box.
>
> What I like is for icons to stay where they started, in essence not having
> the wm 'repack' the iconbox on every iconisation (<- is that a word??).
>
> Manually placing an icon forces it to stay put by removing it from the
> packing process. My hack sets all icons as though they are manually
> placed. It'd be nice to know if this is doable via any kind of config
> directive/s.
Then you should upgrade your fvwm to a more current version. A quick
test reveals that the current development code does it the way you
describe and I bet the released version (2.2.2) does it too.
Bye
Dominik ^_^
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Received on Tue Aug 24 1999 - 02:00:02 BST