On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:52:56PM -0500, brendan_at_cs.uchicago.edu wrote:
> i don't know if this is a bug or what, but i have the following line
> in my .fvwm2rc :
>
> Style "*" ActivePlacement
>
> for the first, maybe, 10 seconds after startup though, it goes all
> RandomPlacement on me. after a little, things quiet down, and i am
> prompted to place new xterms i invoke.
You probably have
GlobalOpts SmartPlacementIsReallySmart
or
Global SmartPlacementIsNormal
In your config file. In 2.4.0, all the placement options were
rewritten and renamed. The new code is almost, but not
completely compatible with the old code:
- The GlobalOpts command has been removed. The placement options
are now style options.
- The placement style options were all renamed so that only a
single placement style has to be used:
ManualPlacement
CascadePlacement
MinOverlapPlacement
MinOverlapPercentPlacement
TileManualPlacement
TileCascadePlacement
- The old styles and GlobaloptsOptions are replaced with regular
style commands.
Actually, this means that
Global SmartPlacementIsNormal
is the same as
Style * TileCascadePlacement
and
GlobalOpts SmartPlacementIsReallySmart
is the same as
Style * MinOverlapPlacement
in 2.4. This explains why your style does not work: is it
overridden by the later globalopts line. You can find a complete
conversion table for the styles in the man page. Also, it is a
good idea to use one of the new styles, in your case
Style * ManualPlacement
If all this still does not help you, post your configuration file.
> also, is there a analagous option to ActivePlacement that would prompt
> be to draw out the size of the new window as well?
Just press mouse button 2 when placing the wire frame of a new
window. This finishes placing the window and then allows to
resize it. (If you are using "Emulate Mwm", use shift-button1
instead).
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 Fri Aug 10 2001 - 01:03:29 BST