Re: FVWM: WindowList: immediatly at second entry

From: Erik Steffl <steffl_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 03:36:19 -0700

Dominik Vogt wrote:
...
> Gee, since we all hate windows and think that Alt-Tabbing sucks
> anyway I guess nobody ever tested Alt-Tab emulation thorough
> enough to notice its a bit inconvenient ;-)
>
> I have written a patch that adds the new option "ReverseOrder" to
> the WindowList command. If you use it, the pointer will start
> over the next list entry and hitting Alt-Tab repeatedly (releasing
> the Alt in between) rotates through all the windows instead of
> just switching back and forth between the last two.

  seems like a good idea but IMO the name is confusing (I don't even
know why you have chosen it). Since it's new code, can you change it to
something closer to what it does (StartAtSecond, HighlightSecondItem,
MSWinComaptibilityMode or something...)

  and what do you mean by 'releasing alt in between'? isn't it possible
to make it work exctly like in mswin? [window list stays on while alt is
down, tab key moves to next entry]

  btw I consider the way how the alt-tab works in win one of the few
good features of mswin... it's very fast way to switch between
applications (if you're switching between only few of them). is there
any faster way (using fvwm)?

        erik
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