On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 03:36:19AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote:
> 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...)
I have given it this name because this is exactly what it does: it
reverses the order of the menu entries. Without this option, the
window list is ordered like this:
Title
Window 1 (window with the focus)
Window 2 (window that had the focus before window 1)
Window 3 (window that had the focus before window 2)
...
Window n (window that had the focus before window n-1)
and with ReverseOrder:
Title
Window n (window that had the focus before window n-1)
...
Window 3 (window that had the focus before window 2)
Window 2 (window that had the focus before window 1)
Window 1 (window with the focus)
The pointer alsways starts ofer the first menu entry.
> 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]
Yes, that still works. WHat I meant was the case when you pressed
Alt-Tab, then released both keys and later pressed Alt-Tab again.
Previously that switched between the current window and the window
that had the focus before, now it cycles through all windows.
> 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)?
Key F1 A N Next Focus
Key F2 A N Prev Focus
You don't have to press the Alt key and never break your fingers
with combinations like Alt-Shift-Ctrl-Tab. Or even better: With
the Direction command you can get the window much faster:
# direction bindings
Key KP_1 A C Direction SouthWest Focus
Key KP_2 A C Direction South Focus
Key KP_3 A C Direction SouthEast Focus
Key KP_4 A C Direction West Focus
Key KP_5 A C WindowList
Key KP_6 A C Direction East Focus
Key KP_7 A C Direction NorthWest Focus
Key KP_8 A C Direction North Focus
Key KP_9 A C Direction NorthEast Focus
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 Sat Sep 15 2001 - 06:05:24 BST