On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:16:30PM -0500, Robert Forsman wrote:
>
> I was trying to assemble a config for FVWM2 which emulates my old VTWM
> config.
>
> I was delighted to discover the icon manager (FvwmIconMan). However, I
> was disappointed with the behavior of
>
> *FvwmIconMan*action Select sendcommand Focus
>
> It would flip from desktop to desktop depending on which window I had
> selected. This is bad.
>
> One of my main uses for the icon manager was to select an off-screen
> window into which I would type commands.
>
> For example, I am on a page with no Netscape. I would move my mouse over
> the word Netscape in my icon manager and hit Alt-N. Netscape would then
> spawn a new window on the current desktop.
AddToFunc ToggleWindow
+ I None (currentpage $$0) $$1
+ I Next (currentpage visible $$0) Close
+ I Next ($$0) Raise
ToggleWindow "Navigator" "exec netscape"
Call the ToggleWindow Function with the window name (or class or
...) as the first argument and with the command to start a new one
as the second argument.
> I've been faking it with button 2 in the pager. How can I make the icon
> manager work like that?
>
> Anyway, if anyone can tell me how to get my old focus-without-changing-
> pages behavior, I'd be happy. If not, just keep it in mind when you're
> short of new features to implement.
Use the "NoWarp" option of the Focus command:
*FvwmIconMan*action Select sendcommand Focus NoWarp
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Tue Dec 11 2001 - 03:13:45 GMT