Re: FVWM: window placement idea / wish

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 19:06:38 -0400

Cameron Simpson <cs_at_zip.com.au> writes:
> Is there a setting to say "don't overlap the window with the focus"?
>
> Mozilla really really annoys me. I insists on scattering its windows
> across the screen, which is a major PITA when middle-clicking my way down
> an index or suchlike, making several windows, inevitably overlapping my
> mouse at some point and screwing things up. I have an FvwmEvent monitoring
> script, which catchs the Mozilla windows and puts them where I want with
> FvwmCommand, but there's still this (temporal) window of opportunity
> with with several windows strikes regularly.
>
> Can I preempt Mozilla's placement fetishism more effectively?

Do you know you can get Mozilla to open new windows in tabs?

I don't normally like MIDI applications but in the case of the
browser, it seems like the best way to go.

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