Cameron Simpson <cs_at_zip.com.au> writes:
> On 19:06 24 May 2002, Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote:
> | 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. [...]
> | > Can I preempt Mozilla's placement fetishism more effectively?
> |
> | Do you know you can get Mozilla to open new windows in tabs?
>
> Yes,
...
> Also, Mozilla seems to want me to adopt a tabbed or new window approach
> unilaterally. I would normally expect to use both. But I can't seem
> to bind
I'm not an expert, but Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Tabbed Browsing
has all the controls I felt I needed.
...
> | I don't normally like MIDI applications but in the case of the
> | browser, it seems like the best way to go.
>
> MIDI? I only know the electronic music acronym. What do you mean here?
Gee, I thought MIDI was the right term for applications that
managed subwindows themselves, like StarOffice 5.2 or Visual C++,
but I can't find anything to confirm that with Google.
I must be loosing my mind...
> Now, Mozilla is merely the most painful offender in this regard.
> While I have taken some care to place new windows, and new terminals
> always pop up in exactly the same place for me (which is what I want)
> it would be quite handy for random apps to use SmartPlacement, but to
> avoid overlapping the focus window as a priority, or perhaps the mouse
> alone (in focus follows mouse mode, which would suffice to keep that
> window usable, though visible is also desirable). I rarely have much
> root window showing, so new windows usually must overlap something.
>
> On reflection I suspect I should have taken this to fvwm-workers.
Its a pretty sure bet that everyone on fvwm-workers reads the fvwm
list too.
I'm avoiding addressing placement itself, mainly because Fvwm
has so many placement options I gave up trying to know what
they all do.
You seem to want to script and control the whole process.
If the windows have unique names, like the Slashdot one
will, you might consider using FvwmEvent to watch the window
being created and move it where you want.
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Received on Fri May 24 2002 - 19:09:09 BST