Re: FVWM: fvwm default key bindings

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 10:18:12 +0100

On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 08:08:54AM +1100, Felix Karpfen wrote:
> Fvwm Mailing List wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 05:16:26PM +0100, Robert Land wrote:
> > Key F5 A M Prev (AcceptsFocus) Focus
> > Key F6 A M Next (AcceptsFocus) Focus
> >
> > > What is the 3rd column in the pasted lines for?
> > > The manual declares 'A' would be 'any key' but
> > > this does not make sense to me.
> >
> > The third column is the context. "Any" means that the binding
> > works everywhere, regardless of where the pointer is.
>
> Until now I have failed to make sense of references to the "context" and
> "modifier" entries.
>
> A very full explanation starts on line 3418 of the fvwm2 man page - easy
> to find once you know what to look for.

It's in the entry for the "Mouse" command, and the "Key" entry
says:

  The syntax is the same as for a Mouse binding ...

Isn't that clear enough? Perhaps you tried to be too clever when
looking for the information?

> Maybe, the syntax (context and modifier) and the full range of codes are
> also listed in one of the supplied configuration files and my failure
> results from using fvwm-themes instead of diligently studying the
> supplied samples.

Look at the man page and you should see it clear as day.

> If so, would it be possible to have an entry in the themes-FAQ, that
> summarises the codes and points to the relevant section of the man page?

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Dec 13 2002 - 03:18:32 GMT

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