Re: FVWM: title bar position

From: Ben Winslow <rain_at_bluecherry.net>
Date: 19 Apr 2003 18:26:55 -0400

On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 17:53, Marc Dirix wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Since I'm new to this list, forgive if my searching thru the archive hasn't
> resulted in the correct hit.
>
> But I was wondering, if there is an option to fvwm to get the title bar from
> the top to the
> right of the screen.
>
> Reason for this is, while monitors are getting bigger, most of the growed is
> in the horizontal area,
> so in practice, you gain more, by placing the title bar vertical instead of
> horizontal.
>
>
> Is this possible with fvwm?
> If so, how should I do this,
> if not, is it possible a feature add-on?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> IzNoGood
> Netherlands.

From the man page (around line 4387):

       Window title
              The Title and NoTitle options determine if the window has
              a title‐bar or not. By default all windows have a title‐
              bar.

              Windows with the TitleAtBottom, TitleAtLeft or
              TitleAtRight style have a title‐bar below, to the left or
              to the right of the window instead of above as usual.
              The TitleAtTop style restores the default placement.

Although I only half buy your theory that most of the growth is
horizontal--most video modes have an aspect ratio of 4:3 (4y = 3x):
        640x480 -> 640 * (3/4) = 480
        800x600 -> 800 * (3/4) = 600
        etc.

There are, of course, exceptions--1280x1024 is 5:4 (actually having a
larger vertical size), and WUXGA (those fancy wide-screen LCDs) is
1920x1200 (8:5)--it'd be good to use title bars on the side here, since
there really is a lot more space horizontally...

I don't think I would personally, though--the rotated text looks weird
to me. :)


-- 
Ben Winslow <rain_at_bluecherry.net>



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