Yes! That worked! Thanks, Dan.
A followup newbie question:
What do R, N, A, etc. signify? I'm looking through the man page but am not
finding their definitions.
Thanks again,
David
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Dan Espen wrote:
> David Siegal <dsiegal_at_brave.cs.uml.edu> writes:
> > Thanks for your reply.
> > Answers to your questions below...
> >
> > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Dan Espen wrote:
> >
> > > David Siegal <dsiegal_at_brave.cs.uml.edu> writes:
> > > > I am an fvwm newbie, so please forgive my ignorance, but...
> > > >
> > > > How do I prevent the window list, or any other context menu, from
> > > > appearing when you click on the desktop?
> > > >
> > > > I have the following lines in my system.fvwm2rc file:
> > > > Mouse 1 R A WindowList
> > > > Mouse 2 R A WindowList
> > > > Mouse 3 R A WindowList
> > > >
> > > > When I either comment them out, or try to remap them as follows
> > > > Mouse 1 R A -
> > > > Mouse 2 R A -
> > > > Mouse 3 R A -
> > > >
> > > > then I end up getting a Builtin Menu (with items, Xterm, Setup Form, etc.
> > )
> > > > in its place.
> > > >
> > > > I want to eliminate any context menu altogether.
> > >
> > > You want to click on the root and get nothing at all?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > >
> > > You should be able to remove this built-in binding:
> > >
> > > Mouse 1 R A Menu MenuFvwmRoot
> > >
> > > With:
> > >
> > > Mouse 1 R A -
> >
> > It does succeed in getting rid of the window list, but it's replaced with
> > a menu "Builtin Menu".
> >
> > >
> > > If that doesn't work, look for another binding in your .fvwm2rc or tell
> > > us which release you are using.
> > >
> > > Also look for bindings to "Mouse 0" (which means any button).
> >
> > There don't appear to be any other mouse bindings.
> > My fvwm version:
> > FVWM version 2.4.6 compiled on Apr 8 2002 at 20:52:23
>
> In 2.4.6, the built in binding was:
>
> Mouse 0 R N Menu MenuFvwmRoot
>
> Remove it with:
>
> Mouse 0 R N -
>
> --
> Dan Espen E-mail: dane_at_mk.telcordia.com
>
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Received on Wed Sep 17 2003 - 16:03:42 BST