FVWM: App vs Doc centric config?
I'm not sure if this is possible with fvwm - it must be, it does everything else! ;) Is there a way to make an fvwm config that is more Mac like in that the menubar is anchored to the desktop versus the document window? Took a quick look through the archives and such, didn'g grok anything relevant. Just need a pointer if this is a strightforward config thing. T! -- http://moose.ca
Re: FVWM: App vs Doc centric config?
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Jun 13, 2006 at 11:29:16AM -0400, Chris Alexander wrote: Is there a way to make an fvwm config that is more Mac like in that the menubar is anchored to the desktop versus the document window? There's several MAC-like configs available on the FVWM Forums, should you look here: http://fvwm.lair.be/viewforum.php?f=39 Thanks for the pointer but these themes don't seem to follow the Mac behaviour (application versus document menu bar). They are mostly eye candy. Unless I missed one... cub, lucky, richard.org... Vanilla KDE has this functionality via the control applet (not a KDE guy so dunno if this is KDE specific or X11 or what). It seems to work across all X11 apps so it must be something in X11 and/or the WM. I'm not interested in making the interface look like OSX/Aqua... I'm trying to make the menu bar stick to the top of the screen versus the top of the active document window. Thanks for any pointers. -- http://moose.ca
Re: FVWM: App vs Doc centric config?
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Thomas Adam wrote: It depends what you mean by stick. If you want it to retain across changes of pages, desks only see 'StickyAcrossPages' 'StcikyAcrossDesks'. If you set the style of that menu bar to Sticky then it will be so regardless of page/desk. I've never used a Mac properly, so I can't say for sure if this is what you're after or not. Sounds like that is along the correct lines. I'm installing KDE currently. Will capture a few screens to show what I mean. -- http://moose.ca
FVWM: Faking a hidden key press w/ FvwmButtons
I am using fvwm to integrate different applications into a carputer front end. You can see images of the rough working prototype here: http://moose.ca/node/49 Along the left side vertically is a FvwmButtons panel. Each button switches to a different desktop that has the correct application already running for each button function. A cool feature would be to have a hidden key press that switches to yet another desktop that has acroread displaying the field service manual for the vehicle. However, there should be no indication of this screen in the root FvwmButtons panel. Is there a way in FvwmButtons to make a simultaneous press of two (or more) buttons have an action? The man page didn't reveal anything but a hint may have been overlooked (it's been that kind of day). Maybe there is a better way to accomplish this? It doesn't have to be part of the FvwmButtons config, that's just the current mind set to have everything driven from that interface. TIA
Re: FVWM: Fvwm forum replacing the mailing list
I've used mailing lists and forums for a long time... when did forums first come on the scene? I predate that. I may even predate mailings lists come to think of it... :) I will always prefer a mailing list. A mailing list comes to me, I don't have to go looking for it. Also, I can quickly scan the first paragraph of every post to see if it is of any interest to me. I can't do that with a forum unless I actively subscribe to every new posted topic (impractical). If people want a forum then why not put a server together and clip some software together to make _this_ mailing list gateway to a forum? Even make it public so that like minded people can use a forum interface to interact with the mailing list. I do this myself for searchable archives (phpbb2 w/ mail2forum...currently getting set up to migrate to drupal). Fire up google and knock yourself out. Anyway, long and short is that the only good thing a forum provides is a search for people that can't (won't in some cases?) download and grep. There is no practical way to archive a forum to your local box...in those instances where you'd want to do that. $0.02 -- http://moose.ca
FVWM: Making FvwmButtons only appear on one Page
I'm certain I had done this in the past but I can't seem to dredge it up from the archives, wiki, or forums... I have a FvwmButton Panel called NavButtons that appears on all my pages (120x480+0+0). In addition I want another panel called MixerButtons (controlling alsa) that I only want to appear on 0 2 I thought something like: Style MixerButtons StartsOnPage 0 2 and KillModule MixerButtons DestroyModuleConfig MixerButtons: * *MixerButtons: Geometry 680x480+120+0 *MixerButtons: Font xft:MicrogrammaDBolExt:Bold:size=6 *MixerButtons: Back black *MixerButtons: Pixmap /home/recon/MixerButtons.xpm *MixerButtons: Fore white *MixerButtons: (Frame 0, Padding 0 0, Container(Rows 12, Columns 12, Frame 0, Padding 0 0)) ...individual button settings, etc... *MixerButtons: (End) would work but no joy. What obvious thing am I missing to make MixerButtons StartsOnPage 0 2? T! -- http://moose.ca
FVWM: GotoPage no worky on DirectFB?
This is a shot in the dark - has anyone encountered the GotoPAge function(s) not working in XDirectFB? My config is Gentoo, directfb-0.9.20-r1, xdirectfb-1.0_rc5-r1. The config works fine in normal X, just not under xdirectfb. My syntax is pretty simplistic: *NavButtons: (Title NAV, Action 'GotoPage +0 +0') NavButtons is an instance of FvwmButtons of course - using FvwmButtons to make a pager of sorts. Button clicks switch screens/apps. Ideas? -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FVWM: Help with GTK+ app placement?
I'm using a GTK application called gpsdrive (http://www.gpsdrive.cc) and I've got it starting on the correct virtual page and in the correct size for my kiosk like layout BUT it doesn't seem to want to start in the correct position. My screen is 800x480, first 200 px x 480 px is a button bar (pager to be precise); gpsdrive basicly needs to understand -geometry 600x480+200+0. Is there a way to make the gtk app start up in the correct location on the screen using fvwm? Any ideas? T! -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
