FVWM: Desktop cleanup script?

2006-02-28 Thread daly
Couldn't find anything for this... Does anyone know of a function that's available to rearrange the icons on your desktop? My apps/windows that are minimized sometimes get out of order, or misplaced. It would be nice to have a key mapped to a function that will clean up the desktop nicely.

Re: FVWM: Desktop cleanup script?

2006-03-01 Thread daly
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:26:55PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Couldn't find anything for this... http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/faq/#3.15 That would've been too easy. I did check that out, but it doesn't appear to work for the entire desk. Is there a tweak I can do to make it

Re: FVWM: Desktop cleanup script?

2006-03-01 Thread daly
I did check that out, but that doesn't appear to work for the entire desk that I'm currently on. Is there a tweak I can make to perform that action for the entire desk that I'm working in? All (CurrentDesk, Iconic) PlaceAgain icon Excellent. That's what I was looking for. Now I'd like

Re: FVWM: Desktop cleanup script?

2006-03-01 Thread daly
Where can I find docs on what the 'C' stands for? The 'C' stands for 'Click'. There's also 'I' for 'Immediate' and 'H' for 'Hold', etc. They're qualifiers for functions, and appear explained in 'man fvwm'. That did it for me. Thanks for the help!

FVWM: Rearrangement question...

2006-04-05 Thread daly
All, In the following... AddToFunc Rearrange + I All (CurrentDesk, Iconic) PlaceAgain Anim Icon ...is there a way for the function to remember which windows it just de-iconified so that I can do something else with them? Thanks in advance.

FVWM: FvwmTaskBar grouping

2006-07-12 Thread daly
Is there currently no way to have the TaskBar group similar windows? --

Re: FVWM: FvwmTaskBar grouping

2006-07-13 Thread daly
It is conceivable that you could do something like this using FvwmIconMan via SendToModule. Theoretical example: DestroyModuleConfig FE: * *FE: add_window FvwmFuncCheckWindow Module FvwmEvent FE DestroyFunc FvwmFuncCheckWindow AddToFunc FvwmFuncCheckWindow + I None ($[w.class],

Re: FVWM: FvwmTaskBar grouping

2006-07-13 Thread daly
Now you're saying that grouping in the FvwmIconMan is not possible, either? -- No -- I was referring to the fact that FvwmIconMan can group windows by it limiting itself to specific classes/resources/titles of windows. AHH! I see what you're saying. So, I'd have to start multiple

FVWM: Environment variable referencing

2006-08-10 Thread daly
All: I just installed Fedora Core 5, and am now seeing strange behavior. When starting the X session with 'startx', things are fine. When I log in through XDM, I see the following: [FVWM][Read]: ERROR file '$[FVWM_DATADIR]/.fvwm/conf.d/fvwm2rc.functions' not found in /root/.fvwm or

FVWM: Strange behavior w/ FC6

2006-10-30 Thread daly
All: I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this or not...but here goes. When using XDM w/ FC6, and I log in and attempt to have it start my FVWM desktop, strange things happen. My fonts are not correct. Sometimes FvwmIconMan has place holders when there are no windows present to fill

Re: FVWM: Strange behavior w/ FC6

2006-10-30 Thread daly
On Mon, Oct 30, 2006 at 02:53:17PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All: I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this or not...but here goes. When using XDM w/ FC6, and I log in and attempt to have it start my FVWM desktop, strange things happen. My fonts are not correct.

Re: FVWM: Strange behavior w/ FC6

2006-10-30 Thread daly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All: I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this or not...but here goes. When using XDM w/ FC6, and I log in and attempt to have it start my FVWM desktop, strange things happen. My fonts are not correct. What does that mean. Do you see

FVWM: Passing keys through FVWM

2007-02-08 Thread daly
All: Is there a way to have FVWM pass key strokes through to an application? I have a Linux system in a VM host. When I have the console up and I need to send the VM host a ctrl-alt-f4 (or similar), my local desktop intercepts those keys and sends me to the 4th TTY. Is there a way to have FVWM

FVWM: Sorting option...

2007-02-09 Thread daly
Is there an easy way to modify the following... DestroyFunc DeiconifyAndRearrange AddToFunc DeiconifyAndRearrange + I All (CurrentDesk, Iconic) State 9 True + I All (CurrentDesk, State 9) Iconify off + I All (CurrentDesk, State 9) Iconify on + I All (CurrentDesk, State 9) State 9 False

Re: FVWM: Sorting option...

2007-02-12 Thread daly
On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way to modify the following... DestroyFunc DeiconifyAndRearrange AddToFunc DeiconifyAndRearrange + I All (CurrentDesk, Iconic) State 9 True + I All (CurrentDesk, State 9) Iconify off + I All (CurrentDesk, State 9)

Re: FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-19 Thread daly
I'm probably just being dumb. Someone please clear this up for me. I'm revisiting my menus. What I'd like to do is have a directory structure that in turn gets turned into a menu. If I have a directory structure like... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 122# ls -R Apps/ Apps/: ./ ../ Internet/

Re: FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-20 Thread daly
the menu only once. The menu that's being created is creating submenus: + Backups Popup /users/daly/.fvwm/menus/Apps/Backups item +100 c But when I go to the Backups submenu, there's nothing that pops up. What am I missing? (I'll get this sooner or later...) --

Re: FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-20 Thread daly
created is creating submenus: + Backups Popup /users/daly/.fvwm/menus/Apps/Backups item +100 c But when I go to the Backups submenu, there's nothing that pops up. What am I missing? (I'll get this sooner or later...) Getting farther along... I have the following: # Create menu structure

Re: FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-22 Thread daly
On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:10:41AM +, Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:06:57PM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:30 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One question, though. Is there a way to prevent a menu item from being added if the script being executed

Re: FVWM: Sorting option...

2007-03-26 Thread daly
I installed the latest (v2.5.21) and now have the UseStack option. Is there a way to have that sort alphabetically? No, you can't use it for sorting alphabetically, only to retain the stacking order of windows during restacking operations. There is no way to sort on titles when

FVWM: Empty menus

2007-04-03 Thread daly
All: Is there a way -not- to print empty menus? If I dynamically create a menu, but it doesn't end up having any actions or popups, is there a way to tell FVWM to not print that menu? Thanks. --

FVWM: Bug 3846

2007-04-04 Thread daly
Can anyone provide a status of this bug? This is to have the FvwmTaskBar include window grouping. Thanks. --

FVWM: FvwmButtons swallowing FvwmPager

2007-04-11 Thread daly
All: Why is it when I start my FvwmPager, the Geometry setting that I have defined holds, but when I start it swallowed in a FvwmButtons configuration, the settings do not hold? My Buttons config follows: ~ Style FvwmButtonsBottomBar NoTitle, StaysOnTop, Sticky, WindowListSkip, \

FVWM: Color of frame while resizing a window

2007-04-16 Thread daly
All: While resizing a window, is there an easy way to have the color of the frame be always visible? The color of my frame is the same color as the bg of the terminal, and when windows are placed just right, I can't see what I'm resizing. Is there a way to do a reverse color in that situation

Re: FVWM: Beginners-Infos /Example-Files(simple,please) ?

2007-04-17 Thread daly
On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 12:14:02AM +0200, Oliver Bandel wrote: Hello, are there simple Beginners-Infos zu start with fvwm(2)? From my experience with users new to FVWM, there's no easy way for them to create a config that is usable and looks good. They don't spend the time needed and

Re: FVWM: Beginners-Infos /Example-Files(simple,please) ?

2007-04-17 Thread daly
Yes, I have undertaken several attempts to do this, received some sporadic help from people, and then they dropped off the planet. Which is fine... I also still seem to be, despite some enthusiasm from other people, the only person still actively contributing information to the FVWM Wiki,

FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-04-26 Thread daly
All: I have the following in my config: WindowList Root c c NoGeometry, Alphabetic, NoDeskNum, NoHotKeys, \ CurrentDesk, UseListSkip I'm using fvwm 2.5.21. My WindowList is showing windows that have the WindowListSkip style. Can anyone else confirm this?

Re: FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-04-27 Thread daly
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:41:01 -0400 Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I mean the title of the desk I'm on. My FvwmPager has 4 desk names and in each desk, the name I'm currently in appears in my WindowList. Is there a way to stop that from happening? WindowList

Re: FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-04-27 Thread daly
On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:36:10 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:41:01 -0400 Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, I mean the title of the desk I'm on. My FvwmPager has 4 desk names and in each desk, the name I'm currently in appears in my

Re: FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-05-07 Thread daly
On 07/05/07, Hans Voss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The screenshot is up @ http://www.jazzter.nl/fvwm Right -- so the problem is completely different to what the OP was stating. The various options to WindowList that I had kept reiterating do indeed work as stated. The reason why the

FVWM: FVWM Environment variables

2007-07-11 Thread daly
All: I'm using v2.5.21. I have environment variables being set from users' .cshrc files. FVWM is therefore started with that specific environment. However, if an environment variable changes, the user needs to logout and back in again for FVWM to see that new value. Is there a way to have

FVWM: knote-type app

2007-08-17 Thread daly
All: Does anyone have any recommendations for a Post-It Note type application for FVWM? I realize that Gnome and KDE have their own, but they have to dock in the trayer, no? Any direction would be appreciated. Thanks! --

Re: FVWM: knote-type app

2007-08-17 Thread daly
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 09:52:13AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations for a Post-It Note type application for FVWM? I like xpad http://xpad.sourceforge.net/. It is a GTK+-2 application which don't requires GNOME to be built and works really well with

FVWM: Make menu from directory structure

2005-09-16 Thread Ryan Daly
Hello: Does anyone have any examples of how I could create an entire menu from a directory structure? For example, if I had the following (albeit short) directory structure: RyanMenu/ (directory) RyanMenu/apps (another directory) RyanMenu/apps/User (script)

FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-13 Thread Ryan Daly
All: Is there a way to tell new windows that generally open in the center of your desktop to open in the center of one of my monitors? I'm running a dual-head configuration, and when new windows pop up, they're half here and half there. If I could force it to favor one side or the other, that

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-14 Thread Ryan Daly
Unfortunately, no. I have TwinView configured with a nVidia Quadro FX 330. I tried putting those lines in, but still get apps starting in the middle of the screen. One bad side effect of doing the below changes is that now my Pager starts in the wrong place... -- Scott Smedley said: Is there

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-14 Thread Ryan Daly
Tavis Ormandy said: Was your fvwm compiled with xinerama support? fvwm-config --supports-xinerama echo xinerama supported Yes. See below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1# fvwm -V fvwm 2.5.14 compiled on Sep 15 2005 at 17:05:57 with support for: ReadLine, XPM, PNG, Shape, XShm, SM, Xinerama, XRender,

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-14 Thread Ryan Daly
Julien Guertault said: Unfortunately, no. I have TwinView configured with a nVidia Quadro FX 330. I tried putting those lines in, but still get apps starting in the middle of the screen. If I recall correct, for such kind of cards, Xinerama acts as if there was only a single screen. So,

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-19 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt said: On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 08:33:49AM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 21:44 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: The XineramaSls stuff is a pure software emulation of Xinerama and should alsways work - as long as your screen are of the same size. Then maybe I

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-21 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt said: On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:43:14AM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: Dominik Vogt said: On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 05:19:47PM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: Dominik Vogt said: On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 08:33:49AM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 21:44 +0200, Dominik Vogt

Re: FVWM: Dual-head window positioning

2005-10-21 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt said: On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:43:14AM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: Dominik Vogt said: On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 05:19:47PM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: Dominik Vogt said: On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 08:33:49AM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 21:44 +0200, Dominik Vogt

Re: FVWM: Restarting FVWM leaves core

2005-12-15 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen said: Post a backtrace: gdb `FvwmForm` core.5481 then type 'where', then 'quit' Here you go (you just wanted the where output, correct?): (gdb) where #0 0x435cf410 in _int_malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #1 0x435d0f81 in malloc () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #2 0x08061241 in

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2003-10-29 Thread Ryan Daly
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FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-10-30 Thread Ryan Daly
Hello all, I'm hoping there's a fix for this 'cause I want to stick with FVWM. Absolutely love the WM. I'm running on RH9 and was using Bluecurve for a while (Gnome). It's alright, but bloated, restrictive, etc. I grew up on Irix, and FVWM was an immediate plus when I saw it many moons

FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-10-30 Thread Ryan Daly
Hello all, I'm hoping there's a fix for this 'cause I want to stick with FVWM. Absolutely love the WM. I'm running on RH9 and was using Bluecurve for a while (Gnome). It's alright, but bloated, restrictive, etc. I grew up on Irix, and FVWM was an immediate plus when I saw it many moons ago.

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-10-30 Thread Ryan Daly
See Premature close of OpenInterface GUI thread, November-December 2002. Bottom line: It's an RM6 problem. RM6 is an OpenInterface-based GUI, with some very unconventional windowing behavior. For example, if no window manager is running, the RM6 windows will unilaterally decorate themselves

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-10-31 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: Not acceptable? Here's the bottom line on what we found out, and this should give you some idea of how hard we tried: http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/0212/msg00286.html What remains is for someone (not me) to report this problem to the vendor. You can go to Sun, or

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-10-31 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: Read what we did, all the details of what we found are available. If you want this to work, send a problem report to Sun. If I had the software installed at work, I would qualify to file a bug report, but I don't. Someone that is a registered user of RM6 has to take the

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: I repeat, if you want this to work, send a problem report to Sun. That's great and all, but what do I tell Sun. Fix RM6 'cause it dies on FVWM is not going to go too far. They're going to tell me to use a window manager that supports it, just like EMC did. I thought what

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ask them to look at this post: http://www.hpc.uh.edu/fvwm/archive/0212/msg00286.html I believe it summarizes our findings. As far as their statement about using another window manager, I don't know what to tell you. I don't mean to throw

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: As I remember, when I did some testing with this, I was using a virtual X environment so RM6 was running by itself. One quirk is that I would get the problem when the virtual X environment was set up with $DISPLAY set to X:0 and it would work fine with $DISPLAY as X:1. I think

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: As I remember, when I did some testing with this, I was using a virtual X environment so RM6 was running by itself. One quirk is that I would get the problem when the virtual X environment was set up with $DISPLAY set to X:0 and it would work fine with $DISPLAY as X:1. I think

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: No, I already have all the traces that it is possible to produce. Without the source code to the application, I can't deduce why the application decides it is going to close itself. You PAID for support for the application you are running. Get them to do some work on this.

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: You PAID for support for the application you are running. Get them to do some work on this. I just logged the call. I decided not to reference any names right off the bat. If they need contact information in the future, I can point them to your e-mail or the list. Let me

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-01 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: I do occasional development. It would be best if you give them: fvwm-workers@fvwm.org If they don't want anything that public, they can contact me directly. OK. When I get updates, I'll post them here. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-03 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: Gregg, Did you ever file a bug report at Sun? Ryan has made an attempt. I think it might help if another customer tried also. Did you encounter this problem using Sun's X server or was it some other X server? Gregg, What was the problem you were seeing? How did the

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-04 Thread Ryan Daly
Dameron, Gregg wrote: More details: This was on a SunFire running Solaris 2.8's Xsun server with all of Sun's recommended patches. No other GUIs running. As I mentioned last week, Sun was contacted about the problem but was disinclined to open a bug report. They would only agree to open a

Re: FVWM: Transparency - almost done

2003-11-05 Thread Ryan Daly
Mikhael Goikhman wrote: Do you mean like this (the screenshot is one year old): http://fvwm.sf.net/tmp/migo-desktop-20021122.png It includes the instructions as well. A transparent background for the pager rocks. I couldn't find the instructions on how to get that going. Can you point

Re: FVWM: Help! Windows keep dying on me...

2003-11-05 Thread Ryan Daly
Dan Espen wrote: Here is a user reporting RM6 doing something similar (not launching) with Exceed: http://lists.q-linux.com/pipermail/plug/2002-December/023287.html Here is one use with the same Exceed problem, then another with your symptom with KDE:

FVWM: gkrellm and FVWM v2.5.8

2003-11-05 Thread Ryan Daly
I'm noticing something strange with 2.5.8 and gkrellm (2.1.21). I click in the top area to move the window and go to move the mouse, but the window stays put. After about 2 or 3 seconds, I hear a beep and the window all of a sudden appears under my pointer ready for me to place it anywhere.

Re: FVWM: gkrellm and FVWM v2.5.8

2003-11-06 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt wrote: On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:17:21PM -0500, Ryan Daly wrote: gkrellm and fvwm are competing for a grab on the pointer. The beep indicates that fvwm has finally given up. Make sure you don not have any mouse bindings like Mouse 1 w ... Function ... in your fvwm config

Re: FVWM: gkrellm and FVWM v2.5.8

2003-11-07 Thread Ryan Daly
Ahh, OK. I see. Well, should we contact the gkrellm people to fix their application? Who would be best to do that and who is the proper person to contact? Any idea? -- Dominik Vogt wrote: On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 02:33:29PM -0500, Ryan Daly wrote: Dominik Vogt wrote: On Wed, Nov 05

FVWM: Transparent Pager background

2003-12-08 Thread Ryan Daly
I know I've seen this done, but I can't figure out what I'm missing (I thought this was just a simple option, but maybe not). How can I make the background of my Pager transparent? -- -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe

Re: FVWM: Transparent Pager background

2003-12-08 Thread Ryan Daly
Robert Wittek said: Do you use fvwm-root --retain-pixmap to set the background? Actually, no. I'm using JPG images for my background. Should I convert thsoe images over to pixmaps? -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send

Re: FVWM: Transparent Pager background

2003-12-09 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt said: On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:34:50PM -0500, Ryan Daly wrote: *FvwmPager: Colorset * 6 *FvwmPager: ParentalRelativity ^^ Try Style FvwmPager ParentalRelativity instead. Yeah, that was the problem

Re: FVWM: Transparent Pager background

2003-12-09 Thread Ryan Daly
Mikhael Goikhman said: On 08 Dec 2003 20:02:56 +, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: Ok, the updated FAQ is available on fvwm.org. This should answer 98% of all transparency questions. Excellent. Thank-you. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the

Re: FVWM: changing cursor color with CursorStyle

2004-01-05 Thread Ryan Daly
Mikhael Goikhman said: On 05 Jan 2004 11:10:44 +0100, Tr?ller Rudolf wrote: It seems that your distribution defined alpha-blended animated cursors. You should disable this, probably ask on SuSE specific mailing lists. It appears that Red Hat does this as well (XFree86 Version 4.3.0 (Red Hat

FVWM: Building/Installing SRPM/RPM

2004-01-06 Thread Ryan Daly
This may not be the right place to ask this, but I thought I'd try. I'm building v2.5.8 from source into a SRPM/RPM. When I go to install the RPM, I get the following: : linux13 23#; rpm -Uvh fvwm-CTCINT-2.5.8-02.i386.rpm error: Failed dependencies: perl(Gtk) is needed by

FVWM: Testing custom functions

2004-02-16 Thread Ryan Daly
What's the best way to test the various lines of a function? Can I start something that will actually run my function and show me the results without actually needing to put it in my configuration (and therefore sometimes breaking my config...)? Thanks. -- -- Visit the official FVWM web page at

FVWM: GKRellm start placement

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
I'm trying to have GKRellm start in a certain location on my desktop. For some reason, the app starts, goes to my specified location, but then warps itself to +0+0. Is there a Style option that I may be missing? Am I not covering something with my function? AddToFunc GK-Init + I Exec exec

Re: FVWM: GKRellm start placement

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
Kingsly John said: Whoa!! .. why all this complexity ? In gkrellm.. Configuration-General(left menu)-Options(tab) check Remember screen location at exit and to it at next startup Isn't that what u are trying to do ? Yep, that's what I'm trying to do. Key word is trying. I have that

Re: FVWM: GKRellm start placement

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
On Tue, 2004-02-17 at 14:53, Dan Espen wrote: Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perry Hutchison said: Perhaps the remembered position is +0+0. What happens if you uncheck that box? That's a good thought. However, when I unchecked the box, it still warps to +0+0. Thanks

FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
Is there an easy way to dynamically set the title of the StartMenu? I'm trying to come up with a function to do this, but am having a bit of trouble. Would something like the following work at all? AddToFunc CreateStartMenu + I DestroyMenu StartMenu + I PipeRead 'echo `/bin/hostname -s`

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
Thomas Adam said: --- Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AddToFunc CreateStartMenu + I DestroyMenu StartMenu + I PipeRead 'echo `/bin/hostname -s` $HOME/.fvwm/.hostname You didn't end it with a '. You must add

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
Thomas Adam said: Try: + I PipeRead 'echo `/bin/hostname -s` $[HOME]/.fvwm/.hostname' Works for me. Yep. That part works for me, too. The trouble line for me is: + I AddToMenu StartMenu `/bin/cat $[HOME]/.fvwm/.hostname` Title Do I need a PipeRead here, too? I'm not certain that I

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-17 Thread Ryan Daly
Thomas Adam said: PipeRead allows you to use external process to interpolate (usually) for Fvwm commands. What you probably want is something like: + I PipeRead AddToMenu StartMenu 'echo `/bin/hostname -s`' Title OK, that put me on the right track. The entire function that I'm using is:

Re: FVWM: GKRellm start placement

2004-02-18 Thread Ryan Daly
stu said: Have you tried gkrellm --geometry ? Oh yeah, that was the first thing I tried. Didn't work, though. -- 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,

Re: FVWM: GKRellm start placement

2004-02-18 Thread Ryan Daly
Dominik Vogt said: How about + I exec /usr/bin/gkrellm --geometry 97x449-0+64 ? Yep, had that, too. I guess the problem I was having was the fact that I had manual placement in there and it was confusing gkrellm, since it likes to tell itself where to sit. -- Visit the official FVWM web

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-18 Thread Ryan Daly
Rainer Koehler said: This is such a big mess that I can't keep my mouth shut... No offense, but I think someone should explain to you what you're actually doing here. Sorry for not posting my completed function. That function was obviously just for debugging purposes so I could see that

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-18 Thread Ryan Daly
Rainer Koehler said: Ryan Daly writes: Ok, so why don't you use $HOST instead of calling hostname, and why don't you use Read instead of PipeRead to read .startmenu? There might very well be good reasons to do it your way, I just want to know... Well, I just picked using hostname instead

Re: FVWM: Function to set dynamic menu title

2004-02-18 Thread Ryan Daly
Mikhael Goikhman said: On 18 Feb 2004 10:09:15 -0500, Ryan Daly wrote: + I Read $HOME/.fvwm/.startmenu + I PipeRead '/bin/cat $HOME/.fvwm/.startmenu' I use PipeRead because Read doens't produce the menu for me. Not sure why, but PipeRead gives me my menu and Read doesn't

FVWM: Referencing windows

2004-05-19 Thread Ryan Daly
All, Is there a way to reference a window by something other than it's name? Like a window class or something? I'd like to force my icons of a certain class to minimize to a certain location on my desktop... Thanks. -- -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To

Re: FVWM: Referencing windows

2004-05-19 Thread Ryan Daly
Thomas Adam said: --- Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Window's are matched by: Reference Class Title So you should use one of them instead. So what would a Style line referencing a window by one of these look like? -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org

Re: FVWM: Referencing windows

2004-05-19 Thread Ryan Daly
Mikhael Goikhman said: Yes, you may reference a window by either window name, class or resource in Style or conditional commands. It is also possible to refer to a window by its id in WindowId conditional (as well as to change the style using WindowStyle command in 2.5.x). Great. Is there

FVWM: Adjusting mouse speed in FVWM

2004-07-28 Thread Ryan Daly
All, If I don't use any of the GNOME or KDE tools, is there an easy way to adjust settings (such as the speed and accelleration of my mouse) in FVWM? I currently have some of the GNOME tools installed, but if I can avoid it, I'd like to. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. -- -- Visit the

FVWM: Anti-aliasing fonts

2004-09-10 Thread Ryan Daly
All: How do I go about enabling anti-aliasing on my fonts? I'm running FVWM v2.5.10, and I see that it does have support for anti-aliasing, but I'm not sure what all I need to do to get that enabled. How can you tell if you have it enabled? (Maybe I do and just don't know it.) Thanks. -- --

Re: FVWM: New default fvwm configuration

2005-04-23 Thread Ryan Daly
/fvwm/fvwm-2.5.12-newconfig.tar.gz That's the whole source tree. How about a patch? -- Ryan Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTCnet ISP -- 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

FVWM: VNC issue

2006-04-21 Thread Ryan Daly
All: I'm experiencing something strange while connecting to systems running FVWM (v2.5.14) through a VNC server. My issue is that w/ Evolution, windows sometimes pop up without borders, and I can't do anything with them. I have to close the window, then reopen it and hope it obtains the border

Re: FVWM: VNC issue

2006-04-21 Thread Ryan Daly
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 09:46 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote: I would think something like Style * Title, Handles, DecorateTransient would fix this. I added the Title, Handles from above. I did already have DecorateTransient as one of my style lines. I'll see if that helps... Thanks

Re: FVWM: VNC issue

2006-04-21 Thread Ryan Daly
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 02:31 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: Most likely not, as all windows (unless transient) are given that style by default. Are you saying that could be a bug, then? --

Re: FVWM: Environment variable referencing

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Daly
seventh guardian wrote: As a general linux advice, you shouldn't be logging in to X as root! Allways use a normal user account, and if required, su for root access from within a console. Renato Yes, I'm aware. I had just reinstalled my system and was testing thing out.

Re: FVWM: Environment variable referencing

2006-08-11 Thread Ryan Daly
Thomas Adam wrote: On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:52:41 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All: I just installed Fedora Core 5, and am now seeing strange behavior. When starting the X session with 'startx', things are fine. When I log in through XDM, I see the following: [FVWM][Read]: ERROR file

Re: FVWM: ANDing Style options

2007-03-09 Thread Ryan Daly
On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 22:26 +, Thomas Adam wrote: On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 05:13:36PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All: Is there a way to AND together Style options? That happens by default, unless two conflicting styles collide, which which case their ORed; the last one

Re: FVWM: ANDing Style options

2007-03-09 Thread Ryan Daly
On Fri, 2007-03-09 at 23:49 +, Thomas Adam wrote: Style Evolution Enter Password for TileCascadePlacement That way the window (whose class is Evolution and whose title is Enter Password for) gets the TileCascadePlacement. Right. You can't do that currently, although there is a

Re: FVWM: How to get fvwm2 going in Fedora 6

2007-03-12 Thread Ryan Daly
On Mon, 2007-03-12 at 15:53 +, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 01:47:36PM +, Eur Ing Chris Green wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 09:40:10AM -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:17:59 + Eur Ing Chris Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can

FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-17 Thread Ryan Daly
I'm probably just being dumb. Someone please clear this up for me. I'm revisiting my menus. What I'd like to do is have a directory structure that in turn gets turned into a menu. If I have a directory structure like... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 122# ls -R Apps/ Apps/: ./ ../ Internet/ Music/

Re: FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory

2007-03-20 Thread Ryan Daly
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 14:30 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Getting farther along... I have the following: # Create menu structure AddToMenu RootMenu $[HOST] Title + Shells %mini.fvwm.xpm%Popup \ $[FVWM_USERDIR]/menus/Shells DestroyMenu

Re: FVWM: Beginners-Infos /Example-Files(simple,please) ?

2007-04-17 Thread Ryan Daly
On Tue, 2007-04-17 at 23:48 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: You're defining portability in terms of assumed locale, aesthetics and other things: fine. However, one of the glaring holes people _always_ overlook is that the so-called default config has to also be able to run on different hardwares,

Re: FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-04-26 Thread Ryan Daly
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 20:17 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 03:10:37PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All: I have the following in my config: WindowList Root c c NoGeometry, Alphabetic, NoDeskNum, NoHotKeys, \ CurrentDesk, UseListSkip

Re: FVWM: Does WindowList have a bug?

2007-04-27 Thread Ryan Daly
On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 23:23 +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 06:16:26PM -0400, Ryan Daly wrote: I now have: WindowList Root c c NoGeometry, Alphabetic, NoDeskNum, NoHotKeys, \ CurrentDesk, UseSkipList And things are working except for my pager. I

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