On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 11:39:23AM -0500, fvwm-bug wrote: > FVWM Bug Tracking notification > > new message incoming/872 > > Full_Name: Edward Welbourne > Version: fvwm2/2.3, fvwm/2.4.6-1 > CVS_Date: > OS: Linux 2.2.19pre17; Debian 3.0 > X_Server: XFree86 > Submission from: (NULL) (193.69.113.22) > > > In the man page for fvwm2(1): > final paragraph of DESCRIPTION, just before OPTIONS: <pre><quote> > > Other noteworthy differences between Fvwm and other X11 > window managers are the introduction of the SloppyFocus > and per-window focus methods. SloppyFocus is focus-fol- > lows-mouse, but focus is not removed from windows when the > mouse leaves a window and enters the root window. When > SloppyFocus is used as the default focus style, it is nice > to make windows in which you do not typically type into > (xmag, xman, xgraph, xclock, xbiff, etc.). NeverFocus, so > that your terminal window doesn't lose focus unnecessar- > ily. > > </quote></pre> > > Should include NeverFocus with SloppyFocus in initial summary sentence. > Uses `windows in which you ... not type into' repeating `in' usage. > Last two `sentences' aren't sentences. Suggestion: <suggest> > > Fvwm introduces some focus idioms improving greatly on other X11 > window managers. Focus policy can be specified for individual > windows. Windows using SloppyFocus acquire focus when the pointer > moves into them and retain focus until some other window acquires it. > The NeverFocus policy is provided for use with windows into which > one never types (e.g. [xo]clock, xbiff, xeyes, tuxeyes) - for example, if > a SloppyFocus terminal window has focus, moving the cursor over a > NeverFocus decoration window won't deprive the terminal of focus. > > </suggest>
Thanks for the pointer. I have applied this change with a little modification. > SloppyFocus rocks ;^) > Once experienced, all other focus policies <em>hurt</em>. In the mean time, many other window managers have implemented SloppyFocus too. > I've yet to try NeverFocus (new to me) but it sounds the perfect > accompaniment. Very usefull for FvwmPager, FvwmButtons, etc. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LifeBits Aktiengesellschaft, Albrechtstr. 9, D-72072 Tuebingen fon: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-0, fax: ++49 (0) 7071/7965-20 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
