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> On my system if I go full screen (control-L in acrobat reader), the
> CONTENT of the PDF document occupies entirely my screen (as it should be),
> no borders, no titlebar.
>
> On the laptop instead when I hit control-L in acrobat reader, there is
> also the window manager decoration. Which is annoying (since the bottom
> part of the PDF document goes below the bottom of the screen.
>
> Is this an fvwm thing, an acrobat thing or both ?
>
> My local .fvwmrc contains
> Style "AcroRead" StartsRaised, FPGrabFocus
I'm puzzled -- what in that is removing the decorations from AcroRead?
> The .fvwrc on the laptop contained the same, I added
> Style "AcroRead" StartsRaised, FPGrabFocus, NoTitle
> with no effect.
>
> I added an entire line with:
> Style "Adobe Reader" StartsRaised, FPGrabFocus,NoTitle
I use Adobe Reader 7.0 (when I have -- I prefer version 4 because it's
leaner!) and it works fine for me. I have:
Style AcroRead NoTitle,NoHandles,BorderWidth 0
Style "Acroread" NoTitle,NoHandles,BorderWidth 0
I think I remember having to add the second line because with 7.0 the Class
changed from AcroRead to Acroread.
> The window manager title bar correctly disappears when I start acrobat
> reader in a window, but as soon as I go full screen it appears again. !!
It's possible that Adobe Reader 7.0 uses a different Name for the window when
it's full screen? The above (Acroread) is the Class.
Actually, if it does use a different name when in full screen that may be a
way to have it undecorated full screen, but decorated when not full screen --
which is what I've always wanted!
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> On my system if there is an URL link in the PDF document (generated by
> latex), when I click on it, a new firefox window is opened AND I'm
> automatically switched to the second desktop.
>
> On the laptop the new firefox window is opened in the second desktop, but
> I am not automatically switched to it. I can do it via the pager which is
> sticky.
>
> There is nothing different in the .fvwmrc's which causes this as far as I
> can tell. Both have
>
> Style Gecko StartsOnPage 1 0 0, SkipMapping, NoPPosition
>
> QUESTION: how can I force the automatical desktop switching ?
If the Latex (presumeably presentations) are generated by you, then you could
make them call a script when the URL is clicked on which changes desktop via
FvwmCommand before invoking Firefox. I do this sort of thing when teaching
programming -- click on a `button' in my pdf which changes desktop to one
where I can run programs, etc..
E.g.:
\newcommand{\run}[2]{#1
\href{run:./DEMOS/#2}{\includegraphics[height=0.2in]{run.eps}}}
#1 is a text label, run.eps is the picture of a button, and #2 is teh script I
want to run.
The only snag is that the script can't be given paremeters via the \href, so
you have to have a script for each `demo'.
E.g.:
\run{1/6/demo-1.sh}
DEMOS/1/6/demo-1.sh includes:
FvwmCommand "GotoDesk 0 1"
# Create somw windows on thsi desktop, e.g.:
nedit -geometry "$neditGeometry" `ls *.java 2>/dev/null` &
xterm -title "1 Xterm" -geometry "$xtermGeometry" \
-e /bin/bash -c "$scriptName nonNull; /bin/bash" &
# Wait for processes to end.
wait
FvwmCommand "GotoDesk 0 0"
exit
So, when I click on the button, the desktop changes, some windows are created,
and when I quit those windows I am taken back to my presentation. ;-)
Thanks, John
