Dominik Vogt wrote (Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 12:05:26PM +0100): > Try running just > > WindowList (currentpage) > > from FvwmConsole and see if that works as expected. > > The ordering of that list entirely depends on the order in which > windows are focused. If that results in a weird ordering, then > something messes with window focus. In that case, try if this > helps: > > destroyfunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc > addtofunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc > + I echo Ignoring EWMHActivateWindowFunc $[w.id] $[w.name] > > And watch the console output for the debug messages.
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong, but something does seem to be messing with window focus. For a while, the list is nicely maintained in MRU order, then suddenly, a window that I haven't focused for a while jumps up to the middle of the list. Sometimes its Emacs, sometimes its zathura (a pdf viewer). I copy pasted the destroyfunc and addtofunc that you provided above into FvwmConsole, but neither FvwmConsole itself, nor .xsession-errors had anything to report while the list was being re-ordered, apparently randomly. The alternative you suggested won't help me, because I was looking to address precisely the situation when I have a page "cluttered with many windows, all atop each other". For now, I've just disabled SelectOnRelease, and use the Fvwm assigned number to quickly jump to the window I want. This saves me from having to keep typing Tab to get where I want in the list. I suppose it'll just take a little while for muscle memory to reset itself to this usage pattern. Thanks for all your suggestions! Idle curiosity: do you use ipe too? Nice to discover such commonalities in an unrelated list. -mandar
