On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 07:00:30AM -0000, terry_z wrote: > hi there. > I have a problem. > can I start the X without mouse device?
Yes, you can. It will be difficult to use some applications, but fvwm does quite a good job without the mouse. The mouse can also be emulated with the keyboard, but it is tricky to set it up. See question 3.5 in the fvwm FAQ. If you have trouble setting it up, I can post the relevant parts of my config. Next, you will want to be able to change the keyboard focus without the mouse. I have this in my config file: Style * SloppyFocus Key Left A M Direction West (!Iconic, CurrentPage) RaiseAndWarp Key Right A M Direction East (!Iconic, CurrentPage) RaiseAndWarp Key Up A M Direction North (!Iconic, CurrentPage) RaiseAndWarp Key Down A M Direction South (!Iconic, CurrentPage) RaiseAndWarp AddToFunc RaiseAndWarp + I Raise + I WarpToWindow $[cw.width]p $[cw.height]p But you may be better off using ClickToFocus. Use Style * ClickToFocus instead of SloppyFocus and replace the "WarpToWindow" with "Focus": AddToFunc ... + I Raise + I Focus With this, you can press Alt-<sursor key> to change focus to the next window in the direction you pressed. Additionally it may be a good idea to bind pointer movement to keystrokes: Key Left A SC CursorMove -1p 0 Key Right A SC CursorMove +1p +0 Key Up A SC CursorMove +0 -1p Key Down A SC CursorMove +0 +1p Shift+Control+<cursor key>: move cursor by one pixel. Key Left A CM CursorMove -1 0 Key Right A CM CursorMove 1 0 Key Up A CM Cursormove 0 -1 Key Down A CM Cursormove 0 1 Alt+Control+<cursor key>: move cursor by one percent of page size. If you do not even want the pointer, I guess all you have to do is to remove the line InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" from the ServerLayout section in the XF86Config file. On my system it is found in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. But I don't recommend this as you will be in trouble should you ever encounter an application that requires the mouse for input. Finally, you may want to try the "unclutter" program (no idea where to get it). It hides the mouse pointer after a configurable time of inactivity. Bye Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- 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]
