On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 12:58:02PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2005 at 11:52:53AM +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 11:05:23PM -0700, Zack Brown wrote:
> > > 
> > > So, I have my 800x600 screen in this hypothetical example. I set my page 
> > > size to
> > > 830x630 in the FVWM config file.
> > 
> > I think you want that virtual desktop size feature of X.  It does
> > exactly what you describe without involving the window manager.
> 
> You're right. That looks like exactly what I need. Thanks! Sorry for making
> unnecessary noise.
> 
> So, I added a "Virtual" line in my xorg.config file, and it now gives me the
> extra space around my screen, where I can store window decorations and access
> the desktop background for menus and whatnot.
> 
> The only problem is that now when my mouse bumps the edge of the screen,
> I get this smooth scrolling action that moves my screen off the window. Is
> there a way to change this, maybe tie it to FVWM's "EdgeResistance"? Once I
> start scrolling around the 'virtual' page, it's hard to recenter since the
> scrolling is so smooth. Is there a way to tie recentering to a keypress or
> something?

I honestly don't know.  The window manager does not have any part
in it, and I don't know where to start looking in the X.org
documentation.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^  ^_^

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Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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