Re: FVWM: deprecated? placing firestorm windows?

2018-08-23 Thread Michael Großer
hw wrote: > Hi! > > Fvwms manpage says: > > >Placement policy options and window stacking > !UsePPosition instructs fvwm to ignore the program > specified position (PPosition hint) when adding new > windows. Using PPosition is required for some

Re: FVWM: Forcing icon to prior position

2018-07-16 Thread Michael Großer
Stephen Dennison wrote: > I was unable to find a copy of xv to test it, but everything else I > iconify honors the new position. Maybe xv is doing something odd? > Have you tried specifying something like > Style xv NoUseIconPosition ? Hey! This is MY special topic... How about this? ftp://ftp.

Re: FVWM: FakeClick

2018-06-25 Thread Michael Großer
Klaus Ethgen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > Hi, > > Am Mo den 25. Jun 2018 um 16:18 schrieb Michael Großer: >> Klaus Ethgen wrote: >> [...] >> > What I want to archive is to klick the middle mouse button in a

Re: FVWM: FakeClick

2018-06-25 Thread Michael Großer
Klaus Ethgen wrote: [...] > What I want to archive is to klick the middle mouse button in a xterm > instance to paste some text. [...] [...] Did you try to use + to copy and + to paste? I often run Midnight Commander within xterm and whithout Shift, nothing happens at all (mc grabs mouse comm

Re: FVWM: Is there a way to find a window Id based on a window name

2017-11-23 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 09:38:27PM +0530, Bhupendra Kumar Jain wrote: >> Hi Thomas, >> >> Sorry I missed adding the group in my last email. Resending. > > That's OK. You can also drop my email address from the Cc list, and just use > "fvwm@fvwm.org" -- I don't do private FVW

Re: FVWM: FVWM Logo Competition

2016-09-02 Thread Michael Großer
Me too. As long as nobody takes the functionality away from FVWM, the logo doesn't matter. - Michael - Robert Crochelt wrote: > Totally agree. My favorite wm of all time. > Bob Crochelt > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 1, 2016, at 8:11 AM, Bob Marcan wrote: >> >> On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 09:

Re: FVWM: Survey: Are you affected by disappearing Firefox menus?

2016-07-31 Thread Michael Großer
reason why this all gets protracted that much. - Michael - Raimund Steger wrote: > On Wed, March 30, 2016 06:12, Michael Großer wrote: >> >> >> +---+ >> | Does anybody of you is confronted during day-to-day w

Re: How to remember what is where [Re: FVWM: Is there a way to ...]

2016-06-27 Thread Michael Großer
lee wrote: > Michael Großer writes: >> When I switch to another cluster, desk or page, I usually use the keybord. >> Rarely, I click with the mouse into the second pager to go to another >> page, but 99,9% of my time I use the keyboard. >> >> Often, I use + to p

Re: How to remember what is where [Re: FVWM: Is there a way to ...]

2016-06-25 Thread Michael Großer
post them. lee wrote: > Michael Großer writes: >> So, as you see, these are habits. Its like owning a big house with >> 6 floors (the desktop clusters), 12 rooms per floor and 12 tables per room. > > What is a desktop cluster? I made screenshots from a very old Debian Len

How to remember what is where [Re: FVWM: Is there a way to ...]

2016-06-21 Thread Michael Großer
Lucio Chiappetti wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jun 2016, lee wrote: > >> Interesting :) It seems very confusing, though. How do you remember >> what is where? I have a plain setup with just 6x6 pages and many times >> have to flip between them to find the particular page I want to go to. > > Well, after

Re: FVWM: Survey: Are you affected by disappearing Firefox menus?

2016-04-02 Thread Michael Großer
sisyphus wrote: > On 04/01/2016 06:51 AM, Michael Großer wrote: >> Hi! Many thanks to all of you for your feedback. As I wrote in Bug >> 1259520, it must have something to do with FVWM conditions that are >> triggered everey few seconds by periodic Schedule commands. These

Re: FVWM: Survey: Are you affected by disappearing Firefox menus?

2016-03-31 Thread Michael Großer
sisyphus wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Replying to you directly, since I seem to be having issues posting to > the fvwm mailing list. Something that I'll sort out another day. > >> +---+ >> | Does anybody of you is confronted during day-to-da

FVWM: Survey: Are you affected by disappearing Firefox menus?

2016-03-29 Thread Michael Großer
other menu? | +---+ Just all I want from you is: I want to roughly estimate how many FVWM users are affected or whether any FVWM user was at all affected by the bug I'm currently tackling. Thanks in advance, Michael Großer

My life experience with... [Re: FVWM: fvwm hotkey problem inside vnc]

2016-02-26 Thread Michael Großer
Hendrik Tews wrote: > Dear all, > > [sorry for crossposting - but I would like to connect different > sources about this problem] > > The problem is that fvwm does not install any keybindings when > started inside a vncserver, see Debian bug #784328 or Raphael's > post "Understanding why Key bind

pages and desks [Re: FVWM: fvwm - porting patches from mvwm]

2014-08-14 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:02:00PM +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote: > You can have a look here for the TODO file: > > https://github.com/ThomasAdam/mvwm/blob/master/TODO > Quote: > - Does having pages *and* desks make sense anymore? > - Just go with pages, which can be named. H

Re: FVWM: Focus of bold applications and key mapping in fvwm

2014-06-19 Thread Michael Großer
Dominik Vogt wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 04:59:59PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: >> There are several applications that steal away complete key control from >> fvwm so no key bindings works if the window has the focus. Example are >> kvm, spicec or several java tools that capture the whole input

Re: FVWM: FvwmIconMan font encoding

2013-08-15 Thread Michael Großer
James Griffin wrote: > I look at some Facebook forums in Japanese and Chinese sometimes and the > Japanese and Chinese characters in the title of my browser (Firefox) and > FvwmIconMan are represented as squares. I've set all the font correctly > according to man pages and examples I've seen on the

Re: FVWM: Should We Keep the Debian's Default Config?

2013-02-01 Thread Michael Großer
Vincent W. Chen wrote: > Hi, > > Before the current version in Debian unstable (2.6.5), when a user > starts fvwm with no config file, the default from > /etc/X11/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc would be used instead. The intention > seems to be to offer users a more usable starting config with which to > cus

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-02-01 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > Jaimos Skriletz wrote: >>> > >>> > the menu is created with a debian menu-methods and the output is the >>> > /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook by default on the debian package (I just >>> > checked this myself). >>>

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-27 Thread Michael Großer
Jaimos Skriletz wrote: >> > >> > the menu is created with a debian menu-methods and the output is the >> > /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook by default on the debian package (I just >> > checked this myself). >> > >> > 'Read /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook' will just read the debian menu but not >> > ad

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-27 Thread Michael Großer
Jaimos Skriletz wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:49:14PM +0100, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> >> > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:53:15AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> > > You will run into the problem that MenuFvwmRoot >> > > does not contain "

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-27 Thread Michael Großer
You will run into the problem that MenuFvwmRoot does not contain "D. Debian Menu" anymore like it used to be in Debian Lenny with FVWM 2.5.26. Squeeze with FVWM 2.5.30 generates such a Debian menu, but only then when the 3876 lines of code of "/etc/X11/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc" are included, with a lot

solution of an old riddle [Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]]

2013-01-27 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > Eleven days ago, I migrated an existing (still dirty, but extremly powerful) > configuration to a new Debian Squeeze plattform with "FVWM 2.5.30". > > I had to change the order of some code to make my config work > with "FVWM 2.5.30". &

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-24 Thread Michael Großer
Vincent W. Chen wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Thomas Adam wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Just a quick note to all the Debian users who've long since been waiting for >> Debian to update their version of FVWM, this has finally happened. >> >> I've been helping out the new maintainer and talking to

Re: FVWM: Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-23 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > Hi, > > Just a quick note to all the Debian users who've long since been waiting for > Debian to update their version of FVWM, this has finally happened. > > I've been helping out the new maintainer and talking to the DD who's > sponsering the maintainer, and we've finally go

Re: FVWM: What reason to use multiply desktops?

2012-08-16 Thread Michael Großer
like "I have a horse-drawn carriage and want to travel from Berlin to Moscow as fast as possible: What reason to use cars?" Ask me if you want to see my latest FVWM configuration. I may need some days to have the time to send something to you via e-mail, but it looks like you need some ideas about solving problems that I already solved. Best regards, Michael Großer

Re: FVWM: Book on fvwm...

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Großer
Jaimos Skriletz wrote: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 09:07:17PM +0300, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote: >> On 2012-04-06, Michael Großer wrote: >> >> > It seems like nobody is working on a book >> > right now. >> > [SKIP] > > I don't want it to be do

Re: FVWM: limiting window movement to working area

2012-04-12 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 05:16:57PM +0200, JUNG, Christian wrote: >> Hello, >> >> is it possible to limit the movement of a window to the area defined by >> EWMHBaseStrut? > > The Move command honours the EWMH Working Area by default when used > NON-interactively, but for int

Re: FVWM: Book on fvwm...

2012-04-07 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2012 at 11:59:26AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> It seems like nobody is working on a book >> right now. > > I am. But haven't got very far. > >> I have planned to write some kind of FVWM documentation >> in Engli

Re: FVWM: Book on fvwm...

2012-04-06 Thread Michael Großer
It seems like nobody is working on a book right now. I have planned to write some kind of FVWM documentation in English, but I only have one day per week, and this day involves the four topics - virtualization - Debian - related networking issues - and FVWM. And since I have to skip this one day

FVWM: "target group" and "elite" are different concepts

2012-02-27 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:54:25AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Dan Espen wrote: >> > writes: >> >> Perhaps I'm making a bad >> >> assumption. Is increased usership a goal of the FVWM development team? >> > &g

Re: FVWM: Touch Screens

2012-02-25 Thread Michael Großer
Dan Espen wrote: > Michael Großer writes: >> When no WM is running, then no frames are around windows. > > Exactly. > >> Does a WM draw the frames around windows or does a >> WM instruct X to draw frames around windows? > > Is this rhetorical? You just ans

Re: FVWM: Touch Screens

2012-02-25 Thread Michael Großer
Julien Guertault wrote: > 2012/2/25 Thomas Adam : >> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:02:48PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >>> Good point: Multiple mouse pointers, for example to change the size of >>> windows with two fingers. Is this rather "easy to implement"

Re: FVWM: Touch Screens

2012-02-25 Thread Michael Großer
Perhaps my statement about "the question is answered" was a bit premature yesterday in the evening. I'm pleased that my initial question attracts wide interest in this list. Julien Guertault wrote: > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012, Thomas Adam : >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012, Michael Grosser : >> >>> Would it

Re: FVWM: Touch Screens

2012-02-24 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 06:19:16PM +0100, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> Someone asked for project ideas for GSoC 2012. > > That would be me. > >> Would it make sense to let touch screen support be a project idea >> for GSoC 2012 or any other year in the future? > > No --

Re: FVWM: GSoC 2012: Project ideas

2012-02-24 Thread Michael Großer
Dan Espen wrote: > writes: >> Perhaps I'm making a bad >> assumption. Is increased usership a goal of the FVWM development team? > > Fvwm is for users that want complete control of their desktop with > minimal resource use and ultimate flexibility. > "http://www.fvwm.org"; should contain a lin

Re: FVWM: HEADS UP: Releasing 2.6.4 end of January

2012-02-01 Thread Michael Großer
Harry portobello wrote: > On 30 January 2012 14:37, Chris Siebenmann wrote: >> | > [...] There are several reasons as of why certain patches aren't >> | > accepted. Some of the patches affect areas of fvwm which in the long >> | > term goal should be replaced by modules. Others are unclean, and no

Re: FVWM: Why is Debian behind schedule regarding recent FVWM versions so much?

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:17:29PM +0100, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> But, the idea of a distribution like Debian is to get >> stable software onto the computer by typing >> "apt-get install something". Each exception I have to make >> erodes the whole idea of a ready-to-u

Re: [Solved and learned something] Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-23 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:42:41PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> # Bind some decors to the buttons at the left side >> ButtonStyle 1 - Clear MwmDecorMenu >> ButtonStyle 3 - Clear MwmDecorStick >> ButtonStyle 5 - Clear MwmDecorLayer 6 >> Butt

Re: FVWM: New default configuration wanted...

2012-01-21 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 12:27:51PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> This intended to be something fairly long-running, and I personally don't >> wish to make the UI decisions myself, although I will keep a very close eye >> on the FVWM-specific aspects of a proposed

Context [Re: [Solved and learned something] Re: FVWM: How to bring [...]]

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > Thomas Adam wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >>> Michael Großer wrote: >>> > Note: There are many commands that affect look and >>> > feel of specific, some or all windows, like Style,

Re: [Solved and learned something] Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 09:37:07PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Michael Großer wrote: >> > When I only set "*FvwmIdent: MinimalLayer 6" without >> > the Style commands, though the FvwmIdent window >> > appears on

[no question - only progress] Re: FVWM: Want an alt-tab behaviour like KDE3

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Großer
Jason Weber wrote: > 2012/1/19 Thomas Adam : >> On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 10:31:25PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >>> I want an alt-tab behaviour like KDE3: >> >> Great. >> >> [...] >> >>> At first glance, I see these modules: >>> - W

[Solved and learned something] Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-20 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > When I only set "*FvwmIdent: MinimalLayer 6" without > the Style commands, though the FvwmIdent window > appears on layer 6, but the vector buttons in the window > decorations, wich I draw with ButtonStyle in my > "0001_window_decorati

Re: FVWM: I need the FollowWindowList option in FvwmIconMan

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > 2012/1/18 Michael Großer : >> Since FvwmIconMan is supposed to replace FvwmWinList, >> how can I achieve the FollowWindowList behaviour of >> FvwmWinList with FvwmIconMan? > > Because "replace" does not mean carbon copy. It's not a l

FVWM: Want an alt-tab behaviour like KDE3

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Großer
I want an alt-tab behaviour like KDE3: 1st) When I press +, I want a window list that does not move the mouse pointer. The mouse pointer is supposed to stay where it is. 2nd) I want to be able to select a window by pressing + (forward) and ++ (backward). When I press (+)+ with one

FVWM: I need the FollowWindowList option in FvwmIconMan

2012-01-18 Thread Michael Großer
aviour of FvwmWinList with FvwmIconMan? Best regards, Michael Großer

FVWM: [worksforme] FVWM does not update the window title when the new window title contains a unicode character

2012-01-13 Thread Michael Großer
Was: Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM] Now: [worksforme] FVWM does not update the window title when the new window title contains a unicode character Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:29:42PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas A

Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Großer
Dan Espen wrote: > Michael Großer writes: > >> Thomas Adam wrote: >>> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:21:37AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >>>> Is it OK to do it this way? Making a list in the forum, working with >>>> reference numbers and (if possible) n

Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > Thomas Adam wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:21:37AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >>> Is it OK to do it this way? Making a list in the forum, working with >>> reference numbers and (if possible) not using more than one reference >>> n

Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 09:21:37AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Is it OK to do it this way? Making a list in the forum, working with >> reference numbers and (if possible) not using more than one reference >> numbers in one e-mail or forum thread

Re: FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-10 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 10:41:46PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> When I only set "*FvwmIdent: MinimalLayer 6" without >> the Style commands, though the FvwmIdent window >> appears on layer 6, but the vector buttons in the window >> deco

FVWM: How to bring FvwmIdent onto layer 6 [Was: FvwmIdent disappears very often]

2012-01-09 Thread Michael Großer
Hi! There are two questions in one e-mail message. I have to split it and answer the questions separately. Thomas Adam wrote: > s/minimal_layer/MinimalLayer/ Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 12:02:47AM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On

Re: FVWM: FvwmIdent disappears very often

2012-01-05 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 10:43:23PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> When I additionally I set a StaysOnTop style to bring FvwmIdent on top, >> I noticed that this does only work when I apply FvwmIdent on >> xterms, but not on nedit, Iceweasel, FvwmIdent or

Re: FVWM: FvwmIdent disappears very often

2012-01-05 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 12:10:14PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Does anyone know about this behaviour of FvwmIdent? >> Is the reason known why FvwmIdent is that much damageable? > > It's designed to work this way. > > Look at the

FVWM: FvwmIdent disappears very often

2012-01-05 Thread Michael Großer
Hi! the component "FvwmIdent" very often (and sporadically) disappears when I change the focus to other applications, start new applications or change to other viewports (pages) or dekstops. Compared with FvwmPager, the behaviour of FvwmIdent is much more unstable. FvwmIdent windows just do not e

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2012-01-01 Thread Michael Großer
Dan Espen wrote: > Michael Großer writes: > >> Our conversation drifted into a direction where I stated that >> I didn't understand the difference between "res_class" and >> "res_name". >> >> You answered that only programmers are supp

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2012-01-01 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 08:19:10AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: >> I started this for FvwmEvent -- you can see the changes to the manpage here: >> >> http://github.com/ThomasAdam/fvwm/commit/49a53ee408cba26f7649fc4b56df0d309b485cfd >> >> Run that file through "man" -- see the ta

Re: FVWM: I revised a text: How FVWM starts applications

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 05:51:34PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> > (with other words, it will eliminate the shell as soon as it is ready >> > with spawning "foo"). >> >> I hope, my add-on is correct. It may be redundant, but

Re: my current approach to manage desktops [Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown]

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:56:57PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 09:40:36PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> >> P.S. >> >> I still know that the problem can only be fixed if s

Re: my current approach to manage desktops [Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown]

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 09:40:36PM +0100, Michael Großer wrote: >> P.S. >> I still know that the problem can only be fixed if someone >> else than me can reproduce my observations. And I know that >> you already tried this. > > I can repro

Re: my current approach to manage desktops [Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown]

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > Thomas Adam wrote: >> 2011/12/28 Michael Großer : >>> When I increased the total number of viewports from 144 to 432 some >>> weeks ago, I redesigned my approach to manage the pagers (using some >>> of these advices above). Today, 16

Re: my current approach to manage desktops [Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown]

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > 2011/12/28 Michael Großer : >> When I increased the total number of viewports from 144 to 432 some >> weeks ago, I redesigned my approach to manage the pagers (using some >> of these advices above). Today, 16 months later, my FVWM config should >>

Re: FVWM: I revised a text: How FVWM starts applications

2011-12-30 Thread Michael Großer
Hi! Thomas Adam wrote: > 2011/12/29 Michael Großer : >> Hi! >> >> I was reading >> http://fvwmwiki.xteddy.org/Tips/FVWMStartupProcedure/ >> yesterday and today. This page was very hard to read, because: > > ... because it came from a mailing list post

Re: FVWM: key bindings do not work until restart of FVWM [Re: reusing old configs in new versions [...]]

2011-12-29 Thread Michael Großer
Dan Espen wrote: > Michael Großer writes: > >> Thomas Adam wrote: >>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:34:13AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >>>> Thomas Adam wrote: >>>> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:50:06AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: &g

Re: I revised my clock finally [Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?]

2011-12-29 Thread Michael Großer
Michael Großer wrote: > No unstabilising Waits anymore. I use the "-geometry" option now to place the > instances onto the right coordinates. And the Schedule command > ensures that the clocks start in the right order (the "date" overlays > the "day of week&

I revised my clock finally [Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?]

2011-12-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 01:23:43PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> clock at the bottom right corner of my screen >> using 3 instances of xclock to let it show >> me the day of the week (1st instance), the >> date (2nd instance) and the time

FVWM: I revised a text: How FVWM starts applications

2011-12-29 Thread Michael Großer
Hi! I was reading http://fvwmwiki.xteddy.org/Tips/FVWMStartupProcedure/ yesterday and today. This page was very hard to read, because: 1.) it contained some typos that caused me to recognize the typos first before I could guess what was meant with these sentences 2.) very different topics we

my current approach to manage desktops [Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown]

2011-12-28 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 01:10:42PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:51:44AM +0200, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> >> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 04:21:53PM +0200, michael.g

FVWM: key bindings do not work until restart of FVWM [Re: reusing old configs in new versions [...]]

2011-12-28 Thread Michael Großer
It's two days after Christmas, and finally I have the time to concentrate on the important things of life :-( Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:34:13AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:50:06AM +020

Re: FVWM: "Stepping down" from next year.

2011-11-11 Thread Michael Großer
Emmanuel Seyman wrote: > * Harry portobello [10/11/2011 22:37] : >> >> Did you >> stop to think that maybe you were the cause for the lack of activity >> and you leaving is a good thing to fvwm? > > In cases like the one you've described

Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-30 Thread Michael Großer
Christian Ohm wrote: > On Saturday, 29 October 2011 at 23:29, Michael Großer wrote: >> Oh! When will it be fixed then? I'm confronted with this bug up to hundred >> times every day, because I always have to use my mouse wheel to scroll >> to the top of bugzilla pages jus

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-30 Thread Michael Großer
> 2011/10/30 Thomas Adam : >>`echo SetEnv WindowCount ((WindowCount + 1))` Nice to see that there is an alternative way to perform calculations without the use of bc. This idea could eliminate a dependency of my FVWM scripts ;-)

Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:29:42PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:31:52PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> >> [...] I also will use this >> >> opportunity to point out another bug (F

Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:31:52PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> [...] I also will use this >> opportunity to point out another bug (FVWM does not update the window >> title when the new window title contains a unicode character, which >> always

Re: FVWM: (Icon)TitleFormat doesnt quite work like IndexedWindowName for one window

2011-10-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 12:37:04PM +0100, Harry portobello wrote: >> hullo, >> >> On 19 October 2011 18:51, elliot s wrote: >> > Version 2.6.3: >> > Previous versions only added the "(%t)" when there was a repeated name. >> > The new code always adds it. >> > I worked around

Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > So put your config somewhere with it still exhibiting the problem for you, > and I'll take a look. Hi! I will do this within the next days. I will need a little bit of time to make two easily compareable configs. I also will use this opportunity to point out another bug (FVWM

Re: reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-28 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 09:50:06AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Michelle Konzack wrote: >> > Hello ro...@cloudcabin.org, >> >> I have quite a large config with some whistles and bells and maybe a >> >> couple dirty hacks in it and

reusing old configs in new versions [Re: FVWM: Reviewing FVWM]

2011-10-28 Thread Michael Großer
Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello ro...@cloudcabin.org, >> I have quite a large config with some whistles and bells and maybe a >> couple dirty hacks in it and I use Archlinux (which means bleeding edge, >> constant updates and such), I think the first version I tried was 2.5.27, >> and not a single

Re: FVWM: Unofficial Tutorial once again

2011-10-27 Thread Michael Großer
Jaimos Skriletz wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:37:24AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Web page: >> http://www.fvwm.org/doc/unstable/index.html >> >> Old link: >> http://www.zensites.net/fvwm/guide/ >> >> Has to be updated into: >> http://

FVWM: Unofficial Tutorial once again

2011-10-23 Thread Michael Großer
Web page: http://www.fvwm.org/doc/unstable/index.html Old link: http://www.zensites.net/fvwm/guide/ Has to be updated into: http://zensites.net/fvwm/guide/ Was this request short and drama-free enough now?

Re: documentation [Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas ...]

2011-10-06 Thread Michael Großer
Bert Geens wrote: > 2011/9/13 Michael Großer : >> Unofficial tutorial: >> - http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.zensites.net/fvwm/guide/ >> - http://web.archive.org/web/20100429062000/http://zensites.net/fvwm/guide/ >> - >> http://web.archive.org/web/2

documentation [Re: FVWM: FAO: Thomas ...]

2011-09-12 Thread Michael Großer
Justin Lindberg wrote: > On 09/01/11 00:19, Mag. Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: >> Am Donnerstag, 1. September 2011 schrieb Harry portobello: >>> ... >>> >>> Terms like "abrasive" or "short" don't sit well with most people, >>> least of all those who wish to contribute. Thomas, how do you plan to >>> m

Re: FVWM: It's a matter of explaining [Re: ... list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-09-02 Thread Michael Großer
Harry portobello wrote: > Hi! > > Wowzer! This is one long email, thanks Michael. A lot of the > discussions you raise here speak for themselves so I wont reply to all > of them. > > 2011/9/1 Michael Großer : >> * When some people feel confused by some kind of attitud

FVWM: It's a matter of explaining [Re: ... list attitudes and unveiling the person behind email

2011-09-01 Thread Michael Großer
Harry portobello wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been reading the fvwm list for ages and recently subscribed > because of the article I'm currently writing - so although I've not > been on this list very long I feel as though I am no stranger to it; > mail archives can be a great thing, even more since

Re: FVWM: possible big misunderstanding

2010-08-30 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 05:09:39PM +0200, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> - So, my hint that the whole config is not needed >> could not be understood by Thomas. > > That's fine, don't worry. :) > > But if I ask for something, it's because I need it. If you think otherwi

Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown

2010-08-30 Thread Michael Großer
des...@verizon.net wrote: > michael.gros...@gmx.de writes: > >> Original-Nachricht >>> Datum: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:17:52 +0100 >>> Von: Thomas Adam >>> An: Michael Gro?er >>> CC: fvwm@fvwm.org >>> Betreff: Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown >> >>> On Sun, Au

Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown

2010-08-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > Let's see what I notice first of all: > > # start several pagers > AddToFunc StartFunction > + I GotoDesk 0 0 > + I FvwmPager minipager 0 11 > + I Wait minipager > > + I GotoDesk 0 0 > + I FvwmPager 0 3 > + I Wait FvwmPager > > + I GotoDesk 0 1 > + I FvwmPager 0 3 >

Re: FVWM: Fvwmpager crashes if no pages are to be shown

2010-08-29 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:51:44AM +0200, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 04:21:53PM +0200, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> > > Hi! >> > > >> > > I think that I found the first bug. >> > > I made a combination of pagers for me as shown in the attach

Re: FVWM: WindowList: KDE 3 like behaviour possible?

2010-08-14 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 03:38:58PM +0200, Michael Gro?er wrote: >> ... I unsuccessfully tested if I could bind something >> to the WindowList. The problem is that I cannot find >> the proper menu name of the WindowList. > > That's because it's not a normal menu in the way you

Re: FVWM: WindowList: KDE 3 like behaviour possible?

2010-08-14 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:43:45PM +0200, michael.gros...@gmx.de wrote: >> > > Hi! >> > > >> > > If I use fvwm and press Alt+Tab, then at first the first >> > > position of the window list is selected. >> > > >> > > If I use KDE 3 and press Alt+Tab, then at first the second >

Finally solved: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-13 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > 2010/8/10 Michael Großer : >> The problem: If I switch to another viewport and then >> back to the prior one, then sometimes no window has the >> focus. If I give a window a focus and close it, then >> again no window has the focus. >> >>

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-12 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 04:19:20PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Thomas Adam wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:27:25PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> > >> >> 2. destroy_window >> >> = >> >>

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-11 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 02:27:25PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: > >> 2. destroy_window >> = >> This page... >> http://www.fvwm.org/documentation/manpages/unstable/FvwmEvent.php >> ... mentions "destroy_window" only

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-11 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 01:23:43PM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> space for all my different projects. I configured >> a lot of bindings so I can use the keyboard to >> create new windows or operate with the viewports. >> I studied the sample

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-11 Thread Michael Großer
Thomas Adam wrote: > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:37:51AM +0200, Michael Großer wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Thank you very much. This "destroy_window" event could >> be the solution I was looking for. >> >> I will try to solve my problem over the weekend.

Re: FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-11 Thread Michael Großer
rs earlier. Michael Thomas Adam wrote: > 2010/8/10 Michael Großer : >> The problem: If I switch to another viewport and then >> back to the prior one, then sometimes no window has the >> focus. If I give a window a focus and close it, then >> again no window has the focu

FVWM: Events when windows close?

2010-08-10 Thread Michael Großer
ossible that further versions of FVWM contain a solution to this? Best regards, Michael Großer