Re: FVWM: gkrellm and FVWM v2.5.8

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:10:43 +0000

On 07 Nov 2003 10:28:16 +0100, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:14:18PM -0500, Ben Winslow wrote:
> > On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 03:33, Dominik Vogt wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:17:21PM -0500, Ryan Daly wrote:
> > > > I'm noticing something strange with 2.5.8 and gkrellm (2.1.21).
> > > >
> > > > I click in the top area to move the window and go to move the mouse, but
> > > > the window stays put. After about 2 or 3 seconds, I hear a beep and the
> > > > window all of a sudden appears under my pointer ready for me to place it
> > > > anywhere.
> > > >
> > > > If I use my hotkey to move it, I don't get the delay.
> > > >
> > > > Is this a bug or maybe a compile option I missed?
> > >
> > > gkrellm and fvwm are competing for a grab on the pointer. The
> > > beep indicates that fvwm has finally given up. Make sure you don
> > > not have any mouse bindings like
> > >
> > > Mouse 1 w ... Function ...
> > >
> > > in your fvwm config.
> >
> > n.b. This won't matter--Not only is a complex function needed to
> > properly move a window by clicking and dragging, but
> > EWMHActivateWindowFunc is called when you try to start dragging the
> > gkrellm window.
>
> That sounds somewhat familiar. I think you are right. So the
> problem can be circumvented by either destroying the corresponding
> fvwm function:
>
> DestroyFunc EWMHActivateWindowFunc
>
> (which affects all windows, not just gkrellm). Unfortunately, it
> is not yet possible to disable certain features of the EWMH spec
> for individual windows.

Destroying this function would be undesirable for modern applications
asking the window manager to activate (bring to the user attention) their
windows.

A better solution would be to introduce Grab command and add "Grab off"
to EWMHActivateWindowFunc.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Fri Nov 07 2003 - 07:13:16 GMT

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