Re: FVWM: Ignore a window completely

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:45:05 +0100

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:04:46AM +0100, Benjamin Goedeke wrote:
> Is there any way to have fvwm (2.5.8) ignore a certain window
> completely?

No, but I just coded a new style "Unmanaged" to achieve this
effect with the latest development code (i.e. 2.5.9).

> I have a terminal sitting on my desktop that runs a system
> monitor and I want it to behave much like root-tail does.

Works with the patch.

> I.e. I want a click in this window to be interpreted as a click
> on the root window. Is that possible through some config option
> in my rc?

I'm afraid this can only be done if the application does not
handle button events itself. But usually terminal applications
eat up mouse events before they reach the root window.

Ciao

Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Mon Feb 16 2004 - 07:47:20 GMT

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