Re: FVWM: Re: blanking screen for a long time (fwd)

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 1995 13:11:23 -0500

>>>>> "Matsushita-san" == matusita <matusita_at_ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp> writes:

chuck_hines> Rob added some calls to black out the screen during
chuck_hines> window captures so you wouldn't have to see all that
chuck_hines> happening.

Matsushita-san> I think the "blackout while fvwm starts" feature is
Matsushita-san> for avoiding "unpredictable focus problem when fvwm
Matsushita-san> starts up", i.e., when fvwm starts, focus to nowhere
Matsushita-san> (equal "focus to NoFocusWin"). But only Rob knows the
Matsushita-san> fact...

Actually, I think he did it for purely cosmetic reasons. That window
that comes up obscuring everything else is never actually touched by
the window manager itself. The NoFocus window is another window
entirely.

Chuck
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Received on Mon Nov 06 1995 - 12:11:39 GMT

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