Re: FVWM: fvwm2 upgrade-report

From: BENJAMIN THOMAS KETTERIDGE <btk_at_aber.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1995 13:56:38 +0000

In message <m0tGDUd-0008zNC_at_blunote>
sh_at_blunote.muc.de (Stefan Huebner) did scrawl:
>Later I discovered that a fvwm1-functionality has gone: You cannot use
>both the "Style IconBox" and "FvwmIconBox" anymore. This is because you
>have to apply 'Style "*" NoIcon' if you want so see icons in FvwmIconBox.
>In fvwm1 I used both icons on the desktop and in the Box !
This is an excerpt from my .fvwmrc, and it allows me to iconise FvwmButtons and
FvwmIconBox, and I'm sure I could specify other Icons!

Style "*" SloppyFocus, IconBox +0 -55 +100 -0, ForeColor Black, BackColor LightSkyBlue, MWMFunctions, HintOverride, MWMDecor, MWMButtons, SmartPlacement, NoPPosition, DecorateTransient, BorderWidth 5, HandleWidth 5, Color Black/#60a0c0, NoIcon

Style "Fvwm*" NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "FvwmIconBox" Icon toolbox.xpm
Style "FvwmButtons" Icon toolbox.xpm
Style "Fvwm*" WindowListSkip


>A good solution to this problem could be to completely move the
>functionality of "Style IconBox" to FvwmIconBox. This could be done with
>*FvwmIconBox statements that allow one to
> - control the thickness of the border of FvwmIconBox
Style "FvwmIconBox" BorderWidth <..>

> - completely disable the border and scrollbars
Style "FvwmIconBox" BorderWidth 0
*FvwmIconBoxHideSC horizontal
*FvwmIconBoxHideSC vertical

> - disable the iconbox-background, so icons can be placed directly on the
> desktop-background
Just switch off FvwmIconBox and use:
Style "*" IconBox <top left x y> <bottom right x y>

> - an option that allows to control what icons are shown in the Iconbox
> (currently 'Style Iconbox' shows only iconified windows, FvwmIconBox
> shows all started x-apps and modules)
Style toolname Icon tool.xpm
*FvwmIconBox "toolname" -

>I also noticed that the order of statements is important in fvwm2.
Well known, and documented!!

>Let's say if you put 'Style "*" NoIcon' before any other 'Style "*" Icon
>foo' statement then no icons are displayed in the IconBox.
Of course, that how Styles work! (they're OR'd together)

>
>Other small problems with fvwm are:
>
>Sometimes I have timing problems when using swallow-programs in
>FvwmButtons. I had to insert wait-statements in the init- and restart-
>functions of the module, because sometimes the programs don't swallow but
>appear as normal windows. (Especially if I swallow commands like
>'rsh slowhost "xload -display local:0"')
So? What's the problem? Stick with the Waits.

>FvwmButtons is slow on my Pentium even with a PCI/VRAM graphics adapter.
>I use to display many colored icons in the module. The initilization is
>slow, and also when moving windows over the buttons-module the repaint is
>very slow.
Stop using PCs then! ;-) I have no problems with my Sparc 5!

Tara,
Ben.

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Received on Fri Nov 17 1995 - 07:58:48 GMT

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