Re: FVWM: "Window Creep"

From: Austin Donnelly <and1000_at_cam.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 96 20:38 BST

On Mon, 22 Apr 1996, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:

> I've just started using fvwm2. I'm using version 2.0.42 (as packaged
> by Austin Donnely for Debian Linux).
>
> I've found a very odd bit of behavior, best described as "Window
> Creep". In short, as I open copies of Mosaic over the source of a
> session, their starting positions move progressively further to the
> right.
>
> I've got the following styles in my .fvwmrc2.
>
> Style "*" Icon unknown.xpm
> Style "*" BorderWidth 0
> Style "*" HandleWidth 0
> Style "*" MWMFunctions
> Style "*" HintOverride
> Style "*" Color White/DarkGreen
> Style "*" NoPPosition
> Style "*" SmartPlacement
> Style "*" SloppyFocus
> Style "*" IconBox -50 -100 -1 -1
> Style "FvwmButtons" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip, ClickToFocus

This is because SmartPlacement doesn't entail ActivePlacement (as it
used to). So, if there is no room for the new window, it is placed
anywhere. RandomPlacement isn't really that random, but picks
somewhere semi-sane: this is the window creep you're seeing.

The fix is to say:

Style "*" SmartPlacement, ActivePlacement


Hope this helps,
Austin
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Received on Mon Apr 22 1996 - 14:35:56 BST

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