Re: FVWM: Next, Prev, Circulate

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 10:17:56 -0400

>>>>> "Dan" == Dan Niles <dan_at_more.net> writes:

>> The included sample system.fvwmrc & new-system.fvwmrc should be able
>> to help. Basically, something like:
>>
>> Key Next A SCM Next [*] Focus
>> Key Prior A SCM Prev [*] Focus
>> Key Next A CM Next [!iconic CurrentScreen] Focus
>> Key Prior A CM Prev [!iconic CurrentScreen] Focus
>>
>> *should* work just fine. I use the first two occasionally and haven't
>> had any problems with them. I just tried the latter two, and they
>> seemed to work ok...whoops, I take that back. It doesn't seem to be
>> finding all the ones on the current screen, just the ones I've visited
>> recently... This may be the problem. I'll have to look into that.

Dan> I have narrowed the problem down. The only windows that get
Dan> cycled are ones that have received focus since fvwm2 was started
Dan> or restarted. Also, the order of cycling changes when you use
Dan> the mouse to give a window focus. I personally would prefer the
Dan> order to remain constant and predictable.

Yeah, I'll have to look into this... It's still not quite right,
although it is better than 1.xx's circulate function.

Dan> (By the way, I am using FvwmAuto and ClickToFocus. ClickToFocus
Dan> is not in the current documentation. Is SloppyFocus still
Dan> supported?)
>>
>> Hm... I didn't think that FvwmAuto worked too well with
>> ClickToFocus...

Dan> Works fine, great even. The current version of FvwmAuto raises a
Dan> window when a window receives focus, so they work together well. The
Dan> only strange thing is that SloppyFocus is in effect even though not
Dan> specified. This is ok because it is how one would expect ClickToFocus
Dan> to work: You click on a window to change focus.

Actually what I meant was that ClickToFocus should already be raising
the windows when you click in them, without the help of FvwmAuto.

Chuck
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