Re: FVWM: Autoraise or FvwmAuto?

From: David P. Ihnen <dihnen_at_cisco.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 16:56:49 -0800

At 12:46 AM 2/26/97 GMT, David Kennedy wrote:
>
>> From dihnen_at_cisco.com Wed Feb 26 00:39:18 1997
>> At 12:20 AM 2/26/97 GMT, David Kennedy wrote:
>> >David said:
>> >> One of my users wishes to have windows automatically raise when she
moves
>> >> the mouse into them. This sounds like FvwmAuto to me, so I tried
>> >> experimenting with it. the result was the error:
>> >>
>> >> FvwmAuto requires one arugument.
>> >>
>> >> The syntax: (in my module menu definition)
>> >>
>> >> + "FvwmAuto" Module FvwmAuto 200 raise lower
>> >>
>> >> I can't comprehend what is going wrong here...
>> >
>> >Try simply having:
>> >+ "FvwmAuto" Module FvwmAuto 200
>> >
>> >
>> >Like the error said, FvwmAuto only needs one argument.
>> >
>> >In my init function I have the line:
>> >+ "I" Module FvwmAuto 150
>> >
>> >This is what you want. Starting it off a menu every
>> >session is inconvenient.
>>
>> Yes, that works... current problem solved.
>>
>> HOWEVER - this brings up the issue that according to the man page and
>> definition of FvwmAuto, you can have an optional additional two arguments
>> that will execute any valid operation on the window you're now in. Like,
>> raise on enter and iconify on leave (Module FvwmAuto 0 raise iconify) - Why
>> does this feature not work?
>>
>> I understand about starting it every session - I just testing at this point.
>
>Ah, sorry. I misunderstood your question (I'd forgotten about the other
params to
>be honest). I assumed you were just having a 'Doh!' day and had misread the man
>page or something.
>
>I've just tried
>+ "I" Module FvwmAuto 150 Nop Iconify
>
>and while it was very confusing (it uniconfied icons when I moved over them
>for example) it worked fine.
>
>Maybe its simply being very picky in syntax,
>'raise'/'Raise'?
>
>I'd test it more but its time I went home!

It doesn't work for me... I get the same error again.

Why would I get that error?

David

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Received on Tue Feb 25 1997 - 19:05:05 GMT

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