Re: FVWM: Autoraise or FvwmAuto? - SOLVED

From: David P. Ihnen <dihnen_at_cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 15:34:58 -0800

At 12:34 AM 2/27/97 +0100, Albrecht Kadlec wrote:
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>> 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.
>
>old versions. now one to three args are ok.
>
>from the code: (last version, I submitted)
>
> if(argc < 7 || argc > 9)
> {
> fprintf(stderr,"FvwmAuto for fvwm-" VERSION " can use one to three
arguments.\n");
> exit(1);
> }
>
>so you must have an old version around.
>maybe check your ModulePath (did you compile 2.0.45 locally and is
>there a global path still in your ModulePath ?

ModulePath /usr/local/tools/X11/fvwm:/users/lchang/tools/X11/fvwm

For some reason the FvwmAuto in the lchang directory was being run instead
of the one local. I switched them around with the same result, switched
them back and it worked. Go figure. That's a computer for you.

David

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Received on Wed Feb 26 1997 - 17:44:57 GMT

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