Brian Servis wrote:
>
> First, I don't use virtual desktops larger than my current desktop, so a
> page in this case is a desktop.
I'm sorry. How can you stand it? :-)
> Second, I found a mistake(misunderstanding) in my config file. I had a
> Style "xconsole" StartsOnPage 3 0 258. I misunderstood the
> 'position' as X coordinates not page coordinates. Thus 768 times
> 258 ~= 198402. So I was putting it on the 258'th page of 1024x768
> desk.
Aha! I noticed this relationship after I sent the reply, and wondered
what might be going on.
> Third, command line arguments should always override config file
> options. Thus even if I have the above Style defined in the fvwm
> config, a comman line option using the xrm Xt option should override
> it. Thus in my case I had the StartsOnPage set incorrectly in the
> config file but was calling xconsole with a correct invocation of
> "*Page:3".
As it happens, I'm looking at this area of the code at the moment, for
completely unrelated reasons. I'll look into this while I'm there.
- Bob
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Received on Wed May 26 1999 - 22:38:47 BST