On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 at 16:43:50 (+0000), Andy Arbon wrote:
> I'd like to be able to have new windows appear centered around the
> location of the mouse pointer [...]. Is there any way to accomplish
> that with FVWM?
Yes :)
> I've not seen an existing placement style that sounds right.
That would be nice! Because my solution is a hack, I think:
~/.fvwm/modules:
DestroyFunc FuncFocusWindow
AddToFunc FuncFocusWindow
# Move WINDOW to MOUSE position
+ I WindowId $0 ("xterm-kb") Focus
+ I WindowId $0 ("xterm-kb") Move m-10p m-10p
# Same for a window reading input for dict
+ I WindowId $0 ("DICT") Focus
+ I WindowId $0 ("DICT") Move m-10p m-10p
# Move MOUSE to WINDOW position
+ I WindowId $0 ("xterm-ptr-kb") WarpToWindow 50 50
And in ~/.fvwm/bindings:
Key n A CM Exec exec xterm -title xterm-kb
Key n A CM2 Exec exec xterm -title xterm-kb
Key m A CM Exec exec xterm -title xterm-ptr-kb
Key m A CM2 Exec exec xterm -title xterm-ptr-kb
Mouse 1 A CM Exec exec xterm -title DICT -e dict "$(xcb -p 0)"
Mouse 1 A CM2 Exec exec xterm -title DICT -e dict "$(xcb -p 0)"
Key Return A SM Exec exec xterm -title DICT -e /usr/local/bin/askdict
Key Return A SM2 Exec exec xterm -title DICT -e /usr/local/bin/askdict
So, Ctrl-Alt-n pops up an xterm at the current mouse pointer position,
and Ctrl-Alt-m pops up an xterm and warps the mouse pointer to its
position.
Selecting a word with the mouse in an xterm and then pressing
Ctrl-Alt-LeftMouseButton anywhere pops up an xterm with dict $WORD
right under your mouse pointer.
Hitting Shift-Alt-Enter pops up a dict window under the mouse pointer.
Best regards
Marc-Jano
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Received on Sun Feb 17 2002 - 13:51:22 GMT