Re: FVWM: Complicated window placement ;)

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 11:24:24 +0200

On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 04:59:14PM -0400, parv wrote:
> in message <3CF68ACE.2010208_at_andrewarbon.co.uk>,
> wrote Andy Arbon thusly...
> >
> > I use dual monitors with FVWM's SLS feature
>
> i have no experience w/ dual monitors, but...
>
>
> > What I'd like is for the windows to be placed according to one of
> > the normal placement schemes, but to be placed on the screen that
> > contains the mouse pointer at the time the window pops up.
>
> ...you could try various ManualPlacement* "Style" options. after
> finding about other kinds of placement, namely MinOverlap*Placement,
> i now hate that style.

Oops, I must have missed the original message. Anyway, the right
way to achieve this is the StartsOnScreen style:

  Style * StartsOnScreen c

(c = current screen = screen with the pointer). Put that line in
your .fvwm2rc file.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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Received on Fri May 31 2002 - 04:25:18 BST

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