Re: FVWM: Complicated window placement ;)

From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 12:27:44 +0200

On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 10:08:51AM -0600, Gregg Dameron wrote:
> Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> The man page (2.4.7) speaks of this Style only in an Xinerama context.
> Does it work for dual fvwm instances as well?

No. On a multi screen setup, the application chooses the screen
it comes up itself, usually the screen from the DISPLAY variable.
With Xinerama, there is only one logical screen that is divided
between several monitors. Fvwm knows the boundaries of them and
can place windows appropriately.

Bye

Dominik ^_^ ^_^

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