Re: FVWM: IconBox question

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:09:48 -0400

Neil Zanella <nzanella_at_cs.mun.ca> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have the following iconbox set up in my .fvwm2rc:
>
> Style * IconBox 62x800+0+519
>
> My understanding is that whenever a window gets iconified fvwm2 should
> attempt to place it in the rectangular icon box shown below:
>
> +-----------------------------+
> | |
> | Desktop |
> | |
> +---------------------+ |
> | | |
> | Icon Box | |
> | | |
> +---------------------+ |
> | |
> +-----------------------------+

62 is the width, your iconbox should be tall and narrow.

> This works when fvmw2 starts up but if I later iconify a window it ends
> up at the upper left hand corner of my desktop and then following icons
> end up in the same column.
>
> What is wrong here? (I am running fvwm2 version 2.3.17).

Are you filling up the first icon box?
After the 62x800 box fills up it will use the builtin icon box that
behaves like the one you describe.

> Thanks,
>
> Neil
>
> --

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Received on Tue May 16 2000 - 18:12:24 BST

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