Re: FVWM: Moving from desktop to desktop...

From: tevis_jim <tevis_at_uss.tandem.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 12:53:30 -0800 (PST)

Thanks Curt/Robert...I'll try that. What's the difference between
A and N in the Modifiers field for this definition?

Thanks,
Jim
 
> > Is there an easy way to set up keys to take me directly to a mapped
> > desktop without having to be in the root window (or the virtual
> > desktop). I used to have my 9-key numeric keypad mapped to my 3x3
> > virtual desktop using tvtwm (running Solaris 2.5), and it was nice
> > not having to move my pointer off my active windows before using
> > navigating with the keypad (like with olvwm). Any suggestions
> > are greatly appreciated!
>
> I map my numeric keypad to a 3x3 virtual desktop like this:
>
> Key KP_1 A A GotoPage 0 2
> Key KP_2 A A GotoPage 1 2
> Key KP_3 A A GotoPage 2 2
> Key KP_4 A A GotoPage 0 1
> Key KP_5 A A GotoPage 1 1
> Key KP_6 A A GotoPage 2 1
> Key KP_7 A A GotoPage 0 0
> Key KP_8 A A GotoPage 1 0
> Key KP_9 A A GotoPage 2 0
>
> Curt

>> That's pretty damn snazzy, if I do say so myself. I liked that one
>> enough to figure out how to do it... :-)
>>
>> In my .fvwm2rc, I put:
>> # Key name Context Modifiers Action
>> # --------- ------- --------- ------------
>> Key KP_Home A N GoToPage 0 0
>> Key KP_Up A N GoToPage 1 0
>> Key KP_Prior A N GoToPage 2 0
>> Key KP_Left A N GoToPage 0 1
>> Key KP_Begin A N GoToPage 1 1
>>
>> etc. This works for me, on an SGI... you might need to change the key names
>> but other than that it should work.
>>
>> -Robert Tarrall.-
>> Unix System/Network Admin
>> Laboratory for Computational Dynamics
>> CU - Boulder



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Received on Thu Feb 08 1996 - 14:55:26 GMT

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