Re: FVWM: Re: Disable Edge Scrolling

From: Wayne Ling <wling_at_sympatico.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 06:14:53 +0000

Guangyong Xu wrote:
>
> On Sun, 25 Jan 1998, Wayne Ling wrote:
>
> > Guangyong Xu wrote:
> > >
> > > That is quite strange. Just my suggestion, try play with your .fvwm2rc
> > > file and change other settings to see if they have any effect at all. If
> > > not, try running fvwm by "fvwm -f ~/.fvwm2rc". "Edgescroll 0 0" in
> > > .fvwm2rc shold fix the problem. If still not, maybe you need to recompile
> > > your fvwm...
> > > -GXu
> >
> > I copied /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/Xclients to ~/.Xclients and
> > changed the following line
> > FVWMOPTIONS="-cmd 'FvwmM4 -debug $RCFILE'"
> > to
> > FVWMOPTIONS="-f ~/.fvwm2rc'"
> >
> > Now .fvwm2rc has effect. but with "Edgescroll 0 0", I still see
> > the scroll over to the next page.
> > --
> > Wayne Ling
> > wling_at_sympatico.ca
>
> I use slackware instead of redhat so that I don't have the file Xclients
> in effect. But I suppose the variable FVWMOPTIONS is just the options
> being passed to fvwm when it is called. I still don't understand why your
> fvwm does not know to use your .fvwm2rc file when not using this option.
> It should be the default resource file. But that is a little off the
> thread.
>
> As for the problem of scrolling, I suspect you may have redefined
> EdgeScroll somewhere else in your .fvwm2rc file, try look for it. If not,
> try using "EdgeResistance 10000 0", see if it helps.
>

I finally stumbled to the right place. When I press the left button,
there is a menu for "preferences" and I can disable edge scroll under
the "Scroll Setup" submenu.

--
Wayne Ling
wling_at_sympatico.ca
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Received on Tue Jan 27 1998 - 00:15:18 GMT

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