On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:18:18AM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On [Tue, 4 Sep 2001 11:29:48 +0200], Dominik Vogt <dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 03:53:11PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote:
> > Please state which fvwm release you use.
>
> Sorry, I am using 2.4.0 on FreeBSD 4.2.
>
> >
> > > I have the following binding defined in my .fvwm2rc:
> > > Key quoteleft A M Module FvwmPager -transient 0 3
> > >
> > > It works fine, except that when pressing the key in an active window, the
> > > FvwmPager is brought up, but the focus stays in the active window. This prevents
> > > me of using arrow keys to move between the virtual desktop. After reading man
> > > pages, I tried this with no luck: Style "FvwmPager" GrabTransientFocus
> >
> > First of all, the right style is GrabFocusTransient, not
> > GrabTransientFocus. Anyway, the pager only behaves like a
> > transient window, but does not set the transient hint for fvwm (I
> > will fix this), so you have to use
> >
> > Style FvwmPager GrabFocus
>
> I have tried them all.
>
> GrabFocus/GrabFocusTransient/NeverFocus all behaves the same.
> That is, when press the key in the background, the pager is focused,
> when press the key in one of the active window, the pager is not focused.
>
> On the second thought, I would actually prefer the behaviour NeverFocus for
> FvwmPager -transient assuming it works, but then I don't know how to turn
> it off using a key.
>
> > instead of GrabFocusTransient. If that does not help, the Pager
> > may have set the wrong focus policy, e.g. NeverFocus. If you
> > can't figure it out on your own, I can take a look at your config
> > file.
>
> Thanks for the help. I have uploaded all my fvwm config file here:
> http://linux.blueskyhost.com/~shao/fvwm/
>
> .fvwm2rc is renamed to fvwm2rc in order for apache to pickup.
Ah, I see. The transient pager should actively grab the keyboard
on one hand and asks not to be focused on the other hand. I will
fix this. In the mean time,
Style FvwmPager GrabFocusTransient, Lenience
should help.
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Dominik Vogt, dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
Reply-To: dominik.vogt_at_gmx.de
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Received on Sun Sep 16 2001 - 07:17:17 BST