Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 11:05:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Richard Chang <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Lesstif (motif compatible) package. Message-ID: <Pine.PTX.3.91.960412110506.24231L-100000@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960412080842.16585A-100000@harlie.bfd.com>
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On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Richard Chang wrote: > > > > You can certainly configure fvwm do do this, usually on Alt-Tab. fvwm > > > also allows for modules, which is nice. One of the modules available > > > (currently only for fvwm95) gives me the *ONE* feature I like from Win95, > > > which is a bar with a button on it for each window, so I can click on a > > > button and go to that window (uniconifying as necessary). Now if only > > > the bugger would go on the right of the screen instead of the top or the > > > bottom. :-) > > > > Hmmm, I am using fvwm and it only does it with Alt-F7/F8 and not > > Alt-Tab, how did you get it to work with alt-TAB? Also, is the bar with > > a button actually a feature that comes out of the package or do you need > > to configure fvwm to do it? > > A long time ago, I edited my .fvwmrc to do this. It's really not hard to > do, once you understand the layout of the .fvwmrc. In fact, there's an > amazing list of things that you can do once you learn to modify the > .fvwmrc. From a routine in the .fvwm2rc, I believe that you can now set > up an action (menu, button, hotkey, etc) that will bring your mail > program to the front, uniconify it if necessary, or *RUN* it if it's not > already running. Haven't been able to get it to work yet, as the sample > is for xmh, and I'm using pine. > > Here's the key bindings you are talking about > > Key F7 A M Next [*] focus > Key F8 A M Prev [*] focus > > I *BELIEVE* (haven't tried it in 2.0) that the line > > Key Tab A M Next [*] focus > > should do the trick. (Suddenly, he realizes that he's running Fvwm95 > *NOW*, so modifies his .fvwm2rc95, restarts Fvwm95, and comfirms that it > works) > > As for the task bar, it is included in the sample fvwm95rc file that > comes with the Fvwm95 distribution. Hmmm, does fvwm95 still use .fvwmrc? Richard
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