The F? Virtual Window Manager (part 2)

hollerith · Apprentice Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 204

Thank you mate, I'm still having fun with it here! You're right about the default. I didn't even get a mesh, absolutely nothing. The thing that really caught me was the cursor - just the wristwatch. I thought it was spinning its wheels, or had just hung-up. I kept trying stuff and then ctrl-backspacing. dumb! :oops:

The really great thing is that its feature rich and still quite responsive on my puny laptop! (I'm pretty sure taviso's thumbnail function could be optimised though)

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

Ok, starting to get the hang of things...

Is there a way to make a program launcher similar to the one in WMI?

Spirit · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject:

lamaistres · Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:38 am Post subject:

I'm having a little problem with my pager. When I open a couple of windows in a desktop my pager gets a distorted windows affect like in this picture . Does anyone know what might be causing this? Configs

allucid · Veteran Joined: 02 Nov 2002 Posts: 1314 Location: atlanta

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

I just posted another config-from-scratch installment to the FVWM forum. This one looks at decors in more detail, multipixmaps included.
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hollerith · Apprentice Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 204

Spirit · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:45 pm Post subject:

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

hollerith · Apprentice Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 204

Boroshan, sorry if the patently obviously has eluded me once again but I can't see a damn thing where you've left the appropriate gaps in that post on fvwm.lair. (Fancy you choosing a northeast aspect) ;-D

I just noticed DefaultFont (and DefaultIcon) in the man page for fvwm (which I'm still poring over) too!

Something or someone has started me wondering whether its possible to set a back per page?

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

hollerith · Apprentice Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 204

You're spot on yet again - originating site only. (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you)

The blatantly obvious escapes again!

Cheers

EDIT: I had a look, and wow that background really changes it - its like 'Lt LaForge - to the dancing girls maximum warp!'

Ruzbeh · Apprentice Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Posts: 223

Can someone gimme a good guide for making a nice taskbar with FvwmButtons? Taviso has a guide, but it doesn't say anything about taskbarz.

Or maybe someone can make one for me? It can't be that hard.

Here's my current taskbar, which is xfce4-taskbar. http://members.lycos.nl/ultrasupreme/taskbar.png

Here is what the fvwm version should look like, with a menu that pops out the XFCE4 menu: http://members.lycos.nl/ultrasupreme/taskbar-fvwm.png (looks much better, no?)

If I finally have that taskbar, I can have nautilus take over my desktop, so I can have a really fast XFCE4 environment + plus nautilus with desktop icons.

It's gonna be sweet.

Thanks.

ThomasAdam · Guru Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 448 Location: England

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

I just posted a companion to my config-from-scratch post on the FVWM forum. Modules From Scratch covers writing a fully functional FVWM module from the ground up. Useful if you've ever wanted to write a module, or even if you just want a better understanding of how they work.

I've got a couple more CFG posts in the pipeline as well - I just got sidetracked by this module thing

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Third and final part now posted. includes the source to FvwmSchedule, the module I wrote to schedule FVWM commands to execute at a later time, or at regular intervals.
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InfinityX · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 385

This is probably a daft question but I can't find the solution anywhere. Iconifying just looks ugly to me, and the thumbnail function that most people use is just too slow for my liking. How can I have it so Iconified apps simply disappear (like Openbox without a panel)?

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

Style "*" NoIcon

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InfinityX · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 385

Yeah but that also gets rid of my program's icons for things like the window list, I have dozens of styles set up like this:

ThomasAdam · Guru Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 448 Location: England

You can use both FvwmIconMan, and Icons if you so desire. Try it...

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InfinityX · Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 385

Nevermind I've found the solution:

boroshan · l33t Joined: 16 Apr 2003 Posts: 730 Location: upside down

Hey Gang! A moment of your time!

Over on the FVWM forum a few of us are working to design a modern default interface for FVWM. Anyone who remembers starting FVWM for the first time and thinking nothing had happened will understand why

We think we've got a decent default config, and we're working on updating the module files installed by the FVWM setup script. We could use feedback on what we've got so far; we could use testers; we could use ideas; and we could use workers. Anyone who wants to chip in is welcome.

When we get something approaching consensus, we'll take the results of our labour to the fvwm-workers list.

See you over there!

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Whoops forgot the link
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hollerith · Apprentice Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 204

Sorry I,ve been quiet for a bit as I've just switched to dvorak and now can't type using either layout. Also , given my own shameful contribution to this project I was waiting to have something really constructive to add other than oooh its really cool (which it is of course). Bizarrely, I've been having a problems activating that forum's account and as I didn't receive a mail and I'm rather fond of my handle I'm hoping the admin will just send me another or delete the account so I can try again. (I have this 'way' with machines).

I do like the look of it so far though. I can't say how important the, albeit blatantly obvious, 'CLICK ME' is. This alone will boost n00b numbers I'm sure. To anyone who doubts that fvwm needs this project then check ironphoenix's story and then check her most excellent configs to see what might have been lost.

The fvwm man pages remind me of when BlackAdder duells the Duke Of Wellington and he reads aloud 'Congratulations on purchasing your acme cannon mark blah blah blah' as the Duke lights the fuse of his. Its a terrible piece of documentation but yes its all in there somewhere if you have the patience.

This module stuff - isn't there a 'FvwmSchedule' already in existence? Does Fvwm just spawn these as seperate processes sendmessage being like asynchronous interrupts? Practically anything could be considered a module therefore?

ThomasAdam · Guru Joined: 20 Mar 2005 Posts: 448 Location: England

VoiDeR · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 122

Has anybody tried swallowing torsmo in FvwmButtons. Ive been trying to get it to work. All the i can get it to do is flash in the box then it disapears. Top says its still running. Or is there a way to get a nice semi trans background to it without adding a spot to your wallpaper. Also does anyone know of a good tutorial on creating window decor?

Thanks
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Hippi@Bacarni · n00b Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 53 Location: Hannover, DE

Hi.
In some screenshots I saw a script, which shows packages to update from portage. It is kind of the process script but for portage

I already search for it, but i can't find it. Can somebody tell me where I can find it?