Re: Motifesque "click to raise" in FVWM issues?

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 > From: "Karsten M. Self" <http://www.ix.netcom.com/~kmself>
 > Date: Fri  Apr 10,  5:39pm
 >
 > robert wrote:
 > > 
 > > Hi.  I was wondering if you ever found a solution to this.  I've wanted
 > > something like this for years, but never got it working properly.
 > > 
 > > Thanks.
 > 
 > No, but I haven't been trying very hard lately (mostly just using the
 > system).  Are you using FVWM or FVWM2?

Vanilla FVWM.

 > I downloaded the latter and
 > launched the stock config a couple of times, though I haven't tweaked
 > it.  I think fvwm2 is more configurable in some ways.

Hmm.  I am reluctant to convert my .fvwmrc to a new one unless I can be
guaranteed that it will have the behavior you describe and _not_
Microsoft's interface behavior...

 > Good luck.

Thanks.

 > >  > From:         "Karsten M. Self" <http://www.ix.NOSPAMHERE.netcom.com/~kmself>
 > >  > Date:         1997/09/23
 > >  >
 > >  > Some additional info.  I'm *not* looking for ClickToFocus policy -- I
 > >  > want pointer or lazy focus.  What I'd like, though, is to know whether
 > >  > it is possible to simultaneously pass WM display hints (raise/lower) and
 > >  > interact with the client, at the same time, with a single command.
 > >  >
 > >  > Karsten M. Self wrote:
 > >  > >
 > >  > > I'm tweaking my system.fvwmrc, would like to enable user to click
 > >  > > anywhere in application window to raise app.  Which is easy to do
 > >  > >
 > >  > > # mouse1 W N Raise
 > >  > >
 > >  > > What doesn't work is that I'm then unable to select and copy from
 > >  > > xterm and family, or press menu selections, etc.  All click actions
 > >  > > are intercepted by the "raise" function.  Is there a way around this?
 > >  > > I thought that this was possible under Motif (mwm/vuewm on HPUX),
 > >  > > though I may be disremembering things.
 > >  > >
 > >  > > Thanks.


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