Hi Elliot, Thanks for your suggestions. (Replying to list since my original post may have been confusing.)
elliot s <[email protected]> [2018-12-29 14:00:27 -0800]: > > I use Esc to kill moves in progress. > > If key bindings can work while move in progress, maybe you can hit a > key to remember old position and then hit it again to move window back. > Actually, what I meant by 'cancel placement' is to terminate the placement operation, not to return the moved window to its original position. It was my mistake to use the word 'cancel' rather than 'terminate' in my post, because now that I read the fvwm man page more carefully, the way you have interpreted 'cancel' -- returning the window to it's pre-moved position -- seems to be what the man page means too. I didn't appreciate that when I first read about CancelPlacement. Anyway, the idiom I'm seeking to implement is this: 1. Tap Control_R with pointer inside a window to begin 'Move' operation 2. Use arrow keys to reposition the window 3. Tap Control_R to terminate the 'Move' operation So Step 3 just leaves the window where it was when Control_R is tapped the second time. It's easy to implement the above with a trivial function and key binding, but Step 3 is the problem: DestroyFunc MoveOrTerminateMove AddToFunc MoveOrTerminateMove + I ThisWindow (!State 6) Move + I ThisWindow ( State 6) <<Somehow terminate move operation>> + I State 6 toggle Key Control_R W N MoveOrTerminateMove The 'Return' and 'Spacebar' keys have built-in bindings that terminate a Move operation, and they work fine. But I'm lazy and would like to be able to use Control_R instead, because on my keyboard, Control_R happens to be located right next to the group of arrow keys. So this would allow a handy and compact way to do small detailed repositionings mouselessly.
