dominik wrote: > On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 06:52:37PM -0500, Paul Fox wrote: > > I feel like I used to know how to do this, or maybe I didn't, and it > > worked properly in the past and I've changed something unknowingly. > > > > How do I tell CleverPlacement that some areas of the screen are off > > limits? As things are, windows often end up on top of my FvwmButtons, > > and my launcher buttons. > > In my eyes, the real solution is to not clutter the page with > stacked windows but instead use separate pages. Fvwm won't
Agreed. I usually use at least three desks, with just two full height terminals in each, and have one or two more desks to use in case. But sometimes I want a third smaller window for something, and want to easily keep it off of the buttons. > overlap the button window unless other windows are already much > overlapped. It's also possible to individually set the penalty > for sticky windows with the MinOverlapPlacementPenalties style. Thanks -- didn't know about that. > You might also make the button window "staysontop". Another That would just invert the issue, I think. :-) > Using the struts is really awkward because it limits proper use of > the available space in many unnescessary situations. (I've been > using a rectangular button window in the bottom left corner for > ages. Today it's only 1/4 of the screen width, and a "strut" > would prevent ever placing windows in the right 3/4 too.) Yes, that would be a problem. My windows are usually tall terminal windows, so my button window is always a tall strip at one end of the screen. The struts work well in that case. Thanks, paul =---------------------- paul fox, p...@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma, where it's 42.1 degrees)
