Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-17 Thread elliot s
<< My FvwmIconMan buttons for iconified windows are always flat, whether I set IconButton or not. My non-iconified window buttons react to the settings just fine. I'm running 2.7.0. If i remove Colorset and IconColorset and instead use Background and IconButton colors, that gave me the r

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-17 Thread elliot s
<< My FvwmIconMan buttons for iconified windows are always flat, whether I set IconButton or not. My non-iconified window buttons react to the settings just fine. I'm running 2.7.0. >> If i remove Colorset and IconColorset and instead use Background and IconButton colors, that gave me the reli

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread elliot s
My FvwmIconMan buttons for iconified windows are always flat, whether I set IconButton or not. My non-iconified window buttons react to the settings just fine. I'm running 2.7.0.

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:01:56AM -0700, elliot s wrote: > *FvwmButtons: (1x1, Swallow "xbiff" 'Exec xbiff' Action(Mouse 1) add a comma here. -- Thomas Adam -- "Deep in my heart I wish I was wrong. But deep in my heart I know I am not." -

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:51:38AM -0700, elliot s wrote: > < As for mail, use something like xbiff or xbuffy or some other external tool. > > The nice thing fvwmtaskbar did was to share the button, so that it was > a mail icon when you had mail, and "xclock" otherwise. Which you can do in FvwmBu

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread elliot s
> would you be able/willing to share the relevent section of your config file > to show how you did it? Here's what i have for my replacement taskbar. I'm actually doing something else in the spot of xbiff, so i dont know if it's right. *FvwmIconMan: Action Mouse 1 N sendcommand Op_Raise_Iconify_

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread elliot s
< As for mail, use something like xbiff or xbuffy or some other external tool. The nice thing fvwmtaskbar did was to share the button, so that it was a mail icon when you had mail, and "xclock" otherwise. > fvwmtaskbar colorset colors show up lighter than the same colorset in > FvwmIconMan or el

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:20:27AM -0400, Chris Siebenmann wrote: > | > Is there a complete list of deprecated(ing) or dead modules? > | > I don't want to play with a dead module, with issues > | > unsolvable. > | > | Not as such, but in my mind: > [...] > | * FvwmWinList (it's FvwmIconMan with tw

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Chris Siebenmann
| > Is there a complete list of deprecated(ing) or dead modules? | > I don't want to play with a dead module, with issues | > unsolvable. | | Not as such, but in my mind: [...] | * FvwmWinList (it's FvwmIconMan with tweaks?) This might need some modifications to FvwmIconMan, because the last tim

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 05:32:11PM -0700, elliot s wrote: > Well, i got the FvwmIconMan/FvwmButtons pair looking like my fvwmtaskbar. > Two differences: > fvwmtaskbar had a shared mail checker/date display. xclock is fine for this. As for mail, use something like xbiff or xbuffy or some other ext

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-16 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 05:32:11PM -0700, elliot s wrote: > Well, i got the FvwmIconMan/FvwmButtons pair looking like my fvwmtaskbar. > Two differences: > fvwmtaskbar had a shared mail checker/date display. > I dont know of an easy way to get both, so now it's just an xclock display. > fvwmtaskbar

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-15 Thread elliot s
Well, i got the FvwmIconMan/FvwmButtons pair looking like my fvwmtaskbar. Two differences: fvwmtaskbar had a shared mail checker/date display. I dont know of an easy way to get both, so now it's just an xclock display. fvwmtaskbar colorset colors show up lighter than the same colorset in FvwmIconMa

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-15 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 11:40:37AM +0800, XeCycle wrote: > > Use FvwmIconMan and FvwmButtons. I'll be deprecating FvwmTaskBar soon > > enough. It's dead. > > Is there a complete list of deprecated(ing) or dead modules? > I don't want to play with a dead module, with issues > unsolvable. Not as

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-15 Thread Thomas Adam
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 07:48:01PM -0700, elliot s wrote: > Perhaps a sample of FvwmButtons/FvwmIconMan fvwmtaskbar replacement > code can be put into the wiki so that everyone currently using > fvwmtaskbar doesnt have to dumpster dive thru the forum. It's been in the TODO for ages, and is finally

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-15 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 07:48:01PM -0700, elliot s wrote: > Perhaps a sample of FvwmButtons/FvwmIconMan fvwmtaskbar replacement > code can be put into the wiki so that everyone currently using > fvwmtaskbar doesnt have to dumpster dive thru the forum. Yeah that would be good. I always like to see

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-14 Thread XeCycle
> Use FvwmIconMan and FvwmButtons. I'll be deprecating FvwmTaskBar soon > enough. It's dead. Is there a complete list of deprecated(ing) or dead modules? I don't want to play with a dead module, with issues unsolvable. pgpNiM1YzRnt5.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-14 Thread elliot s
Perhaps a sample of FvwmButtons/FvwmIconMan fvwmtaskbar replacement code can be put into the wiki so that everyone currently using fvwmtaskbar doesnt have to dumpster dive thru the forum.

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-14 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 07:07:41PM -0600, Jaimos Skriletz wrote: Basic idea, FvwmButtons is the container. You can use it to hold the various parts of the taskbar you want. FvwmIconMan is the part that keeps track of running programs. I would first configure that, to act like the major part of

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread Jaimos Skriletz
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 05:44:07PM -0700, elliot s wrote: > << > Use FvwmIconMan and FvwmButtons. I'll be deprecating FvwmTaskBar soon > enough. It's dead. > >> > > Is there an example somewhere on converting fvwmtaskbar functionality > to FvwmIconMan/FvwmButtons? Have you checked the forums f

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread elliot s
<< Use FvwmIconMan and FvwmButtons. I'll be deprecating FvwmTaskBar soon enough. It's dead. >> Is there an example somewhere on converting fvwmtaskbar functionality to FvwmIconMan/FvwmButtons?

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 07:47:10PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > Anything in ~/.xsession-errors? Is FvwmTaskBar set to AutoHide? Ideally, > stop using it and use FvwmIconMan and FvwmButtons. strangely, nothing in ~/.xsession-errors. Definitely not set to AutoHide. I'll do as you suggested and

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Adam
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 05:44:49PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > Hello > > I use the Task Bar and I have set it to check Maildirs in my home > directory for new mail. When the window manager starts the Task Bar > disappears after a few minutes, i'm assuming this is when the Maildir is > first

Re: FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread Jaimos Skriletz
On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 05:44:49PM +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > Hello > > I use the Task Bar and I have set it to check Maildirs in my home directory > for new mail. When the window manager starts the Task Bar disappears after a > few minutes, i'm assuming this is when the Maildir is first

FVWM: Task Bar Disappearing

2011-05-13 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
Hello I use the Task Bar and I have set it to check Maildirs in my home directory for new mail. When the window manager starts the Task Bar disappears after a few minutes, i'm assuming this is when the Maildir is first checked. I wondered if anyone else has experienced this problem and if so,