Re: FVWM: How to make xclock transparent?

2008-02-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
X server you can run xcompmgr and make anything transparent. That's what I do on displays that will do it - I'm very fond of xclock's wire frame appearance:-) -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Who are all you people and why are you in my computer? - Kibo

Re: FVWM: Who/what is starting up ssh-agent? (Yes, this is related to fvwm)

2008-02-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
text mode login and start your own agent, does their agent also start? I'm running F7 with a text mode login, starting X later. I start my own agent and also don't run gnome or kde (well, their desktop stuff - I use some gnome and kde apps). -- Cameron Simpson <[E

Re: FVWM: fvwm patches and esperanza

2008-02-25 Thread Cameron Simpson
ronment. Of course, that means you will need to have a complete working session in it since it pre-empts the system default (and if you break the .xsession script you will need to escape back to your text console to fix it - urr, there may be a "failsafe" login mode - I normally do a text login and start X from there). Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

Re: FVWM: Alarm/calendar applications that work well in fvwm?

2008-05-06 Thread Cameron Simpson
ly if it's not? It's easy in mutt. Personally I always type 'g' (group-reply, aka reply to all) and the prune the to/cc lines by hand if needed. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Upon arrival in Cass,

Re: FVWM: Alarm/calendar applications that work well in fvwm?

2008-05-06 Thread Cameron Simpson
easier and friendlier than digests. Could you, as a digest preferrer, please explain what you like about them? I'm not trying to convert you (though I'd happily force-convert the digest users who reply to the whole digest instead of the right subject:-). Cheers, -- Cameron Simp

Re: FVWM: I want to send in a question about something, and the mail registration system completely weirds me out.

2008-05-06 Thread Cameron Simpson
m to think is cool. Somehow this whole "supply a service and let the user's use their preferred tool" thing escapes them. In sympathy, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

Re: FVWM: Desktops versus Pages - how to use?

2008-05-23 Thread Cameron Simpson
d a convenient shell command to make and switch to a new desktop at whim. Since I always have a thin shell window across the top of my screen, this is easy. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Life is like a sandwich, the more you

Re: FVWM: What's causing these errors in .xsession-errors?

2008-10-26 Thread Cameron Simpson
y running them from shell to see if they're generating bogus FVWM input, eg at the shell, run: /home/chris/bin/fvwm-xdg-menu.py -m Gnome -s 16 -f applications and so forth. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/

Re: : FVWM: stick between screen

2009-04-07 Thread Cameron Simpson
g Xinerama, because Twinview presents the two monitors as a single one to the X server... It may affect why things work at your employer and not at home. -- Cameron Simpson DoD#743

Re: FVWM: Order of items in the TaskBar

2009-04-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
ctOnRelease Mouse 3 R S WindowList Alphabetic SelectOnRelease I've got the same things bounds to Meta-L and Meta-Shift-L in all (A) contexts, too. -- Cameron Simpson DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Your reality is lies and balderdash, and I'm glad to say that I have no grasp of it. - Baron Munchausen

Re: FVWM: Book on fvwm...

2012-05-27 Thread Cameron Simpson
you might want. Functions and key bindings in particular can be hard to learn without examples, but there are a fair number of examples. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ ..And in all of Babylonia there was wailing and gnashing of teeth, till the prophets bade the multitudes get a grip on themselves and shape up. - Woody Allen