FVWM: fvwm-menu-directory: bind to button and configure position/size?

2013-07-13 Thread James Griffin
omething like that? Any hints would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks. Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

FVWM: FvwmIconMan - icons/buttons remain visible after closing application

2013-07-15 Thread James Griffin
onMan: ButtonGeometry 170x30 *FvwmIconMan: ManagerGeometry 0x2 *FvwmIconMan: Title "" *FvwmIconMan: UseWinList True *FvwmIconMan: IconButton down yellow blue Any help or tips would be appreciated. Thanks, Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: FvwmIconMan - icons/buttons remain visible after closing application

2013-07-23 Thread James Griffin
s wrong, shown in the above line. So for the sake of the archives, for my setup which has the Icon Manager using 2 rows and 1 column, I needed to modify the ManagerGeometry to 1x2 - not 0x2. That sorted it out. I apologise for posting when it should have been clear to me from the start. -- Jame

FVWM: Animating Opening Programs/Windows

2013-07-25 Thread James Griffin
n the manuals and in examples I've looked on the web. Would anyone happen to know ho I might be able to do this? Thank you in advance, should anyone be able to help explain. Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

FVWM: FvwmIconMan font encoding

2013-08-13 Thread James Griffin
e problem could be? Any help much appreciated. Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38

FVWM: Dynamic Panels to view contents of directories - i.e. Documents

2013-08-13 Thread James Griffin
d like use a similar way to implement this into FvwmButtons panels. Has anyone done this and able to explain how I might be able to do it? Thanks, Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38

Re: FVWM: Dynamic Panels to view contents of directories - i.e. Documents

2013-08-13 Thread James Griffin
Tue 13.Aug'13 at 11:18:43 +0200, Thomas Funk > 2013/8/13 James Griffin > > Has anyone done this and able to explain how I might be able to do it? > > > > Thanks, Jamie. > > You can open the menu with a click like > > *FvwmButtons: (Ti

FVWM: FvwmScript scripts

2013-08-15 Thread James Griffin
Hi I am wondering if -- aside from the scripts that come with distribution -- there is a site where other scripts for FvwmScript can be obtained/downloaded? Maybe some fellow fvwm users have written some and there a repository of some sort available? Thanks, Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at

Re: FVWM: FvwmIconMan font encoding

2013-08-15 Thread James Griffin
!-- On Thu 15.Aug'13 at 8:52:25 BST, Michael Großer (michael.gros...@gmx.de), wrote: > Did you try the option "TransliterateUtf8"? Just a quick idea. > > - Michael - Hi Michael, no - I haven't tried that but will do. Thanks for that, hopefully it will sort it out

Re: FVWM: FvwmScript scripts

2013-08-15 Thread James Griffin
ttps://github.com/Fvwm-Nightshade/Fvwm-Nightshade/tree/feature_nanomoids/fvwm > > > Thomas Hi Thomas, thanks for sharing those links. I will take a look and try some out. Much appreciated, Jamie -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

FVWM: building dynamic menus for fvwmbuttons

2013-08-25 Thread James Griffin
or vi for text files. I "think" it would need a shell case statement, perhaps? Although i'm not certain about that and also not confident enough to write it. Would someone mind showing me how I could do this? Perhaps to provide an example? Many thanks. Jamie. -- James Griffi

FVWM: Help with building dynamic menus

2013-08-25 Thread James Griffin
or vi for text files. I "think" it would need a shell case statement, perhaps? Although i'm not certain about that and also not confident enough to write it. Would someone mind showing me how I could do this? Perhaps to provide an example? Many thanks. Jamie. -- James Griffi

Re: FVWM: building dynamic menus for fvwmbuttons

2013-08-26 Thread James Griffin
gt; *.doc) exec ooffice $1;; > > *) echo "say what";; > > esac > > (Oops, of course quotes around all the references to $1, > and my-handle-file must be a shell with execute permission > and in your $PATH.) Hi Dan, thanks very much for explaining that

FVWM: rounded corners in fvwmbuttons

2013-08-28 Thread James Griffin
but shows through the transparent middle (if you see what I mean?). Thanks, Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38

Re: FVWM: rounded corners in fvwmbuttons

2013-08-28 Thread James Griffin
!-- On Wed 28.Aug'13 at 10:22:01 BST, Thomas Adam (tho...@fvwm.org), wrote: > On 28 August 2013 10:14, James Griffin wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have a clock (rclock) in my tool bar which is fvwmbuttons and the clock > > sits in its button as a square/rectangle.

Re: FVWM: rounded corners in fvwmbuttons

2013-08-28 Thread James Griffin
!-- On Wed 28.Aug'13 at 10:37:44 BST, Thomas Adam (tho...@fvwm.org), wrote: > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:29:34AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > !-- On Wed 28.Aug'13 at 10:22:01 BST, Thomas Adam (tho...@fvwm.org), wrote: > > > On 28 August 2013 10:14, Jame

Re: FVWM: rounded corners in fvwmbuttons

2013-08-29 Thread James Griffin
s more accurate; a pixmap is needed for the look I was trying to achieve. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: Forums and Wiki need new maintainers/homes

2013-09-06 Thread James Griffin
to slow down or worse? and what about the irc channels? will it/they still operate and are they used much? I've not yet used the irc channel, I tend to -- cautiously -- use this mailing list for information and to ask questions. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: Forums and Wiki need new maintainers/homes

2013-09-06 Thread James Griffin
e'll have so few people to ask questions too on the mailing list and forum. Thomas and Dan seem to be the only people who answer back to email and such. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: Forums and Wiki need new maintainers/homes

2013-09-08 Thread James Griffin
ago you were the main developer for fvwm - so who's going to develop it now? -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: Forums and Wiki need new maintainers/homes

2013-09-08 Thread James Griffin
Funk referred to the issue of man pages not being updated in his message sent just now. I have actually been thinking I can help with that. I like using this WM so I would like to contribute in some way. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net [A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38]

Re: FVWM: Forums and Wiki need new maintainers/homes

2013-09-09 Thread James Griffin
!-- On Sun 8.Sep'13 at 11:46:16 BST, Thomas Adam (tho...@fvwm.org), wrote: > On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 11:31:50AM +0100, James Griffin wrote: > > Thomas Funk referred to the issue of man pages not being updated in his > > message sent just now. I have actually been thin

FVWM: Launching Applications/Configuration Question

2013-12-05 Thread James Griffin
I've got a load of functions defined in my configuration file using DestroyFunc/AddToFunc. What I would like to know, is how can use these functions to test if the application in question is already running? In particular, I have an FvwmButtons instance that starts a panel - I wouldn't want mor

FVWM: Sharing Config and Images

2013-12-28 Thread James Griffin
Hi, I thought I might share my configuration and some images of my fvwm on the fvwm website -- in case anyone might be interested -- as I remember finding others' configurations very useful no matter how complex they may have been; in fact, I still do have a look at them. Is it still possibl

FVWM: function to toggle panel

2014-01-06 Thread James Griffin
Hi I have a panel on the bottom of the display, i'd like a function i can bind to a key press combination that will open it if it's not already and close it if it is. I've tried several ways, I can seem to get the dual function action right. Does anyone have some tips as to how i can do this

Re: FVWM: function to toggle panel

2014-01-06 Thread James Griffin
On 01/06/2014 13:30, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 11:09:59AM +, James Griffin wrote: I have a panel on the bottom of the display, i'd like a function i can bind to a key press combination that will open it if it's not already and close it if it is. I have this in

Re: FVWM: function to toggle panel

2014-01-08 Thread James Griffin
On 01/06/2014 15:22, Dominik Vogt wrote: On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 01:33:47PM +, James Griffin wrote: Although, what I need is to have a function that will test to see if my fvwmbuttons panel is open; if it is not, open it; if it is close it. I see. I have this in my config: If you give

FVWM: Automatically Center FvwmButtons

2014-01-18 Thread James Griffin
Hi, How can I get my fvwmbuttons to be placed in the center at the bottom of my screen; I need to put in some sort of calculation but I can't seem to get it right. Has anyone else been able to do this, could you show me an example? Cheers, Jamie

Re: FVWM: Automatically Center FvwmButtons

2014-01-19 Thread James Griffin
yeah, i got that - it's more the shell syntax; brackets etc. I think i've worked it out now anyway. Cheers for your mail. On 19 January 2014 06:02, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 01:18:46PM +, James Griffin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> How can I get