focus problems

[TF1]

@davefg

How to post a config? Which file(s)?

The main config in ~/.fvwm/ is .fvwm2rc or config
From the FAQ:

9. If you post code samples, please use [code ] [/code ] tags …

So open the config in an editor mark all and paste it between the code tags.

@davefg

I was able to make some headway on some of this. I discovered some theme config assistant guis to help. But some of the unwanted behavior remains. I got rid of the desker pager, but it still behaves as if that space still exists. IOW, it’s like the entire workspace is (for example) 100x100 but a single desktop’s worth of the vnc session is only 25x25. When I run the cursor over to a boundary, it automatically jumps over to the next part of the workspace.

To change it to a single desk search for DeskTopSize and change it to DeskTopSize 1x1
Another thing you can do to stop switching is, search for EdgeScroll and change it to EdgeScroll 0 0

@davefg

I either want a single 25x25, or to display the 100x100 in a single screen, no “invisible” parts of the workspace. So that’s still annoying.

Hmm, don’t know how VNC have to be configured. I don’t use it. So can’t help.

@davefg

Also, I found that .Xdefautls is, theoretically, referenced by fvwm2. But changing some of the config in there doesn’t seem to have any affect. Trying to control window focus behavior (raise and keyboard a function of mouseclick, not pointer position). So that’s still problematic.

Part of Archwiki about .Xdefaults:

Xresources and Xdefaults are user-level configuration dotfiles, typically located at ~/.Xresources and ~/.Xdefaults. They can be used to set X resources, which are configuration parameters for X client applications.

They can do many operations, including:

defining terminal colours
configuring terminal preferences
setting DPI, antialiasing, hinting and other X font settings
changing the Xcursor theme
theming xscreensaver
altering preferences on low-level X applications (xclock (xorg-xclock), xpdf, rxvt-unicode, etc.)

So this file is used for x applications and the behaviour of the x-server not for a window manager.

Don’t be angry if saying this but perhaps you should do more RTFM to understand how Fvwm is working and how it is build on. Here some start points]http://zensites.net/fvwm/guide/[/url]
http://fvwmwiki.xteddy.org/
http://fvwm.org/doc/unstable/index.html

Best,
TF