Re: fvwm window "shadows" don't move...

[Martin Bialasinski <martin@internet-treff.uni-koeln.de>]

>>>>> "tlg" == the lone gunman <lgunman@crh1828.urh.uiuc.edu> writes:

Hi lone (or is your name "gunman", or maybe "the"),

we tend to use our real names here.

tlg> I'm using fvwm2 as a window manager under XFree86.  When I
tlg> click and hold the left mouse button on a window "handle" or title
tlg> bar, and move the mouse the window stays in place, and only the
tlg> crosshair moves, which makes it hard to determine where the window
[...]
tlg> Basically, I'd like to have that border back, because it's
tlg> kinda hard to judge where a window will land with just the crosshair.
tlg> Even better, I'd like to have the entire window move with the
tlg> crosshair, but either way is okay.

Edit your /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc and insert

# Make the outline of windows apear on move with all colordepths
XORValue 255

# Maximum size window (in %) with which opaque window movement 
# should be used
OpaqueMoveSize 30

Check "man fvwm2" for more infos about these options.

Ciao,
	Martin


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