[lug] Sawfish and edge flipping delay

carl.wagner at level3.com carl.wagner at level3.com
Thu Mar 27 11:19:52 MST 2003


I went to the sawfish mailing list and this is what I found:

Create a .sawfishrc file that contains:
(require 'sawmill-defaults)    // so the behavior of sawfish stays the same
(setq edge-flip-delay 750)

Carl.


Gary Hodges wrote:
> Gary Hodges wrote:
> 
>>"Wagner, Carl" wrote:
>>
>>>Well, I went to
>>>"Start here" -> "Preferences" -> "Sawfish window manager" -> "Workspaces" ->
>>>"Edge flipping" and the only options I have are:
>>>   Select the next desktop when the pointer hits the screen edge #check box
>>>     Hitting the screen edge selects the next:  {Viewport}       #selection box
>>>   Only flip when interactively moving a window                  #check box
>>>     Milliseconds to delay before flipping: {250}                #selection box
>>>
>>>This is with sawfish-1.0.1-9
>>>What version do you have?
>>
>>I apologize for not reading your first post clearly.  I missed the part
>>about "...only when moving a window."  Let me play around a bit and see
>>if I can get there.  I currently have no edge flipping, and it sticks in
>>my mind I turned that feature off.  I thought it could be kept on with a
>>delay.
> 
> 
> OK, I think I'm there.  Follow that same path to get to the Edge
> Flipping tab.
> 
> 1. Check: Select the next desktop when pointer hits the screen edge
> 2. Choose Viewport
> 3. Uncheck: Only flip when interactively moving a window
> 4. Choose ms to suit
> 5. Check or uncheck: Warp pointer to suit
> 
> If it is still not working the way you expect, you might be facing a
> similar issue I went through a few months ago.  That is my Workspaces
> were not configured correctly (to my way of thinking).  In that same
> window choose the Workspaces tab.  Choose 1 Workspace, and 2 Columns and
> Rows for a 2x2 virtual desktop.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gary
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