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leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

WMII. change focus keys & set font != arial

Hi! im using WMII and there are two strange things i don't understand

first, i can't use any different font than WMII_FONT='-*-arial-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*' because any other font is not read, what WMII does if other font is selected, is to show the same arial one, but MODKEY-p show tiny different fonts... i want to make it possible to use artwiz or terminus, but i have no luck

#WMII_FONT='-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'
#WMII_FONT='-artwiz-snap-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
#WMII_FONT='-artwiz-glispbold-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
#WMII_FONT='-artwiz-*-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
#WMII_FONT='xft:terminus:pixelsize=16:antialias=true'
WMII_FONT='-*-arial-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'    # this is the only one that works :(
#WMII_FONT='-*-bitstream vera sans mono-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
#WMII_FONT='-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'
### Default Font ###
#WMII_FONT='-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'

and the second one is that i cant change "windows" focus, the keys from wmiirc didn't do anything:

        Key $MODKEY-$LEFT
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select left
        Key $MODKEY-$RIGHT
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select right
        Key $MODKEY-$DOWN
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select down
        Key $MODKEY-$UP
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select up
        Key $MODKEY-Shift-$LEFT
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel left
        Key $MODKEY-Shift-$RIGHT
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel right
        Key $MODKEY-Shift-$DOWN
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel down
        Key $MODKEY-Shift-$UP
                wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel up
        Key $MODKEY-x

Thankyou all!

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: WMII. change focus keys & set font != arial

I don't know about #1.
For #2, I'm not sure I understand your problem. To start, check the beginning of your wmiirc:

# Configuration Variables
MODKEY=Mod1
UP=k
DOWN=j
LEFT=h
RIGHT=l

By default, alt+j or alt+k will change the focus of windows. Does that work for you? If not, sry, I don't know how to help.

leo2501

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 658

Re: WMII. change focus keys & set font != arial

lol change focus now works it'sa long time since i tried last time i think something changed in my wmiirc and i dont remember lol

but i dont know how to change the default fonts of wmii to another but arial, are you using different fonts in wmiirc?

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: WMII. change focus keys & set font != arial

hmm my wmiirc came with this:

WMII_FONT='-*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*'

. I haven't tried to change it. I don't know if wmii can handle xft fonts.