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rabidvwm & xlabel Thread last updated on 2006-09-23 07:09:17

Posted by member 106929 on 2006-09-22 04:46:07

sry to spam the forum, but i searched through it and couldn't solve my problem.

my vwm just wont hook w/ xlabel i have VWMLoadInBox in my theme.rc and i have the *[labelname]ModuleHook !VWMLoadBoxHook also (ive tried LSBoxHook and every other combination of such) but it just wont work.

when i enter !VWMSize into lsxcommand the vwm will show up inside my label but not until then - so im thinking xlabel is loading before rabidvwm for some reason. this is how i have it in my .rc
*NetLoadModule rabidvwm-1.2.2
*NetLoadModule geekamp-1.9.71
*NetLoadModule lsxcommand-1.9.4
*NetLoadModule lsslider-1.71
*NetLoadModule desktop2-2.0
*NetLoadModule shortcut2-2.0
*NetLoadModule traytasks-1.7
*NetLoadModule vtray-1.06
*NetLoadModule mzscript-1.0.1
*NetLoadModule popup2-2.1.7
*NetLoadModule xtextedit-0.6
*NetLoadModule xlabel-3.6.2

am i doing this wrong? or is it something else?
thanks muchly in advance

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-09-22 04:53:26 link

You probably are forgetting that when you hook something, its x/y coords are relative to the label's top/left. I'm guessing your vwm is off the viewable area of the label. What are your vwm's current coords?

Here's an example I made for someone with lsxcommand. Same idea.

Posted by member 106929 on 2006-09-22 16:57:24 link

nope, coords for my vwm are 10 10 (x,y respectively) and the size of my label is 130x100

when i do the bang! commands for vwm in lsxcommand i enter exactly the numbers i have in my .rc (110x80 size & 10,10 pos) and it centers in the label perfectly.. but here's what i have just in case i did something wrong
; vwm
vwmloadinbox
vwmshowicons
vwmtitlebars
vwmtitlefortitle
vwmhidetaskonswitch
vwmnoswitchonfocus
vwmnogathering
vwmsnapwindowondrag
vwmnoshellflash
vwmbackbmp vwmback.bmp
vwmselbmp vwmsel.bmp
vwmseltile
vwmdeskborder "3"
vwmdesks "2" "2"
vwmtitlebarheight "2"
vwmx "10"
vwmy "10"
vwmwidth "110"
vwmheight "80"

; main (the label vwm goes into)
mainalwaysontop
mainmoveable
mainnomovecursor
mainmovemodifierkey ".none"
mainaddtogroup "rempos"
mainX "1048"
mainY "861"
mainwidth "130"
mainheight "100"
mainalphatransparency "200"
mainimage "vwm.bmp"
mainimageleftedge "10"
mainimagetopedge "10"
mainimagebottomedge "10"
mainimagerightedge "10"

Posted by member 5575 on 2006-09-22 17:08:10 link

How about this setting:

vwmAlwaysOnTop true

Perhaps your vwm is "under" the containing label unless it is focused by the bangs you run manually?

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-09-22 17:13:09 link

If you can't get it going, if you want, you can email me the whole theme and I'll take a look when I get back tonight. Going to see Jet Li's Fearless soon. :D

Posted by member 106929 on 2006-09-22 17:41:40 link

no go w/ alwaysontop :\, thx anyway

ill probably take you up on that xcal

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-09-22 21:52:32 link

Problem solved, reply sent.

For those interested, it was quoted values that rabidvwm was hating.

Posted by member 1 on 2006-09-22 22:02:54 link

yeah...you shouldn't put quotes around numbers. that would make it a text

Posted by member 212670 on 2006-09-23 00:36:15 link

Ya, makes it a string. Many modules (or is it the language?) account for that, though, so I can understand how people can become confused.

Posted by member 248213 on 2006-09-23 07:09:17 link

hmmm, didnt know any module is as retarded as that! only rabidVWM XD