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Re: Motif Window Manager

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From: Michael K. Yee
Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1991 18:59
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In article <390@fnnews.fnal.gov> lilianstrom@fndcd.fnal.fov writes:
>  I have a question for any and all Motif users out there.  I recently switched
>  to the Motif Window Manager on my VAXStation 3100 from the default DECWindows
>  window manager.  While I really like it,  we had a CYCLE program under
>  DECWindows that allowed pushing the F5 key to cycle between all open windows.
>  ALT-TAB does something similar under Motif but cycles through all icons and
>  open windows.  Does anyone know of a way to 'cycle' through the open windows?
>

    Try adding the following key bindings into your .mwmrc file.

	Keys DefaultKeyBindings
	{
	...
	    Meta<Key>Escape		root|icon|window	f.circle_up
	    Meta Shift<Key>Escape	root|icon|window	f.circle_down
	...
	}

>  Thanks for any help.

	You're welcome.

	=Mike

--
==  Michael K. Yee <yee@osf.org>      -+-      OSF/Motif Team
==  Open Software Foundation - 11 Cambridge Center - Cambridge, MA  02142
==  		"Live simply, so that others may simply live."
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From: yee@osf.org (Michael K. Yee)
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Subject: Re: Motif Window Manager
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Date: 17 Jun 91 18:59:27 GMT
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