Testing notes for FVWM3-rc.X release candidate

[ThomasAdam]

Hi all,

As determined by me (which is arbitrary), there's a few more things left to sort before a potential release candidate, but not too much.

As of what's on master now, I'd like as much focus on the following to be tested, please. Leave any comments below.

• DesktopConfiguration:

  • global:
    • Are icons placed correctly with different IconBox styles?
    • Are windows placed correctly with different X11 geometry strings? (80x24+32+32 for example)
    • Test styles: StartsOnScreen, SkipMapping, StartsOnDesk, StartsOnPage
  • per-monitor:
    • Configure per-screen IconBox styles. Are icons placed correctly? Are they retained after a reboot?
    • Test styles: StartsOnScreen, SkipMapping, StartsOnDesk, StartsOnPage

• What happens when you switch between global and per-monitor DesktopConfiguration dynamically in FvwmConsole while FVWM3 is running?

• Restarting FVWM3:

  • Are windows retained across desks/pages/monitors correctly;
  • Are icons retained across desks/pages/monitors correctly?

Plus, anything else!

[lgsobalvarro]

Are icons placed correctly with different IconBox styles?

Yes. It works well with my custom config. I have set some custom icons for some apps, and they works fine too with IconBox.

Are windows placed correctly with different X11 geometry strings? (80x24+32+32 for example)

Yes. My FvwmButtons is set as 64x64-0+0. Is set correctly

Test styles: StartsOnScreen, SkipMapping, StartsOnDesk, StartsOnPage

I tried out StartsOnPage. Works well.

Configure per-screen IconBox styles. Are icons placed correctly? Are they retained after a reboot?

Yes. As far as I know. I'll keep testing this.

Test styles: StartsOnScreen, SkipMapping, StartsOnDesk, StartsOnPage

I need to keep testing this too.

Are windows retained across desks/pages/monitors correctly;

No. Windows where retained across monitors, but it worked weird across desks and pages. I'll keep testing and try to figure out why.

Are icons retained across desks/pages/monitors correctly?

I'm not sure. It felt like it is a bit glitchy. I'll keep testing it too.

[afhp-2020]

Are windows placed correctly with different X11 geometry strings?

If you mean, does fvwm respect the geometry specification from a command-line, e.g. xterm -geometry +2000+300, yes.

SkipMapping

Quick test : in FvwmConsole Style Transgui StartsOnPage 3, SkipMapping then start the program : SkipMapping is ignored, the window opens on Desk 3 and we switch to it.

[afhp-2020]

Scratch my comment on SkipMapping.

Style xcalc StartsOnPage 3, SkipMapping in FvwmConsole followed by either Exec xcalc or starting xcalc from an xterm results in the expected behavior: xcalc opens on the requested desk and focus is not switched to it.

[MasterP-theGu]

Hi,
sorry for having been away for so long. Our corona-rules seem to change on a day-to-day basis and I have to test and review them so that too little time is left for other stuff....

I've kept ma install updated to the most recent master branch in the past weeks on my productive machine. There's hardly anything that I notice that goes awry or not according to plan. NB: I currently "just use" fvwm3.
However, the one thing that makes me write "hardly" is still the pager. Every now and then (I cannot yet provide an estimate as to in which context), it loses open windows and seems to move others to 0:0. The windows are, of course, still available, and as soon as I switch to them, they're back in the game on the pager.

I mostly use DestopConfiguration per-monitor, but the pager trouble appears in both options.

[ThomasAdam]

#195

[ThomasAdam]

Closing, as we're passed this now.