FAQ === Concepts -------- Q. What's qvwm? A. Qvwm is a Windows 95/98/NT like window manager for X Window System. Qvwm has almost the same GUI as Windows 95/98/NT. Originally, "Qvwm" was derived from "95 Window Manager" ('q' has the same pronounciation in Japanese and almost the same shape as '9', and 'v' is '5' in Roman number). Also, qvwm is "98 Window Manager" because 'v' stands for '8'(vertically flipped V is similar to 8 in kanji character). Q. Why do the accompanying pixmaps flip horizontally? A. Qvwm provides a similar GUI with Windows 95/98/NT. At first glance, you might not distinguish which OS runs on the machine. To prevent this confusion, we flip all pixmaps horizontally. The second reason is that we revolt against Microsoft slightly. Q. Where does qvwm go? A. We are rewriting qvwm with libqv (a class library for Windows like the application we are developing). A new version of qvwm will enable you to customize it with a Windows like GUI and completely manipulate the exit dialog with keyboard. See http://libqv.qvwm.org/index-en.html for more details of libqv. Installation ------------ Q. The configure script stops with "test: argument expected" in Solaris 2.x. A. Change the line in the configure script from: if test $ac_cv_func_vfork_works = no; then to if test "$ac_cv_func_vfork_works" = no; then It seems to be a bug in autoconf 2.12. Let me (qvwm-support@qvwm.org) knowi if you have a better solution. Q. Qvwm displays "Can't open display" when starting qvwm. A. You're trying to start qvwm from a console. (Console is a MS-DOS like screen that cannot display graphics basically.) Since qvwm is a window manager that can run only on X Window System, start X Window System first by executing xinit (or startx). If you modify ~/.xinitrc according to INSTALL.en, qvwm starts automatically. Function -------- Q. I cannot close a window by clicking on the exit button ([x] button at upper right). A. You cannot use the exit button when the window is suspended. Please select Kill from the control menu to force exit. Q. I pressed a maximize button but the window is not maximized. A. Some applications limit the maximum size of the window. In such cases, the window only moves to upper left and lost frame. Q. I cannot change the size of a window. A. Some applications limit the minimum and/or maximum size of the window. In such cases, you cannot change the size over the limitation. Q. It takes some time after a button is pressed for something to happen. A. This seems to be the nature of X Window System. Q. Qvwm exits strangely and my keyboard hangs up. A. Login from remote host and run qvwm 'qvwm -display that_problem_machine:0' and then quit correctly. Q. It takes some time after selecting a button until the start menu appears. A. To make its initialization faster, qvwm reads pixmaps when you press their start button for the first time. So, start menu is delayed the first time. Q. Window doesn't appear though there is a taskbar button and it's not minimized. A. It may be displayed at the outside of the virtual window. Select 'move' from the taskbar button with right click and move it with cursor. You see it at the inside of the virtual window if you're lucky. You may also configure the size of virtual window bigger and restart qvwm. Q. I can't drag window to other screen properly. A. Move your mouse a little bit at the edge of the screen. Or you can set the value of PagingBeltSize bigger. Configuration -------------- Q. I can't double click properly. A. Increase the value of DoubleClickTime or DoubleClickRange. Q. I would like to move title bar faster when minimize or maximize. A. Decrease the value of TitlebarMotionSpeed. Q. I would like to shorten the time to change the virtual window. A. Decrease the value of PagingResistance. Q. I would like to change the size of the virtual window. A. Change the value of PagingSize. Q. I want to change the place and the size of the pager. A. Please change the value of PagerGeometry. Q. I want to change the wall paper. A. Specify the full path of xpm file you want to use. Q. I don't want to show dialog box when exit. A. Set UseExitDialog False. Q. My machine has a slow CPU, so I want to show only the frame when dragging. A. Set OpaqueMove False. Q. I want the active window under the mouse cursor. A. Set ClickToFocus False. Q. I prefer the active window is the most upper. A. Set AutoRaise True. Q. I want to change the delay time of AutoRaise. A. Decrease the value of AutoRaiseDelay. Q. I want to use my original icons. A. Specify your icon directory and put the xpm file there. The size of the icons is 32x32. Q. A window of kinput2 flickers when I input Japanese characters in Netscape. A. Add the following line in [Applications] section of your configuration file: "Kinput2" NO_FOCUS --- Translated partially by Yukihiro Nakai Translation translated by Bill Richter