[svlug] dont' let fullscreen program eat all key events

[Erik Steffl]

hvrietsc at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> why not run fullscreen vnc on one screen and the rest of x in another?

  it takes a lot more time (and unpleasant screen flicking/changing of
graphics modes (probably not too good for monitor)) to switch between X
server than it takes to switch from another virtual screen.

  The other option is to use no decorations (title/borders) and simply
make it as big as physical screen, as long as it's on the top it is as
good as fullscreen... I guess. But I thought somebody knows how to use
fullscreen mode of vnc (why is it there otherwise? (well, it works fine
in win vncviewer)).

	erik

> 
> here is my script for starting vnc full screen: ctrl-alt-f8 will take you
> there and ctrl-alt-f7 will take you back to your other Xwindow
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> :
> 
> XFONTS=/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc\;/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi\;/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
> XPATH=/usr/bin/X11
> 
> # If the user already has XPATH in their PATH, don't change the path
> if expr $PATH : ".*\/usr\/bin\/X11" >/dev/null
> then :
> else
> #  Add XPATH to user's PATH.
>         PATH=${PATH}:${XPATH}
> fi
> export PATH XFONTS
> 
> # Now make sure DISPLAY is set. If not set to ":0.0" (i.e. local default
> # display) so clients that don't default reasonably don't choke.
> 
> [ "$DISPLAY" = "" ]
> case $? in
> 0)
>         DISPLAY=:0.0
>         export DISPLAY
>         ;;
> esac
> 
> # Look for a display that X is not running on.
> for XX in 0 1 2 3 4 5
> do
> #       ps ax | grep Xwrapper | grep :$XX > /dev/null
>         ps ax | grep /etc/X11/X | grep :$XX > /dev/null
>         [ $? -ne 0 ] && break
>         echo X running on $XX
> done
> echo Trying display $XX.
> 
> # Now start X and the intial clients specified in $SYS_RC_DIR/$SYS_RC_FILE
> xinit /bin/sh $HOME/bin/vncx $* -- :$XX
> 
> And of course you need $HOME/bin/vncx:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> PORT=1
> PARAMS='-owncmap -truecolour -depth 8'
> 
> xterm -e vncviewer -fullscreen -passwd $HOME/.vnc/passwd ${PARAMS} -encodings 'tight copyrect' ${1}:${PORT}
> 
> Have fun!
> 
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 02:36:55AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> >   vncviewer and fvwm:
> >
> >   I have a problem with vncviewer in fullscreen mode - the problem is
> > that it gets all the key events and none of fvwm key-bindings work. Is
> > there any way to make fvwm ALWAYS receive (and process) certain key
> > events? even though the vncviewer is in fullscreen mode I would like at
> > least virtual screen switching keys to work.
> >
> >   as of now only ctrl-alt-fn and ctrl-alt-backspace work. I checked vnc
> > docs & faq but I found nothing but warning that fullscreen mode might
> > confuse some window managers.
> >
> >   any ideas? TIA
> >
> >       erik
> >
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