[buug] mysterious windowmaker option

Tony Godshall togo at of.net
Tue Feb 1 09:14:53 PST 2005


According to Ian Zimmerman,
> 
> Ian> What does the "Windoze style cycling" option in WPrefs or
> Ian> Wmakerconf actually do?  I have not observed any difference in
> Ian> Alt+Tab behavior with it on/off, either in WindowMaker 0.80 or 1.x.
> 
> Sean> I think "Windows-style" is when the first Alt-Tab takes you to the
> Sean> last-selected window, not the next in the cycle order.  After the
> Sean> first tap of Tab, they behave the same, following the cycle order.
> 
> I seldom have more than 2 windows on the same workspace; with just 2,
> would the behavior be the same?

I would think so.  Most-recently-used and order-opened
differ only for n > 2.




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