X and Fluxbox :: serial mouse/ {dragging&resizing windows}

Hi folks

i've got an older machine (300 mHz centrino) with a serial mouse
on com1, ttyS0, it 's recognized by dsl,
of course (it' s a "genius netscroll+", 2 button+scroll)
and you can click with it, but

As in the title mentioned you cannot drag window neither in flux, nor in jwm.
i've taken a look at /.fluxbox/init and after that /.fluxbox/keys or whatever to check if some "drag capabilities" could added
course i couldn't find anything... nor in wikis or faqs, or anything
i'd appreciate any help
thanks

##and an other question:
how to get an irc account (i thought, that with registrating dsl forum i automatically get irc too, but it doesn't work)

best regards

You can set up the fluxbox keys file to move/resize windows with the keyboard. The applicable actions are listed below, although it's been so long since I've used fluxbox 0.1.14 keys file that I don't know the exact syntax of these actions (may need to add a +/- amount?).

MaximizeWindow
MaximizeVertical
MaximizeHorizontal
NudgeRight
NudgeLeft
NudgeUp
NudgeDown
BigNudgeRight
BigNudgeLeft
BigNudgeUp
BigNudgeDown
HorizontalIncrement
VerticalIncrement
HorizontalDecrement
VerticalDecrement

Fluxbox 0.9.x allows you to move/resize by a specified amount, which i really like.

Not sure what you mean by "irc account". Do you mean registering with freenode? If so, that is a freenode thing that is unrelated to DSL.

To drag with your mouse, you can leftclick on the titlebar and drag it around.
You can also use alt+leftclick+drag on the whole window.

For resizing, you could either go to one of the bottom edges/corners.
You can also use alt+rightclick+drag on the whole window.

Hi

Thanks for quick replies.
i have checked the keyborad drag method,(i took a glance at it yesterday before your hint, but i have to admit not reallz get it) it may work,but i dont know how (eg: how to define the nudge button (i'll check in google)), and rather appreciate normal drag by mouse
but thanks for help

I was dump, and fuzzy yesterday not to tell, that i know the
ALT+button golden rule in flux.
I was trying (yester and today too):
my window to be dragged (with alt+left) starts blinking and
keeps on a while.. and happens no thing
but at least my window arrow becomes a cross, what can
remind one to a "start process" of window movement
so even machine feels that now he or she should do somethg
but it gets only to this
.
on the other hand just today came to my mind that my keys are hu not us...i thought if not the mouse wrong (it clicks) maybe alt at wrong place..
i changed in DSl control panel us keyboard to hu 1[]1, without much succeed (partiallz it s good)
but as zou can see it's not perfect.. hehe
as far as i see, (mazbe i wrong) some buttons are redundant while some are missing, for me.
(for example: cant find yero (on main panel) which means zero; (and as you see it swaps z and y))

so all in all problem is the same, and an other is added
thanks for help
best regards

Hi,

Same happens to me in my Pentium 500Mhz, SiS video card.

I can't move windows in Fluxbox, but i can move and resize in JWM.
Same happens with DSL-not, but I didn't find another Window Manager in DSL-not.

I have DSL installed in another computer , Pentium 200, and it works.

(both have a Genius Net Mouse serial mouse)

I will appreciate any help. I would really like to have DSL working, I like this distro . Amazing fast !!

Fernan.-

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