Re: manipulating the winlist

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dep wrote:
> 
> first, here's hoping i'm using the right term; by "winlist" i mean the
> line atop the screen that lists all running applications. it's a nice
> feature, but it would be nicer if there were a way to easily configure it
> so that it spends its life on the *bottom* rather than the top line of the
> screen. the reason for this is that a goodly number of applications want
> to put their controls under it, which is annoying -- though today i
> discovered that there is apparently a way of moving it, for the time
> being. placing it horizontally across the bottom of the screen, even
> though it would then in some respects resemble the miserable windows 95,
> would be preferable.
> 
> though i've found where it can be lengthened and shortened, and placed
> horizontally or vertically, i haven't found where i can stick it to the
> bottom of the screen.

My geometry is -0-0, which puts the winlist on the bottom of the screen
(at least in my case). I'm running version 1.5 pre 6, which may have a
different way of positioning the winlist.

#------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Tasks list
#
*WinListBack Grey40
*WinListFore Grey70
*WinListFont -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
*WinListAction Click1 Iconify -1,Focus
*WinListAction Click2 Shade
*WinListAction Click3 Iconify
*WinListUseSkipList
*WinListUseIconNames
*WinListGeometry -0-0
# maxwidth for a vertical winlist or actual width for horizontal taskbar
*WinListMaxWidth 798
# down (vertical winlist) or across (horizontal titlebar) ?
*WinListOrientation across
#*WinListLeftJustify
#*WinListNoAnchor

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