Re: FVWM: Help autostarting programs

From: Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:25:20 -0500

Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com> writes:
> On 11 Mar 2001 01:26:08 -0500, Gorham Miscall wrote:
> >
> > I am running FVWM 2.3.28 and FVWM-THEMES v 0.41 on a SuSE 6.2 system.
> >
> > It seems that any changes that I make to my $HOME/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc file
> > are not reflected upon FVWM startup. Where should I make my changes?
> > Currently, I am just trying to get Fvwm2 to startup with a couple of
> > Xterms on the desktop. I have added the following line to the
> > InitFunction of the .fvwm2rc file. + I exec xterm -geometry
> > 80x24+220+263.
> >
> > I am using fvwm-themes-start as the WINDOWMANAGER
>
> In fvwm-themes, $HOME/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc is not used.
> Only files and directories with prefix ~/.fvwm/themes* are used.
>
> I suggest you to read the FAQ, available from the root menus or web:
>
> http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/doc/FAQ
>
> In short, you should define InitFunction and StartFunction in the
> ~/.fvwm/themes/personal/startup file, then "Refresh the current theme"
> and load "startup" component from "personal" theme from a menu.

I think you can do:

fvwm-themes-start -- -cmd Read .fvwm2rc

or start fvwm2 normally and
then put "Read themes-rc" toward the front of your .fvwm2rc.

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