Re: FVWM: Redhats config of FVWM

From: Thomas A. Gardiner <gardiner_at_pas.rochester.edu>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:42:23 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, John W. Burgess wrote:

> I just installed redhat linux with which they gave me fvwm2. I am trying to
> customize fvwm, but the system.fvwmrsc file in the fvwm folder does not match
> the set up that I have. Has anyone used redhat's config of fvwm?
> where do they hide the resource files for the windows managers?

What you want to look at is /etc/X11/AnotherLevel/
In there you will find a number of m4 included files which are used to
build up a .fvwm2rc file every time you log in. If you wish to modify a
few things you should start by looking at fvwm2rc.defines.m4. Depending on
what you see when you log in, xdm, gdm, ... I believe that the script
which actually executes the command fvwmm4 is

/usr/bin/X11/RunWM

The command is essentially

exec fvwm2 FvwmM4 -debug (the .rc file)

which will put a copy of the M4 generated .fvwm2rc file in your tmp
directory. The .rc file in this case is either

/etc/X11/AnotherLevel/fvwm2rc.m4

or $HOME/.fvwm2rc.m4 if this (above) file is copied to your home directory
and renamed to .fvwm2rc.m4

If you choose to put the file .fvwm2rc.m4 in your home directory then at
that point you have complete control over what follows and can create your
own AnotherLevel directory if you should desire with different decors,
etc.

Hope I answered your question,

Tom

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Received on Fri Jul 16 1999 - 13:08:14 BST

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