Alex - thank you for your help.
Here's my counter q's to your answers to my q's!
thanks:
>From: Alex Wallis <awol_at_dove.net.au>
>To: Jake Holmen <jakeholmen_at_hotmail.com>, fvwm <fvwm_at_fvwm.org>
>Subject: Re: FVWM: 4 questions about fvwm
>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 16:13:26 +0930
>
>Jake Holmen wrote:
> >
> > I know I may have had these answered before (in a roundabout way)
> > but if someone could answer them, I'd be grateful:
> >
>Firstly which fvwm version are you running? There are slight differences
>between them.
J - I'll find out what version I am running, but how do I do that?
(Help - About?) How do I UN-install the old version of fvwm2 and re-install
the new? (I assume that you just delete the directory and gunzip the new
package into the same directory)
> > 1) How do I find the .fvwm95rc file if there is not one in my /root
> > ($HOME) as root? I know it must be around somewhere....
>Second, fvwm95 is really old and no longer supported. The later versions
>of fvwm use .fvwm2rc files for configuration. (BTW: running your X
>server as root is a security risk! Don't do it! Start X as a user
>instead.)
> >
J - I still don't know the version - but I do know that I did have the file
.fvwm95rc once, so I guess the version Im running must be old.
Thanks for the security tip re 'root user', but How do I startx as a user,
and then open an xwin session as another user?
> > 2) How do I map a button to a command, and whack it in the"Programs"
> > sub-menu (Start-->Programs)
>Menus and buttons are different.
>
>AddToMenu Programs
>+ "AppName" Exec AppName
J - I assume this command goes in my .fvwm2rc file when I find it/ install
new version so I can find it.
>
>should work for most applications invoked from a menu.
>For a button I'd recommend the "man FvwmButtons" command to read the
>manual page for that module. Here's an example line from my config....
>
>*FvwmButtons(1x1, Icon mini-isp.xpm, Action 'Exec kppp', Back grey55)
>
>That line invokes kppp to dial-up my connection.
J - Cool - do you have to have k libraries to run k apps on fvwm2 ?
>
> >
> > 3) how do I get Wharf to persistently start up, just like "config"
>desktop
> > does in Redhat?
>AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmWharf
>
>Refer the man page for fvwm2 (man fvwm2).
J - Ok (I'll read more doco sorry)
>
> >
> > 4) how do I get "Alt + Tab" (once I find .fvwm95rc file..!) to raise the
> > next window to the front (like W95 does?) Currently it brings focus to
>the
> > window (ie changes the title bar to blue) but doesn't bring it to the
>front,
> > so I can't see the whole window behind the current one.
>I use a function like...
>
>DestroyFunc FocusAndWarp
>AddToFunc FocusAndWarp I Focus
>+ I WarpToWindow 50 50
>
>But that could also be....
>DestroyFunc FocusAndRaise
>AddToFunc FocusAndRaise I Focus
>+ I Raise
>
>Then a couple of lines like...
>Key Tab A M Prev FocusAndWarp
>Key Tab A MS Next FocusAndWarp
>should do it.
>
J - Thanks heaps for that. I'll keep this email as a reference so when I get
a new version of fvwm2 / create a config file, I can add them.
>There's some sample .fvwm2rc's in recent versions of fvwm source in the
>sample.fvwmrc/ directory, including a working Win95 clone rc-file.
>
> > Thanks for all your help. - as the last question goes..
> > I fixed up the "halt" command for the users like I wanted to.. I took
>the
> > easy way out for now, and mapped CTRL+ALT+DEL to halt (shutdown -h now)
> > instead of reboot (reboot -r now) in /ect/innittab (thanks someone who
> > suggested that!)
> > Cheers
>Some "online" help for fvwm configs is available via Internet Relay
>Chat, on EFNET servers, and channel #fvwm (linux help on #linuxhelp)
>I'm usually lurking thereabouts along with a few other fvwm users. :)
> >
J - thanks once again matey. I'll keep that in mind, though I am in nz at
the moment - I might be a few hours ahead of you I think.
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Received on Sun Apr 09 2000 - 17:02:15 BST