On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 10:57:09AM +0200, Lucio Chiappetti wrote:
> I'm a newcomer to FVWM (version 2.5.10 under SuSe Linux 9.2, i.e. the
Welcome.
> version which ships with the SuSE distribution). My background was
> mainly the one of a mwm and CDE (although with a peculiar look !) user
> under DEC OSF 3.2 and 4.0.
*cough* -- there's nothing strange about the CDE/Motif -- it is my
preferred window style under Fvwm. :)
> I successfully managed to customize fvwm starting from the .fvwm2rc
> distributed with SuSE.
My hat goes off to you -- SuSE's idea of Fvwm configuring is archaic at
best -- not so much in terms of style, but because the maintainer has
failed to keep up with the changes to fvwm, and as you have seen, the
configuration options lag as a result.
> FvwmTheme is obsolete, see the Colorset section of the fvwm(1)
It's true. FvwmTheme's components were merged into the core of Fvwm,
such that the module is obsolete -- but the information in the man page
for it is very much relevant.
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 1 fg black, bg rgb:a1/b2/c8
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 2 fg black, bg rgb:70/a2/dd
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 3 fg black, bg rgb:c8/d3/e5, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:c8/d3/e5
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 4 fg black, bg rgb:91/ae/d6
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 5 fg rgb:d2/bf/a8, bg rgb:b4/aa/94
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 6 fg black, bg rgb:b4/aa/94, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:b4/aa/94
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset > 7 fg black, bg rgb:94/ab/bf
> - can I assume the above messages are harmless can I just comment ?
> - out the statements which generate them any other hint ?
What you need to do, is simply remove the FvwmThemes definition such
that you just apply the colour changes directly, i.e.:
*FvwmTheme: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc
Becomes:
Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc
... in your .fvwm2rc file. Then in your Style definitions, you'll want
to check that you apply at least two of the colorsets for Active windows
(those with focus) and inactive windows (those without), hence:
Style "*" Colorset 0
Style "*" HilightColorset 1
As an example.
I can't comment about the SuSE menus, alas. The last time I used SuSE
was at version 6.4. If you want to know more about colorsets, then see:
"man fvwm" and perhaps more pertinent: "man fvwmtheme". If you want
config ideas, then see:
http://www.fvwmwiki.org/cgi/moin.cgi/FvwmMWM
Hope That Helps.
-- Thomas Adam
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Received on Tue Mar 29 2005 - 04:44:53 BST