Re: FVWM: Reading .fvwm2rc

From: Charles Hines <>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 09:50:16 -0500

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Powell <medp_at_primag.co.uk> writes:

>> Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 18:51:32 -0500 (EST)
>> From: The Dark Dragon <dahennin_at_eos.ncsu.edu>
>>
>> I am afraid I must be missing something here. I am trying to compile
>> fvwm2 so that it will read a users .fvwm2rc if it exists, and if not read
>> the system default. (in this case, /afs/eos/contrib/wm/lib/system.fvwm2rc)
>> I have tried many different settings for FVWMRC in configure.h and have
>> yet to stumble upon the correct way to go about this.

Mark> Have you configured the build as fvwm or fvwm2? Check that it's not
Mark> looking for .fvwmrc.

In configure.h, you should have:

#define FVWM fvwm2
#define FVWMRC ".fvwm2rc"
#define FVWMDIR "/afs/eos/contrib/wm/lib"

Also, it's not looking for the 'system' at the front of the filename.
Make sure your installed default is just named .fvwm2rc in your FVWMDIR
directory, and all should work as expected.

The Read command should be working as follows: it looks for the file
as specified (current working dir & partial path if specified or full
path if specified), if not found then off the HOME directory (same
name & partial path if specifed), if still not found then out of the
FVWMDIR directory (same name & partial path if specifed).

Chuck

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