I'm new both to fvwm and (just minutes ago) fvwm2. I'd spent the last
few days moving from ctwm to fvwm and had gotten my configuration file
(not located at ~/.fvwmrc) just about how I wanted it.
So I decided to pull down version 2 beta and run it with my version 1
config file: fvwm -f /path/to/my/fvwmrc
Whoa! Big problem! The -f command line switch has different
semantics now. I got a semi-cryptic error from fvwm saying it
couldn't exec my file. Hmm, I didn't think it should have exec
permission, but okay, I changed it anyway. Still no good. On top of
this, fvwm still starts up but with *no way* to exit it! Fortunately
I start up an XEmacs process too so I can kill fvwm.
So I guess it's time to read the manpage :-). Sure enough the -f
option should take a command instead of just a file name. However,
for backwards compatibility sake, I would suggest that -f have the
same semantics as for version 1, and that a different switch be used
for the new semantics. Also, fvwm should have some failsafe exit
mechanism that is *always* present unless specifically defeated. No
matter how early the problem in the config file is, there should be a
tidy way to exit fvwm. These things would help in the conversion
process.
Finally, I have a dual-headed SparcStation, so I tried starting up
fvwm version 1 with the -s option, on :0.0. Then I tried to start up
fvwm2 with -d :0.1 -s but it complained that another WM was running.
Once I use -s, how can I get another window manager on my second
screen?
Please! I don't mean the above to sound ungrateful. I see Chuck
Hines is the maintainer for fvwm now and that's real cool 'cause he's
contributed greatly to XEmacs. In my couple of days of hacking with
version 1 I've already kill more than one nit I had with ctwm. fvwm
is great stuff and I look forward to more glowing reports in the
future. :-) I'm really psyched about doing more integration with
Python and the module subsystem (yup, I've seen Jonathan Kelley's
fvwmmod.py -- again, cool stuff).
Thanks for letting me blow off steam!
-Barry
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Received on Mon Apr 22 1996 - 19:47:43 BST