Re: FVWM: Global fvwm configuration

From: Lars Wirzenius <liw_at_iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 22:54:19 +0300

chuck_hines_at_VNET.IBM.COM:
> Oh, definitely. I tried to word it to indicate that, but didn't
> succeed. It'll either be added as an option to turn it on or off
> (depending on what I make the default). Not sure which one I should
> make the default though. I'm leaning towards default off.

I have no problem, then. (I vote for not always reading the global config
file by default. It is less of a change from the current situation.)

> A system.fvwm2rc that reads files from the user's directory would be
> better, yes, but since fvwm doesn't currently look for a
> system.fvwm2rc file, that's a minor problem...

The Debian Linux setup has a symlink from /usr/lib/X11/fvwm2/.fvwm2rc to
/etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwmrc. I've probably been confusing everyone else. :)

BTW, reading both the global and local config files is not quite enough for
full extensibility, since the user will need a way to add entries to the
middle of the main menu (we don't want to have "Exit" in the middle of the
menu, do we?).


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Received on Tue May 28 1996 - 18:36:57 BST

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