On Thu, 5 Dec 1996, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> Conrad Sabatier wrote:
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone is doing any work in this area. I think it would
> > be terrific to have some CDE-like visual configuration tools as part of
> > fvwm(95). Online menu editing would be a real boon (maybe something like
> > Netscape's bookmark management). Button configuration, etc., anything to
> > make using and configuring fvwm easier, relieving the user of manually
> > editing rc's, etc., would be such a blessing.
>
> I'm running Slackware 3.10 and when I use the default installation of X,
> fvwm95 is set up as the window manager. If you bring up the utilities
> menu you will find a submenu called "Modules". Under the Modules menu,
> you find "Configure" with a small hammer icon. When clicking on
> "Configure" nothing happens. When looking at the VC that X was started
> from you get:
[snip]
> The ability to edit .fvwmrc and configure FVWM is
> fantastic, however something like the Windows Control Panel would be
> MUCH better! (Before the flames come: I HATE MS-WINDOWS of any flavor or
> version (Including '95))
Have You tried The Dotfile Generator? (And _yes_ I'm the author of the
Fvwm modules for this program -- it's GPL'd, though;).
It's a program for visual configuration of applications, among others Fvwm
1/2. You still have to restart fvwm after editing, though, since the
program generates the .rc file (don't worry - it doesn't overwrite
.fvwm2rc by default).
If You're interested, find out more from my web-page:
http://www.imada.ou.dk/~buk/fvwm/
Please note that the latest release is still in beta -- but then again, so
is Fvwm2 ;-) The next release (due out next week, probably) will include
a parser to read existing .fvwm2rc files (or parts thereof).
Please tell me what You think of my modules.
Regards,
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Jeppe Buk
Student of Computer Science / Student Programmer
IMADA, Odense University Phone: +45 6557 2347
DK-5230 Odense M. Email: buk_at_imada.ou.dk
Denmark WWW:
http://www.imada.ou.dk/~buk/
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Received on Fri Dec 06 1996 - 06:56:07 GMT