On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Graeme McCaffery wrote:
>
> after using CDE for a while (I had no choice and have now resolved this) I find that it would be preferable to have a .fvwm directory in home that contains fvwmrc rather than the present situation.
>
> it would be nice if fvwm seached first for $HOME/.fvwmrc
> then $HOME/.fvwm/fvwmrc
>
> and if the second was the case, then set an internal variable FVWMHOME to $HOME/.fvwm
>
> this would make the spliting of a monlithic fvwmrc file an easier task both for users and administrators!
>
> for instance each user would only have to create a .fvwm directory and copy a style file to change the colours of windows.
> all other settings would remain unaffected and under the control of the administrator.
>
We do something similar already here, using the standard .fvwm2rc,
but using it as a very small file that reads site files:
----------- example .fvwm2rc start -------------------
# FVWM - F? Virtual Window Manager, Version 2.x (fvwm2) Configuration File
# Created April 1996
# - Mike Dennison
# ====================================================================
# PATH Setup
# Colon seperated unix directory paths for Modules, xpm files, and bitmaps
ModulePath /usr/local/lib/fvwm2
PixmapPath /wai/common/setups/pixmaps:/usr/include/X11/pixmaps:/usr/local/include/X11/pixmaps
IconPath /usr/local/lib/fvwm2/icons:/usr/include/X11/bitmaps
# ====================================================================
Read /usr/common/setups/fvwm/styles
Read /usr/common/setups/fvwm/functions
Read /usr/common/setups/fvwm/modules
Read /usr/common/setups/fvwm/bindings
Read /usr/common/setups/fvwm/menus
Read /home/nav2/fvwm.extras
----------- example .fvwm2rc end -------------------
Any changes can either be made in the users fvwm.extras file, or
they can copy any of the other files and change their .fvwm2rc to
point to the right place.
best wishes
Mike
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Mike Dennison, email: mike.dennison_at_waii.com
Western Geophysical Company
Field Services, LONDON, England
Tel: 0181 585 4302
Fax: 0181 231 7152
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Received on Wed Feb 26 1997 - 09:45:30 GMT