On Fri, 23 May 1997, Morsy Cheikhrouhou wrote:
->Hello everybody,
->
->1. Our system administrator is maintaining a .fvwmrc for all the users who
->have links to that file. Thus, everyone has the same fvwm configuration which
->is automaticly apdated whenever needed. The problem is that I would like to
->have my own fvwm configuration, so I tried to create a .fvwmrc+ file in my
->home dir. But that doesn't work as it does for .bashrc+ and .emacsrc+ for
->example. Any tip to make fvwm take into account my .fvwmrc+ file ?
->
You should just call the file .fvwmrc for FVWM 1, or .fvwm2rc for
FVWM2, but it depends how it was compiled. But if placed in the your
home directory this should override the system file.
If this does not work you should try and find out from which file FVWM
is started. If you are using an X terminal it is probably a
.xsession file in your home directory, or a system .xsession file.
Somewhere in this file there will be a line something like
/usr/local/bin/fvwm 1> $HOME/.fvwm-errs 2>&1
that actually starts the window manager. If you modify it to
/usr/local/bin/fvwm -f $HOME/.fvwmrc 1> $HOME/.fvwm-errs 2>&1
then it forces fvwm to read your config file. If it is a system
.xsession you will have to copy it to your home directory first.
(In case you were wondering the what the 1> $HOME/.fvwm-errs 2>&1 bit
is all about, it redirects all error mesages from fvwm to a file in
your home directory called .fvwm-errs. This is very useful when
experimenting with configurations and tracking down problems)
->2. I am trying to configure my XFaces to make it "beep" when special mails
->
Can't help with this one I'm afraid. Sorry.
By the way, your English is fine. I wish my French was that good.
M.Cartwright_at_qub.ac.uk -
http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~imc/vom.htm
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Received on Fri May 23 1997 - 03:47:40 BST