Re: FVWM: Configuring based on what the DISPLAY environment is set to

From: Eric Brandwine <eric_at_symphony.mitre.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:02:46 -0400 (EDT)

FvwmM4 can do it. M4 is a macro processing language that has access to
the environment. It works a little bit like cpp.

You will have to change the way that you invoke fvwm, but that is not much
of a problem.

ericb

On Fri, 12 Sep 1997, Jamie Norwood wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> At home, I have two places I run X from on the same network. One of these, the base system, is
> an ATI SVGA card with 4MB of memory, which handles many, many colors without blinking an
> eyelash. The other is an NCD17c Xterminal, which is, as near as I can guess, 256 colors at
> best.
>
> What I am wondering is, short of having 2 .fvwm2rc files, is there a way in that file I can
> have it set and do certain things based on which of these machines the display is? Such as
> displaying a color-intense .XPM file on the console, and a greyscale embossed version of it
> (Which is already mde) if its the NCD?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Jamie
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