Re: FVWM: colors, etc...

From: Chad Fors <QA3336_at_email.mot.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 16:44:18 -0500

Neil

The colors are given in RGB (Red Green Blue) format, written in hexadecimal
(base 16). Split the numbers into 3 sets of two and use a calculator that
does hex-to-decimal conversion to convert each 2 digit hex number to decimal
format. This will give you 3 numbers, each from 0-255. This should map to
showrgb numbers.

Or, to make things a lot simpler, I believe that you can use the name of the
color as given in the showrgb command in place of the hex number itself.

Hope this helps.

-chad

Neil Zanella wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Is there anything besides the sample config file and the man
> pages that will explain how to customize a window manager such as fvwm?
>
> I in my .fvwmrc in the "set up the colors" section there is stuff like
>
> HiBackColor #c06077
>
> StdBackColor #60a0c0
>
> etc ...
>
> I know how to use the showrgb command and use the xcolors program to see
> the various colors but I don't know how to interpret these alphanumeric
> codes for colors nor do I know where to find a more complete list than
> that given by showrgb, nor do I know what the numbers on the left are when
> I give the showrgb command.
>
> Any help is appreciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil Zanella
> nzanella_at_cs.mun.ca
>
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