Re: FVWM: Ideas for improvements to the configuration file

From: Neil Bird <neil.bird_at_rrds.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 10:38:58 +0000

Dominik Vogt wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 1999 at 08:59:15AM +0000, neil.bird_at_rrds.co.uk wrote:
> > I'd disagree with that, personally. If one's specified wholly distinct
> > decors for various windows, it makes a great deal of sense [to me] to have
> > the window highlight itself within the bounds of its own decor. It's one
> > of the first things I noticed when setting up fvwm2 for the first time ...
>
> So, has anyone ever complained about that? I think there are far
> more important enhancements in usability to make than this. For
> me it falls into the same category as specifying your own shadow
> and hilighting colours (i.e. superfluous bloat).

  Actually ... :-)

  I only say /that/ since my hi/lolight colours come out a shite shade of
green, when all my window borders are blue hues - but I've become used to
it.

  On the HilightColors front, it's not actually a problem for me, since I
prefer a consistent look any way - all my windows use the same (well,
pretty well) decor. I think one has to be a little twisted to want
different window colours on different windows :-)


  On that note - I've implemented a 'changing' toggle-size button by
defining two similar decors: each the same, bar the icon for the
toggle-size button (one's a toggle-big piccy, one's a toggle-back piccy).
my toggle-size func. sets the decor of the current window accordingly.

  It works a treat, but I can't help feeling that there's an easier way to
do it. Any suggestions?


> I still can't see what these icon specific settings could be.

  Font, f/g & b/g colour, box, etc. I think it comes down to being more of
an 'IconDecor' that IconStyle ... or even, just have then icon bits in a
Decor, and be able to create super-classes of Decor (i.e., Decor MyDecor
UseDecor MyWindowDecor, UseDecor MyIconDecor' ... and chaning a sub-decor
changes the parent). Or can we already do that?

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