FVWM: Re: m4 processing on restarts?

From: Nathan Froyd <nathan.froyd_at_rose-hulman.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 20:00:45 -0500

On Tue, Nov 09, 1999 at 10:36:26PM +0100, josvanr_at_xs4all.nl wrote:
> When restarting fvwm2, does the startup file get
> processed by M4 again? The reason I'm asking this
> is that I'd like to use themes in fvwm. To do this,
> I want to use several .fvwm2rc files, one for each
> theme. To activate a theme, I then copy the rc file
> to the user's home directory and then restart
> the windowmanager. However, when using M4 in the rc
> file, I could run into trouble if it doesn't get
> M4-ed again. (In fact I am running into trouble, and
> I'm wondering if that is the reason.)

It did when I used m4 to process my config file. I think I just restarted by
using `Restart'. You might be getting in trouble if you explicitly say
`Restart fvwm2'.
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