Re: FVWM: hmm, location of system.fvwm2rc? + Swallow

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 03:09:47 +0000

On 10 Sep 2001 03:39:51 -0700, Nikolaj G. wrote:
>
> Stupid question, you might think, but where is fvwm2rc
> located. Iv'e made the standard installation
> (compiled, and no changes of paths) of 2.4, with
> Themes-base + Themes-extra (0.5) ? Been looking at the
> themes-rc and so on, but it doesn't seem to reflect my
> menu?

You should choose whether to use your own fvwm2rc or the fvwm-themes
functionality in which case you should create your personal configuration
parts in the format that fvwm-themes expects, see the FVWM Themes FAQ.

As for the location of system.fvwm2rc, run the following to find it out:

  % fvwm-config --fvwm-datadir

For compatibility reasons (only) FVWM also searches for system.fvwm2rc in
this directory:

  % fvwm-config --sysconfdir

We suggest to put all system wide configuration files into FVWM_DATADIR
that is by default /usr/local/share/fvwm, or /usr/share/fvwm in rpm.

User configuration file .fvwm2rc is searched in:

  % fvwm-config --default-userdir

that is $HOME/.fvwm starting from 2.3.17.
For compatibility reasons (only) this file is also searched in $HOME.
And to be complete, .fvwm2rc is also searched in FVWM_DATADIR as usual.

Here is the search order, the first found file is used:

  $FVWM_USERDIR/.fvwm2rc # /home/joe/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc
  $HOME/.fvwm2rc # /home/joe/.fvwm2rc (compatibility only)
  $FVWM_DATADIR/.fvwm2rc # /usr/local/share/fvwm/.fvwm2rc
  $FVWM_DATADIR/system.fvwm2rc # /usr/local/share/fvwm/system.fvwm2rc
  $SYSCONFDIR/system.fvwm2rc # /usr/local/etc/system.fvwm2rc (compat.)

Note, the existing interface to fvwm-config is intended to be supported
forever (that can't be said for configuration directories and file names)
and it should be used to query your existing FVWM instalation, see:

  http://fvwm.org/generated/manpages/fvwm-config.html

Regards,
Mikhael.
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