Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
>
> On 10 Dec 2001 13:15:30 +0100, Bernhard Schneck wrote:
> >
> > Does anybody know an answer to the following problem concerning FVWM2,
> > version 2.4:
> >
> > I have a number of desks on my physical screen and I decided to give
> > each desk a different background color. This works well with the
> > *FvwmBackerCommand statement in my .fvwm2rc file.
> >
> > Now somebody in our team wants that the buttons created by FvwmButtons
> > have different background colors too - according to the desk, which is
> > currently shown on the screen. Up to now I did not succeed in changing
> > the button color when changing the desk. What I tried is a statement of
> > the following kind:
> >
> > *FvwmBackerCommand (Desk <number>) *FvwmButtonsBack <color>
> >
> > but it seems that FvwmBacker does not want to communicate with
> > FvwmButtons (at least not in the way, which I expected that it would
> > do).
> >
> > I also tried "*FvwmButtonsColorset <colorset>" instead of
> > "*FvwmButtonsBack <color>", but that did not work either (although
> > FvwmTheme was started).
>
> A running FvwmButtons does not respond to a new configuration, you should
> restart it (KillModule FvwmButtons, Module FvwmButtons) to use a new
> *FvwmButtons configuration.
>
> Instead, you want to use colorsets that are invented for these purposes.
> All modules do respond to colorset changes dynamically. Use this:
>
> *FvwmTheme: Colorset 10 fg white, bg gray # initial colors
>
> *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 0) *FvwmTheme: Colorset 10 bg gray
> *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 1) *FvwmTheme: Colorset 10 bg cyan
>
> *FvwmButtons: Colorset 10
>
> I just noticed that FvwmBacker has a misfeature, you can't use a comma in
> a command, so you should create a function if you want to change fg too:
>
> DestroyFunc ChangeColorsetFgBg
> AddToFunc ChangeColorsetFgBg
> + I SendToModule FvwmTheme Colorset $0 fg $1, bg $2
>
> *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 0) ChangeColorsetFgBg 10 white gray
> *FvwmBacker: Command (Desk 1) ChangeColorsetFgBg 10 red cyan
>
> As you see, you may use both SendToModule FvwmTheme or *FvwmTheme: to
> change any colorset dynamically.
>
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
Thanks for your prompt reply to my question!
I have no problem with the comma in the FvwmBackerCommand, because I
only need to change the background color and for this purpose the
command
"*FvwmThemeColorset 10 bg <color>" is sufficient.
I already tried your proposal and it works.
Best regards,
Bernd Schneck
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Received on Mon Dec 10 2001 - 09:14:37 GMT