On 17 Jan 2002 19:35:03 +0100, Marcus Lundblad wrote:
>
> On Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Vaclav Peroutka wrote:
>
> > I use fvwm2 from RH6.2 and met following config problems:
This is 2.2.4 then. Consider upgrading using our rpms.
The answers here are by default for 2.4.x versions, not 2.2.x.
> > 1.) when I use my own icons in /usr/local/my_icons - I put this line
> > into .fvwm2rc as IconPath. For root, it is OK, but not for normal user.
> > It always looks into /usr/share/icons. I don't know what is bad.
>
> Is it the 'system.fvwm2rc' file you have changed? And not the one in
> root's home directory. (maybe a stupid question of me...)
>
> > 2.) Apps which have no icon are minimized only to their name. Is it
> > possible to assign them some standard icon ?
>
> Yes, you can assign a standard icon with:
> Style * some_icon.xpm
>
> this gives apps that don't supply icon the icon some_icon.xpm
>
> > 3.) The icon placement on the workspace is very random without grid, I
> > would like to have it on some grid but don't know how. The best way is
> > to define places for some apps ( for example nedit will place its icons
> > to top left corner, xterm to top right etc). Furthermore icons are
> > two-color only...
> >
> > Is it possible to do it or not ?
>
> Yes, by using the IconBox style
> for example:
> Style "*" IconBox $[vp.width]x80+0-0
>
> defines a box at the bottom of the screen 80 pixels high and the screens
> width to place icons in. The icons will be placed from left to right,
> don't know how to change this. This box is not visible on the screen, it's
> only an imaginary box used to place icons. This is probably what you want.
The geometry-like syntax is only supported in 2.4.1 and greater.
This is more universal:
Style nedit IconBox 10 10 300 300, IconGrid 64 10, IconFill Bottom Right
Style xterm IconBox -400 -400 300 300, IconGrid 40 40, IconFill Left Top
Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Thu Jan 17 2002 - 13:01:46 GMT