Re: FVWM: fvwm startup procedure
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 1:21 AM, Dan Espen des...@verizon.net wrote: I agree, really nice. Except for where Thomas talks about function setRCDefaults, I think you'll find it all in the man page. The tutorial style is good for explaining how all the parts work together. The man page is meant to be a complete reference. This means you have to find all the pieces. Hi Dan, I can understand that, but I think it's difficult to always be able to piece together the information from the man page. The tutorial was so helpful for things like a file structure layout, and the differences between InitFunction and StartFunction. If I give some thought, would a patch be useful to the man page to perhaps add in some more useful information from this tutorial post? Thanks! Ethan
Re: FVWM: fvwm startup procedure
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Jaimos Skriletz jaimosskril...@boisestate.edu wrote: Hi Jaimos! Read the man page under INITIALIZATION for a complete description of the start up procedure and how fvwm looks for its config file. Basically it looks in a few places (including old standards) then defaults to a minimal config which is equivalent (afaik) to having a blank config file. Are you the same person who wrote the fvwm beginners guide? If so, thank you so much for that! Yes, I've read the INITIALIZATION section in the man page. That part I understand. I wasn't asking so much about the files fvwm looks for which a user might define, but more trying to understand the bits which come before it. For example, there must be a file somewhere which has some key bindings for default things, or some function definitions, etc., for alt-tab. Is that true? I was wondering where this is documented, if at all. Thanks! Ethan
FVWM: fvwm startup procedure
Hey there, I am looking at trying to understand how fvwm loads its configuration file. Am I correct in thinking that some settings are hardcoded in fvwm? Are there any files which are read before my .fvwm/config file? TIA, Ethan
Re: FVWM: fvwm startup procedure
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Thomas Adam tho...@fvwm.org wrote: On 10 June 2015 at 23:56, Ethan Raynor ethanrayno...@gmail.com wrote: For example, there must be a file somewhere which has some key bindings for default things, or some function definitions, etc., for alt-tab. Is that true? I was wondering where this is documented, if at all. http://fvwmforums.org/wiki/Tips/FVWMStartupProcedure/ Wowza! This document is amazing! Is there some reason why most of this isn't referenced in the man page, may I ask? Ethan
