Re: FVWM: One more question...
I had asked about how to get a digital xclock in the empty space just under the analog xclock and the xbiff thingy in the default theme for fvwm... In message , Jaimos Skriletz wrote: >Add this command to your StartFunction > >AddToFunc StartFunction I Test (Init) Exec exec xlock -digtal -strftime '%a %b >%d %T' > >The test is just to ensure it is only run during the init (first >start) And not after ever restart. OK, so I tried that, fixing the one small typo (digtal->digital), which was my fault, since it was present in my original question. The bad news is that just adding that one line top my ~/.fvwm2rc file -did- create an effect, but not at all what was intended. What happened was that the original analog xclock in the default theme got pushed out to a place on my destop that is sort-of near to the center top of my screen (and it was rendered MUCH bigger than before) and the digital xclock got kind-of stuffed into the little box where the analog xclock formerly was (in the default theme)... except of course that the text of my new digital xclose could not fix in that small space, so it just got cut off after the first few (leftmost) characters. So, bottom line, I'm still hoping that someone will tell me how to get a digital xclock into the empty space in the default theme that sits below the xbiff icon thingy and the analog xclock. I can't imagine that this should be too awfully difficult, but I quite certainly have no idea how to do it properly.
Re: FVWM: One more question...
On Thu, 30 May 2019, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: On the new system I'm configuring, I'm running without any .fvwmrc file in the home directory of the account that I start X from. So I guess this means that Fvwm is picking up some default .fvwmrc file from someplace. I just discovered that fvwm-config -S will tell you where system.fvwm2rc is (on my machine it looks to be in /etc/X11/fvwm2. just below those things there is an empty space. I would very much like to place another xclock in that empty space as follows: Copy the system.fvwm2rc in ~/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc and edit it freely (some examples of mine are in the link in signature) -- Lucio Chiappetti - INAF/IASF - via Corti 12 - I-20133 Milano (Italy) http://sax.iasf-milano.inaf.it/~lucio/WWW/Opinions/window.html
Re: FVWM: One more question...
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 5:22 PM Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > > Other than the questions I've alreasdy posted, I just have one > more and then I think I'm done. If i can find a solution for > this and the others I've posted, then I think I'll be a happy > camper. > > On the new system I'm configuring, I'm running without any > .fvwmrc file in the home directory of the account that I start > X from. So I guess this means that Fvwm is picking up some > default .fvwmrc file from someplace. That's fine, and > whereever it is, and whatever it contains, it seems to -mostly- > fit my needs rather well, so I don't really need to diddle it... > much. I've got a nice traditional clock face, and a nice xbiff > thingy to tell me know when I have new mail. Perfect. But > just below those things there is an empty space. I would very > much like to place another xclock in that empty space as follows: > The new location for the fvwm config file is $HOME/.fvwm/config If you are using a new version of fvwm it comes with a default theme, this is located in $PREFIX/share/fvwm/default-config (where $PREFIX is often /usr or /usr/local) If using the default-config, there is a script in the menu to copy the default config to $HOME/.fvwm/config and then you can just edit away. >xclock -digtal -strftime '%a %b %d %T' > > Can someone tell me how to do that? > Add this command to your StartFunction AddToFunc StartFunction I Test (Init) Exec exec xlock -digtal -strftime '%a %b %d %T' The test is just to ensure it is only run during the init (first start) And not after ever restart. You may find the wiki useful if looking up configs and tips https://fvwmforums.org/wiki/ jaimos
FVWM: One more question...
Other than the questions I've alreasdy posted, I just have one more and then I think I'm done. If i can find a solution for this and the others I've posted, then I think I'll be a happy camper. On the new system I'm configuring, I'm running without any .fvwmrc file in the home directory of the account that I start X from. So I guess this means that Fvwm is picking up some default .fvwmrc file from someplace. That's fine, and whereever it is, and whatever it contains, it seems to -mostly- fit my needs rather well, so I don't really need to diddle it... much. I've got a nice traditional clock face, and a nice xbiff thingy to tell me know when I have new mail. Perfect. But just below those things there is an empty space. I would very much like to place another xclock in that empty space as follows: xclock -digtal -strftime '%a %b %d %T' Can someone tell me how to do that?
