FVWM: FVWM and Linux SuSE
I'm a newcomer to FVWM (version 2.5.10 under SuSe Linux 9.2, i.e. the version which ships with the SuSE distribution). My background was mainly the one of a mwm and CDE (although with a peculiar look !) user under DEC OSF 3.2 and 4.0. I successfully managed to customize fvwm starting from the .fvwm2rc distributed with SuSE. However I note that my .xsession-errors contains the following messages FvwmTheme is obsolete, see the Colorset section of the fvwm(1) man page Cannot parse color dtcolor5 couldn't create gradient Cannot parse color dtcolor5 couldn't create gradient WARNING: '/etc/xdg/menus/suse-screensavers.menu' does not exist WARNING: '/etc/xdg/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu' does not exist /bin/sh: susewmif: command not found I believe the first bunch of messages derives from this group of statements in the original .fvwm2rc which I did not dare to delete. # 0 = Default colors # 1 = Inactive windows # 2 = Active windows # 3 = Inactive menu entry and menu background # 4 = Active menu entry # 5 = greyed out menu entry (only bg used) # 6 = module foreground and background) # 7 = hilight colors *FvwmTheme: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc *FvwmTheme: Colorset 1 fg black, bg rgb:a1/b2/c8 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 2 fg black, bg rgb:70/a2/dd *FvwmTheme: Colorset 3 fg black, bg rgb:c8/d3/e5, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:c8/d3/e5 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 4 fg black, bg rgb:91/ae/d6 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 5 fg rgb:d2/bf/a8, bg rgb:b4/aa/94 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 6 fg black, bg rgb:b4/aa/94, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:b4/aa/94 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 7 fg black, bg rgb:94/ab/bf # run FvwmTheme before anything else is done ModuleSynchronous Timeout 5 FvwmTheme The last message should derive from the second line of InitFunction. Apparently this susewmif is neither installed nor documented on my system. AddToFunc InitFunction # +I Module FvwmBanner + I Exec susewmif xmessages I can't trace the two warnings (about non existing menu definitions) in my .fvwm2rc. In any case : - can I assume the above messages are harmless ? - can I just comment out the statements which generate them ? - any other hint ? Lucio Chiappetti - INAF/IASF - via Bassini 15 - I-20133 Milano (Italy) For more info : http://www.mi.iasf.cnr.it/~lucio/personal.html -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: FVWM and Linux SuSE
On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 10:57:09AM +0200, Lucio Chiappetti wrote: I'm a newcomer to FVWM (version 2.5.10 under SuSe Linux 9.2, i.e. the Welcome. version which ships with the SuSE distribution). My background was mainly the one of a mwm and CDE (although with a peculiar look !) user under DEC OSF 3.2 and 4.0. *cough* -- there's nothing strange about the CDE/Motif -- it is my preferred window style under Fvwm. :) I successfully managed to customize fvwm starting from the .fvwm2rc distributed with SuSE. My hat goes off to you -- SuSE's idea of Fvwm configuring is archaic at best -- not so much in terms of style, but because the maintainer has failed to keep up with the changes to fvwm, and as you have seen, the configuration options lag as a result. FvwmTheme is obsolete, see the Colorset section of the fvwm(1) It's true. FvwmTheme's components were merged into the core of Fvwm, such that the module is obsolete -- but the information in the man page for it is very much relevant. *FvwmTheme: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc *FvwmTheme: Colorset 1 fg black, bg rgb:a1/b2/c8 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 2 fg black, bg rgb:70/a2/dd *FvwmTheme: Colorset 3 fg black, bg rgb:c8/d3/e5, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:c8/d3/e5 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 4 fg black, bg rgb:91/ae/d6 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 5 fg rgb:d2/bf/a8, bg rgb:b4/aa/94 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 6 fg black, bg rgb:b4/aa/94, VGradient 100 dtcolor5 rgb:b4/aa/94 *FvwmTheme: Colorset 7 fg black, bg rgb:94/ab/bf - can I assume the above messages are harmless can I just comment ? - out the statements which generate them any other hint ? What you need to do, is simply remove the FvwmThemes definition such that you just apply the colour changes directly, i.e.: *FvwmTheme: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc Becomes: Colorset 0 fg black, bg rgb:6f/a1/dc ... in your .fvwm2rc file. Then in your Style definitions, you'll want to check that you apply at least two of the colorsets for Active windows (those with focus) and inactive windows (those without), hence: Style * Colorset 0 Style * HilightColorset 1 As an example. I can't comment about the SuSE menus, alas. The last time I used SuSE was at version 6.4. If you want to know more about colorsets, then see: man fvwm and perhaps more pertinent: man fvwmtheme. If you want config ideas, then see: http://www.fvwmwiki.org/cgi/moin.cgi/FvwmMWM Hope That Helps. -- Thomas Adam -- One of us is a cigar stand, and one of us is a lovely blue incandescent guillotine -- Stephen Malkmus, Type Slowly from Brighten The Corners -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FVWM: FVWM and Linux SuSE
Lucio Chiappetti wrote: snip/ The last message should derive from the second line of InitFunction. Apparently this susewmif is neither installed nor documented on my system. AddToFunc InitFunction # +I Module FvwmBanner + I Exec susewmif xmessages I can't trace the two warnings (about non existing menu definitions) in my .fvwm2rc. Well, I run Novell Linux Desktop which is based on Suse. Here are my relevant menu lines that I use to get the SUSE/NLD system menu: -AddtoMenu section--- + Nop +S. SUSE menu Popup xdg_menu + Nop -end AddtoMenu--- and another section does this to enable it: #System generated menu PipeRead 'xdg_menu --charset UTF-8 --format fvwm2' My xdg_menu binary is located at: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ which xdg_menu /usr/bin/xdg_menu [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ rug se xdg S | Channel | Name | Version --+-++- i | nld-9-i586 | opendesktop-kdexdgmenu | 1-0.7 i | nld-9-i586 | xdg-menu | 0.2-45.2 Hope that helps, -- Harshwardhan Nagaonkar Brigham Young University Provo, UT - 84602 -- Visit the official FVWM web page at URL: http://www.fvwm.org/. To unsubscribe from the list, send unsubscribe fvwm in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
