On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 03:55:35PM -0400, Ian Hutchinson wrote:
> I would like to use fvwm with my more or less stock RH 8.0 install on a
> laptop.
>
> I currently use gnome/metacity because kde is way too resource heavy for
> the screen and interface to give decent responsivity. But metacity lacks
> several features in fvwm that I have enjoyed previously.
>
> fvwm -r & works marvelously but for one thing: what fvwmrc should one use?
>
> Does anyone have a minimalistic .fvwmrc file that is appropriate for
> gnome? I don't want to have to totally rebuild the panel and menus etc in
> fvwm. All I want is to use fvwm as my window manager. How do I get it to
> play nicely with gnome? Example: what is the relationship between fvwm's
> desktops and the gnome desktops? They aren't the same it seems. Each gnome
> desktop seems to be split into multiple fvwm desktops (or is it vice
> versa).
>
GNOME2 does not support large desktop. If you use the gnome pager you
should use a 1x1 desktop, i.e., add
DesktopSize 1 1
to your config.
> Anyway what folks like me who mostly want to do work with their computers,
> not hack around with the window manager, need is a simple starting .fvwmrc
> for working with gnome. Can anyone offer one?
>
Unfortunately, I do not use a simple .fvwmrc. I use fvwm-themes
(http://fvwm-themes.sf.net/). If you want to try it with GNOME2, I
suggest you use the current cvs. It has a minimal support for GNOME2
(e.g., you get fvwm-themes menus even with nautilus running via "Alt
Mouse x"). With the fvwm-themes menu you can disable all visible
module (as some FvwmButtons): Theme Management -> Current -> modules
-> *. Also, you can add session support: Theme Management -> settings
-> session manager. For using fvwm-themes, after installation you
should add the line
fvwm-themes-start --no-start
just before the line which invokes gnome-session and use
the following minimal config file:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] olivier]$ cat ~/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc
Read themes-rc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] olivier]$
Regards, Olivier
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