On Sat, Feb 26, 2005 at 01:46:36AM +0000, Thomas A. Horsley wrote: > I have a feeling I'm going to want to use fvwm, but at the moment > I'm being overwhelmed by bells and whistles :-).
Ah, a man after my own heart! One that likes things simplistic. :) I never did care for all the bells and whistles, either. > All the documentation I've been reading so far has emphasized how > there are all sorts of fallback configs that provide useful root > menus, etc. Indeed. For instance, if you start up fvwm with no ~/.fvwm2rc file present (or no system-wide config file), fvwm wil default to its internal defaults, which in turn will allow you to create the most minimalistic .fvwm2rc file I know of. Indeed, this is perhaps where I suggest you start. You can read more [1] about that. > What if I don't want any of that? Is there a sample .fvwm2rc file > somewhere that can provide me with a config that basically does > nothing? Turns off all the key and mouse bindings? Has maybe a single > mouse click that brings up a single menu with just a "quit" button? Again, see above. There isn't anything like what you're describing. The paradox here is that you need a .fvwm2rc file to be able to turn off the key/mouse bindings in the first place. :) > I'd much rather start with nothing and add things one at a time than > start with something that has all sorts of amazing and unexpected > side-effects when I accidentally press a button in the wrong context > or something. And why not, indeed. I did this, too. Built things up bit by bit. You can see my achievements [2]. But don't worry about "breaking" FVWM by specifying a wrong key binding, or what have you. It's pretty much bullet-proof. If you log errors Fvwm produces (typically ~/.xsession-errors, if you use xdm or startx) then you can always see what you did wrong. HTH, -- Thomas Adam [1] http://linuxgazette.net/105/adam.html [2] http://www.fvwmwiki.org/cgi/moin.cgi/FvwmMWM -- I know nothing, and understand even less. -- 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]
