Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

2018-02-23 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 02:21:11PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > tracker.debian.org tells me that there is a default configuration file in > https://sources.debian.org/data/main/f/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config > which is the download view of > https://sour

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

2018-02-23 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, tracker.debian.org tells me that there is a default configuration file in https://sources.debian.org/data/main/f/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config which is the download view of https://sources.debian.org/src/fvwm/1:2.6.7-3/default-config/config/ It looks like a clean starting point

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

2018-02-23 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Richard Owlett wrote: > fvwm-crystal was also suggested. When installed it was in some sense > "cleaner" but still too busy. Launched fvwm which had been installed by the > fvwm-crystal package. There's not much configuration in the fvwm package of Debian, indeed.

Re: Problems with clean install of fvwm

2018-02-23 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 05:46:40AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I rebooted expecting a minimal fvwm display. I got a command line. > I found that though a "/home/richard/.fvwm" directory had been > created, it was empty. I coul

Problems with clean install of fvwm

2018-02-23 Thread Richard Owlett
History I run MATE, but to paraphrase a restaurant - "I want Debian MyWay" ;) It was suggested that I wanted what KDE calls "activities". It looked promising. I installed it. It suffers from featuritis. fvwm-crystal was also suggested. When installed it was in some sense &qu

fvwm resources, was Re: [likely out of luck] was -- Re: Using MATE's workspaces effectively

2018-02-17 Thread David Wright
On Sat 17 Feb 2018 at 09:01:07 (-0600), John Hasler wrote: > Richard Owlett writes: > > A sketchy preliminary web search doses not look promising. I'll > > initially experiment with KDE. Is there a recommended site that gives > > a good description of why and how one wo

Re: Fvwm.... this actually didn't work........

2014-10-08 Thread lee
Charlie writes: > Further to my first post. > > I noticed I had an extra line under my ~/.fvwm/menudefs.hook: > > # > # This is the Debian menu call as suggested by Vincent W Che

Re: Fvwm.... this actually didn't work........

2014-10-07 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 06:36:27 + Vincent mentioned this: Re: Fvwm this actually didn't work. > But then this defeats the whole purpose of the Debian menu, since you > now have to maintain your own ~/.fvwm/menudefs.hook. From my keyboard: He

Re: Fvwm.... this actually didn't work........

2014-10-06 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Charlie wrote: > > This actually didn't work in my ~/.fvwm/functions directory: > > # > # This is the Debian menu call as suggested by Vincent W C

Fvwm.... this actually didn't work........

2014-10-06 Thread Charlie
Further to my first post. I noticed I had an extra line under my ~/.fvwm/menudefs.hook: # # This is the Debian menu call as suggested by Vincent W Chen. # Debian Menu

Fvwm.... this actually didn't work........

2014-10-06 Thread Charlie
This actually didn't work in my ~/.fvwm/functions directory: # # This is the Debian menu call as suggested by Vincent W Chen. # Debian

Re: [solved] fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-10-03 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 3 Oct 2014 19:34:48 + Vincent mentioned this: Re: [solved] fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs). > If you open /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook and take a look at the first > few lines, it says that the file is auto-generated (which is the

Re: [solved] fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-10-03 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 11:05 PM, Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 2 Oct 2014 17:47:43 +1000 Charlie sent: > >> >> On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:33:43 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: >> Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires >> gvfs). >> >> &

Re: [solved] fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-10-02 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 2 Oct 2014 17:47:43 +1000 Charlie sent: > > On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:33:43 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: > Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires > gvfs). > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Charlie > > wrote: > > >

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-10-02 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:33:43 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs). > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Charlie > wrote: > > > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:51:41 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: > >

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-10-01 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Charlie wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:51:41 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: > Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires > gvfs). > >> On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Charlie >> wrote: >> > >&

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-30 Thread Charlie
On Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:51:41 -0700 Vincent mentioned this: Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs). > On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Charlie > wrote: > > > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:20:27 +0200 lee mentioned this: > >

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-29 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Charlie wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:20:27 +0200 lee mentioned this: > Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires > gvfs). > >> >> >> Steve Litt writes: >> >> >> >> Becau

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-27 Thread lee
Charlie writes: >> On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:20:27 +0200 lee mentioned this: >> >> Please check out [1] --- let me know if it works for you and how you >> like it. >> >> >> [1]: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm > >Hello Lee, > >

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-27 Thread Charlie
On Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:20:27 +0200 lee mentioned this: Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs). > > >> Steve Litt writes: > >> > >> Because you use fvwm on a regular basis, you should write some > >> documentation o

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-27 Thread lee
>> Steve Litt writes: >> >> Because you use fvwm on a regular basis, you should write some >> documentation on it. Please check out [1] --- let me know if it works for you and how you like it. [1]: https://github.com/lee-/fvwm -- Knowledge is volatile and f

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-23 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 00:40:21 +0200 lee sent: > These two functions are described in the man page. > > BTW, either IconMan or IconBox are deprecated --- I don't remember > which one. Thanks Lee, It was ButtonBar for laptop. I removed that entry in my menudefs.hook and it is gone, no longer a wor

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-23 Thread lee
Charlie writes: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:54:43 +0200 lee sent: > >> Why are things going wrong with it for you, and what >> things? > > Lee, > > If I can jump in here re: fvwm. [fvwm 2.6.5] On my desktop I have this > thing. I has two columns of squares which a

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-23 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:54:43 +0200 lee sent: > Why are things going wrong with it for you, and what > things? Sorry for the noise Lee. I found what the thing was called. It was a laptop ButtonBar and I got rid of it. So it's done. Thanks for your help, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-22 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:54:43 +0200 lee sent: > Why are things going wrong with it for you, and what > things? Lee, If I can jump in here re: fvwm. [fvwm 2.6.5] On my desktop I have this thing. I has two columns of squares which are labelled FileMGR - xv -gview and all sorts of things. To

Re: fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-22 Thread lee
Steve Litt writes: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:13 +0200 > lee wrote: > >> So i3 doesn't have any advantages for me --- fvwm is much more >> flexible and without the utter confusion that arises when you try to >> arrange a number of windows in a particular manner

fvwm: was i3 sticky/floating windows (brasero requires gvfs)

2014-09-21 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 17:48:13 +0200 lee wrote: > So i3 doesn't have any advantages for me --- fvwm is much more > flexible and without the utter confusion that arises when you try to > arrange a number of windows in a particular manner with i3. It even > wastes less screen spac

Re: FVWM + ( Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, or .xsessionrc )

2013-12-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Dec 2013 at 17:17:01 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 08:25:56PM +, Brian wrote: > > > > Put > > > >exec fvwm > > > > after the xterm command in .xsession. This command does not complete and > > .xsessio

FVWM + ( Re: startx + ~/.xsession and no ~/.xinitrc, or .xsessionrc )

2013-12-15 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 08:25:56PM +, Brian wrote: > > Put > > exec fvwm > > after the xterm command in .xsession. This command does not complete and > .xsession doesn't close. You've summoned X, give it a chance to show off > what it can do :). > &g

Re: FVWM pop up windows...........

2013-05-28 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 28 May 2013 16:26:11 -0700 "Vincent W. Chen vin...@gmail.com" sent this: >On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:43 PM, wrote: >> Using FVWM - Debian Jessie [testing] and would like to know how I >> move a pop up window. Example the "Save"

Re: FVWM pop up windows...........

2013-05-28 Thread Charlie
On Tue, 28 May 2013 12:58:53 -0600 "Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com" sent this: >aries...@skymesh.com.au wrote: >> Using FVWM - Debian Jessie [testing] and would like to know how I >> move a pop up window. Example the "Save" window. >> >> In Wh

Re: FVWM pop up windows...........

2013-05-28 Thread Vincent W. Chen
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:43 PM, wrote: > Using FVWM - Debian Jessie [testing] and would like to know how I move a pop > up window. Example the "Save" window. > > In Wheezy it was Ctrl + Alt and left mouse if memory serves or just Ctrl and > left mouse for both the

Re: FVWM pop up windows...........

2013-05-28 Thread Bob Proulx
aries...@skymesh.com.au wrote: > Using FVWM - Debian Jessie [testing] and would like to know how I > move a pop up window. Example the "Save" window. > > In Wheezy it was Ctrl + Alt and left mouse if memory serves or just > Ctrl and left mouse for both the main window a

FVWM pop up windows...........

2013-05-27 Thread ariestao
Using FVWM - Debian Jessie [testing] and would like to know how I move a pop up window. Example the "Save" window. In Wheezy it was Ctrl + Alt and left mouse if memory serves or just Ctrl and left mouse for both the main window and the popup? TIA Charlie -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Debian Unstable now has FVWM 2.6.5

2013-01-25 Thread Chris Bannister
Hi, http://www.mail-archive.com/fvwm@lists.math.uh.edu/msg16819.html -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to d

fvwm problem

2011-09-04 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
One fvwm feature doesn't work properly for me. I put a post in the fvwm forum, but the only replies were from the program maintener, and it works for him. I would like to know if it is the case for Debian fvwm users, if any. The problem is with the "Style" command: if I modify

Re: How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

2011-07-08 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On 07/07/2011 06:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote: On 07/07/11 at 06:11pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote: On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, William Hopkinswrote: On 07/07/11 at 05:35pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote: Here's my problem: I generally run GNOME but want to run Fvwm on occasion. In Debian

Re: How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

2011-07-07 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/07/11 at 06:11pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, William Hopkins wrote: > > > On 07/07/11 at 05:35pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > > > Here's my problem: I generally run GNOME but want to run Fvwm on > > occasion. > > > > &

Re: How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Steven Rosenberg
When I create ~.fvwm/config, all the Debian menus go away. How can I have a config file AND the auto-generated configuration and menus from Debian ... AND preserve my config change when I log out and in again? On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, William Hopkins wrote: > On 07/07/11 at 05:3

Re: How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

2011-07-07 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/07/11 at 05:35pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > Here's my problem: I generally run GNOME but want to run Fvwm on occasion. > > In Debian, the Fvwm configuration is auto-generated. If I create my > own config file for Fvwm, all the menus generated by Debian go away. > &g

How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Steven Rosenberg
Here's my problem: I generally run GNOME but want to run Fvwm on occasion. In Debian, the Fvwm configuration is auto-generated. If I create my own config file for Fvwm, all the menus generated by Debian go away. I want to start some services specifically in Fvwm, not in any (or every)

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-07 Thread lee
William Hopkins writes: >> IIUC, you mean the mplayer window comes up without decorations by >> default. So kwin must have added decorations forcefully. > > I ran fvwm, fluxbox, and fvwm-crystal (in Xephyr) and crystal is the only one > without decorations. I read a l

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-06 Thread William Hopkins
x27;t run a 'decorations-setting' WM in years, sorry. My > > recollection has > > always been of mplayer without them. > > IIUC, you mean the mplayer window comes up without decorations by > default. So kwin must have added decorations forcefully. I ran fvwm, fluxbo

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-06 Thread lee
ers accept alt-rightclick for resizes, and > alt-leftclick for > moves (I am only suggesting as an interim solution) Hey cool, I didn't know that. It works with fvwm-crystal, too :) Only it's not very convenient because I'm using a trackball with my left hand. Perhaps I ca

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-06 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/06/11 at 12:03pm, lee wrote: > William Hopkins writes: > > > On 07/04/11 at 10:45pm, lee wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> what might be the reason for mplayer to come up without window > >> decorations on fvwm-crystal? > > > > mplayer

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-06 Thread lee
William Hopkins writes: > On 07/04/11 at 10:45pm, lee wrote: >> Hi, >> >> what might be the reason for mplayer to come up without window >> decorations on fvwm-crystal? > > mplayer is a command-line tool. If you wish to control it primarily via GUI, > u

Re: mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-05 Thread William Hopkins
On 07/04/11 at 10:45pm, lee wrote: > Hi, > > what might be the reason for mplayer to come up without window > decorations on fvwm-crystal? I've searched through the configuration > files of fvwm2 and didn't find an entry about it. Is this a default or > is it somethi

mplayer and fvwm-crystal

2011-07-04 Thread lee
Hi, what might be the reason for mplayer to come up without window decorations on fvwm-crystal? I've searched through the configuration files of fvwm2 and didn't find an entry about it. Is this a default or is it something in my settings? Or is it something that mplayer does? Ther

RE: fvwm-crystal: without window decoration for screenlets

2009-09-30 Thread Gero Putzar
> Hello folks, > Since a few days, I'm using the nice fvwm-crystal after leaving gnome. > But gnome have screenlets that I want to keep. I can launch them but > the > problem is that they are now with window decoration. What I want is > screenlets without window decoration

fvwm-crystal: without window decoration for screenlets

2009-09-25 Thread tôba rakoto
Hello folks, Since a few days, I'm using the nice fvwm-crystal after leaving gnome. But gnome have screenlets that I want to keep. I can launch them but the problem is that they are now with window decoration. What I want is screenlets without window decoration like it was with Gnome.

[solved] Re: fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org: incompatible?

2009-07-05 Thread lee
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 08:54:58AM +, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: > On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 01:47:58AM -0600, lee wrote: > > Hi, > > > > is there an incompatibility between fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org > > (writer)? I'm trying out fvwm (crystal) and now started o

Re: fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org: incompatible?

2009-07-05 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, Jul 05, 2009 at 01:47:58AM -0600, lee wrote: > Hi, > > is there an incompatibility between fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org > (writer)? I'm trying out fvwm (crystal) and now started openoffice to > open a document. fvwm-crystal can use several file managers. Which

fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org: incompatible?

2009-07-05 Thread lee
Hi, is there an incompatibility between fvwm-crystal and openoffice.org (writer)? I'm trying out fvwm (crystal) and now started openoffice to open a document. Starting openoffice works, but when trying to open a document with openoffice, nothing happens. The file selector should show up an

Re: how to change title bar width in twm or fvwm in etch

2007-10-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 06:02:12AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: > I find title bar too wide, but can't change it, though I have read > twm's manual. Thanks in advance! I thought that one of the 'advantages' of TWM is that you can't change anything. Why did you decide to use TWM? Doug. -- To U

how to change title bar width in twm or fvwm in etch

2007-10-05 Thread Serena Cantor
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Re: euro symbol in xterm (fvwm)

2007-09-30 Thread Steve Kleene
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:36:09 -0400, I asked how to select a font for xterms under fvwm that would display UTF8 codes. On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:37:38 +0200, Sjoerd Hiemstra replied: > This was discussed in this list some time ago. JW Stumpel pointed to > his site explaining how to

Re: euro symbol in xterm (fvwm)

2007-09-30 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Steve Kleene wrote: > I'm testing UTF8 performance on my Etch machine. Everything seems > fine with one exception: the Euro symbol doesn't display in my xterms This was discussed in this list some time ago. JW Stumpel pointed to his site explaining how to do it: "Configuring xterm for UTF-8".

Re: euro symbol in xterm (fvwm)

2007-09-30 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm updating my own post. On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:36:09 -0400, I asked how to select a font for xterms under fvwm that would display UTF8 codes, and I mentioned: > The problem is likely in my old ~/.fvwm2rc, which shows: > > Style * Font -adobe-times

euro symbol in xterm (fvwm)

2007-09-30 Thread Steve Kleene
I'm testing UTF8 performance on my Etch machine. Everything seems fine with one exception: the Euro symbol doesn't display in my xterms (under fvwm). If I go with iceweasel to http://www.unics.uni-hannover.de/nhtcapri/multilingual1.html a Euro symbol is nicely displayed. If

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-27 21:32:55, schrieb Michael Pobega: > Sounds pretty promising though. Besides running an xbindkeys > pseudo-daemon is there any way to set hotkeys in fvwm? I figure I'm > best off asking because fvwm is so configurable, I'd actually be > surprised if it didn'

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-26 16:50:07, schrieb Michael Pobega: > I've never liked Fvwm, it looked like it would take too long to > configure. I tried Fvwm-Crystal a while after, and it was pretty nice > in my opinion. It's an easy solution to a complicated configuration > process. ???

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-04-04 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-26 06:40:56, schrieb Hugo Vanwoerkom: > Hi, > > Having always had fvwm as window-manager, I decided to look at > fvwm-crystal and installed it. > > Fvwm-crystal may be *based* upon fvwm but it sure is not in the > *tradition* of fvwm. ??? -- "fvwm-crys

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Bannister
here any way to set hotkeys in fvwm? I figure I'm > best off asking because fvwm is so configurable, I'd actually be > surprised if it didn't have a way to set hotkeys from inside of it. > And I practically live off of hotkeys, so it would be very > appreciated, and def

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:11:37PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip interesting reviews of WMs] Fvwm: Too hard to configure for me, but from what I've seen it's an awesome window manager after reading through all of the docs. It takes

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-28 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:11:37PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip interesting reviews of WMs] Fvwm: Too hard to configure for me, but from what I've seen it's an awesome window manager after reading through all of the docs. It takes a day to a week to con

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-27 Thread Michael Pobega
On Wed, Mar 28, 2007 at 11:47:10AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:11:37PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: > [snip interesting reviews of WMs] > > [fvwm-crystal review] > > I'm running fvwm on my laptop (49M of RAM 1.2G HDD). I have to use the

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:11:37PM -0400, Michael Pobega wrote: [snip interesting reviews of WMs] > Fvwm: Too hard to configure for me, but from what I've seen it's an > awesome window manager after reading through all of the docs. It takes > a day to a week to configure how

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ion2: Arguably the lightest window manager available. I loved Ion2 and Have you tried OpenBox? Now its my WM of choice for super light environments. > Fluxbox: A nice window manager, I really only use it when I'm running Also nice. I used it before O

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-27 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Pobega wrote: >> So tell me, Why did you decide Window Maker was better than fvwm-crystal >> and what about other managers like blackbox or XFCE. All of them are >> lightweight according to what I have read. > Well, I&

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Pobega
> > So tell me, Why did you decide Window Maker was better than fvwm-crystal > and what about other managers like blackbox or XFCE. All of them are > lightweight according to what I have read. > > Personally I like KDE because it is so configurable and has a very > constan

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-26 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Pobega wrote: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:40:56AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Having always had fvwm as window-manager, I decided to look at >> fvwm-crystal and installed it. >> >> Fvwm-

Re: fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-26 Thread Michael Pobega
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 06:40:56AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > Having always had fvwm as window-manager, I decided to look at > fvwm-crystal and installed it. > > Fvwm-crystal may be *based* upon fvwm but it sure is not in the > *tradition* of fvwm. > >

fvwm vs. fvwm-crystal

2007-03-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Hi, Having always had fvwm as window-manager, I decided to look at fvwm-crystal and installed it. Fvwm-crystal may be *based* upon fvwm but it sure is not in the *tradition* of fvwm. In fvwm the centerpiece is the the config file, .fvwm2rc that you change with any editor to change

Re: fvwm

2007-03-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 09:18:52AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:33:33AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:12:27PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > > I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, >

Re: fvwm

2007-02-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:33:33AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:12:27PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >>> I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, &

Re: fvwm

2007-02-28 Thread Joe Hart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:12:27PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: >> I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, >> without messing with any configuration, it looks quite impressive. It

Re: fvwm (was: Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's weird close/quit behaviour)

2007-02-28 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 12:33:33AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:12:27PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > > I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, > > without messing with any configuration, it looks quite impressive. It >

Re: fvwm (was: Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's weird close/quit behaviour)

2007-02-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:12:27PM +0100, Joe Hart wrote: > I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, > without messing with any configuration, it looks quite impressive. It > seems faster than kde, which is a no-brainer since KDE is so demanding >

fvwm (was Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's ...)

2007-02-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 03:22:35PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > >>Do try it. :-) > >> > >>[1] It's a bit of a learning curve, _but_ with power/versatility comes a > >>huge manpage :-) > >> > > I am a fvwm devotee. Absolutely everything i

Re: fvwm (was: Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's weird close/quit behaviour)

2007-02-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 10:42:35 -0500 Celejar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:12:27 +0100 > Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [snip] > > > I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, > > without me

Re: fvwm (was: Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's weird close/quit behaviour)

2007-02-26 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:12:27 +0100 Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > I installed fvwm, and I'm running it in another session, I must say, > without messing with any configuration, it looks quite impressive. It > seems faster than kde, which is a no-brainer since

fvwm (was: Re: Firefox/Iceweasel's weird close/quit behaviour)

2007-02-25 Thread Joe Hart
;> everything is configurable (I can't change the foreground text color on >>>>> the items in the taskbar :( ). Oh well. >>>> You will love fvwm where everything _is_ configurable[1]. At the >>>> moment I have gold text on a blue background. A task b

Re: FVWM Question

2006-06-07 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Raphael Brunner wrote: Dear Users I tryed the fvwm-crystal window-manager and it looks very nice and usefull. But, I want to modify the menue-bar and customise other programs. But, I don't know where. I changed a lot of things in /usr/share/fvwm-crystal/Applications/... but, it seems li

Re: FVWM Question

2006-06-07 Thread Dimitar Vukman
On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 02:04:37 +0200 Raphael Brunner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone a good howto or a good start-doc where is what and how are > common ways to change settings like the menues? I use *common* fvwm, parhaps this will help: http://www.zensites.net/fvwm

FVWM Question

2006-06-05 Thread Raphael Brunner
Dear Users I tryed the fvwm-crystal window-manager and it looks very nice and usefull. But, I want to modify the menue-bar and customise other programs. But, I don't know where. I changed a lot of things in /usr/share/fvwm-crystal/Applications/... but, it seems like it don't hear on th

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

2006-04-06 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2006-04-05 18:32:38 -0500, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: > 3) VNC viewer does not work with fvwm 2.5. Is there a known work around. I use both VNC and fvwm (package version: 2.5.16-2), and I don't have any problem. I'm affected only by these fvwm bugs: 263945 (apparently due to

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

2006-04-05 Thread Marc Shapiro
I am also running fvwm 2.5.12 on a Sarge system with kernel 2.6.8. Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

2006-04-05 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
I am running Sarge and I got everything from official Debian using apt-get. The only thing that is not official is my .fvwm2rc which is the same as the one I used with all previous versions of fvwm. Regards Ramesh Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: Hi, I

Re: Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

2006-04-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: > Hi, > > I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer > find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. > Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help > to fix. > > 1) Each time I switch to a window on a di

Upgraded to FVWM 2.5 and I need help.

2006-04-05 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
Hi, I recently upgraded from fvwm 2.5 from 2.4.x because I can no longer find fvwm 2.4.x in stable. Since the upgrade, I noticed a couple of issues that I hope you can help to fix. 1) Each time I switch to a window on a different virtual area, it takes an unually long time before the

Re: minor fvwm config error in Sarge..

2006-03-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
g > /usr/share/pixmaps/gnome-eog.xpm > Which are referenced from: > /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook > seem to be an oversight of some kind. The "runlevel.png" file does not exist, > and > "gnome-eog.xpm" exists only as "gnome-eog.png". > &g

minor fvwm config error in Sarge..

2006-02-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Just doing some fine tuning of my X setup on Debian Sarge, and in an attempt to check the X configuration and reduce the volume of spurious error messages produced in the X log files I tried monitoring the diagnostic output from starting just fvwm. This produced the following messages: [EMAIL

Re: How to make an Alarm-Notice with X/Fvwm

2005-10-17 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
I do this with X or FVWM or other programs. XMessage doesn't look very nice. I would call that invoking a program that pops up a message. I did just that, but with Qt. I have a generalized popup program: *FvwmTaskBar: Button Icon mini-bomb.xpm, Action exec exec /home/hugo/GPC-Qt

How to make an Alarm-Notice with X/Fvwm

2005-10-16 Thread Andreas Tannert
Hello, my problem is not so difficult to solve I think/hope. I use gkrellm and I want to use the battery plugin to warn me if my notebookbattery is running out of power. Therefore I need a command that opens a X-Window only with a Frame and a Text inside. How can I do this with X or FVWM

Re: Can we define a Key Binding for mouse click in FVWM

2005-05-20 Thread BingYU
prob. solved It is a feature of X11 shift+numLock then press "5" On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:29:14AM -0400, Michael Marsh wrote: > On 5/19/05, BingYU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FVWM was well know for it's hightly configuration. It's have lots of >

Re: Can we define a Key Binding for mouse click in FVWM

2005-05-19 Thread Thomas Adam
--- BingYU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I use the hot key, It should just like Left Click of the mouse. I replied to you via the FVWM mailing-list, which is where this question ultimately belongs. > I googled a lot and find nothing. Again, see the 'FakeClick'

Re: Can we define a Key Binding for mouse click in FVWM

2005-05-19 Thread Michael Marsh
On 5/19/05, BingYU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FVWM was well know for it's hightly configuration. It's have lots of > keybinding > which enable me to do nearly every by Keyboard > > But one thing bother for I long time, I want a hot key binding badly: > When

Can we define a Key Binding for mouse click in FVWM

2005-05-19 Thread BingYU
Hi List FVWM was well know for it's hightly configuration. It's have lots of keybinding which enable me to do nearly every by Keyboard But one thing bother for I long time, I want a hot key binding badly: When I use the hot key, It should just like Left Click of the mouse. I goo

Re: Startinf fvwm

2004-12-25 Thread Sam Watkins
On Dec 26 2004, Sam Watkins wrote: > I do it the second way (more or less). If you start X with "startx" you > need to call the script ~/.xinitrc, if you use a display manager (gdm, > xdm or kdm) you need to call it ~/.xsession On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:09:27PM -0200, Rog?rio Brito wrote: > I us

Re: Startinf fvwm

2004-12-25 Thread Rogério Brito
On Dec 26 2004, Sam Watkins wrote: > I do it the second way (more or less). If you start X with "startx" you > need to call the script ~/.xinitrc, if you use a display manager (gdm, > xdm or kdm) you need to call it ~/.xsession I usually start X with "startx" (I don't like to use display managers

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