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psofa Guru
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 485
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: fvwm n00b! |
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ive seen some screenshots and fvwm appears to be great! however this isnt the case with the default theme .So where do i start my configuration from? how can i choose the theme that i want etc! Dont tell me to look at the fvwm thread i saw fvwm rcs applied them but i dont get any fancy decoration so can someone point me where to look? _________________ psofa |
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theBlackDragon l33t
Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 768 Location: Belgium
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psofa Guru
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 485
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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lol it says:
themes
coming soon
this has to be the most furstrating thing ive done! i thinks i know what the f stands for (and thats not friendly!) _________________ psofa |
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theBlackDragon l33t
Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 768 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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The best way is to start from scratch or using taviso/ikaro's configs, they're pretty wel documented, but don't expect them to fully work on you system (due to system configuration differences)... They're great as a reference though.
I think taviso once had a guide online, but it has dissapeared:(
Sorry I couldn't really help:( _________________ Fvwm|Fvwm forum |
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psofa Guru
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 485
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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ok can u then tell me how to use one of the predefined configs? (i emerged fvwm-themes) _________________ psofa |
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Rainmaker Veteran
Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 1650 Location: /home/NL/ehv/
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I believe there's an fvwm-themes-extra too... _________________ If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit. |
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kostja Apprentice
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 261 Location: D, 69239 Neckarsteinach
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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psofa wrote: | ok can u then tell me how to use one of the predefined configs? (i emerged fvwm-themes) |
U hava just to copy his .fvwm2rc file in your $[HOME]/.fvwm
then try to read: http://fvwm.org/documentation/manpages/unstable/ _________________ Registered Linux User #356484 |
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psofa Guru
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 485
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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i dont see a fwmrc file in the themes
barton Sessions # ls /usr/share/fvwm/themes/osx
README buttons images modules theme-name.cfg
background colors menustyle modules.cfg windowlook _________________ psofa |
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collosi n00b
Joined: 10 May 2004 Posts: 8 Location: Whittier, CA
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Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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i believe its a hidden directory, don't forget the period before you type "fvwm2rc"
Code: | # /home/your_user_name/.fvwm2rc |
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make sure you read the man pages and the online doc, it's a must for fvwm. _________________ hi =) |
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theBlackDragon l33t
Joined: 23 Nov 2002 Posts: 768 Location: Belgium
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 7:19 am Post subject: |
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I don't know how you use fvwm-themes, it's something with predefined themes which imho defeats fvwm's purpose of being über configurable.
You could just grab taviso's fvwm2rc from here or ikaro's from here and then move it to a .fvwm directory in your home directory.
As I said, don't expect everything to work, you might lack programs that are used in scripts etc. _________________ Fvwm|Fvwm forum |
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psofa Guru
Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 485
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:20 am Post subject: |
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the only thing that changes with the fvwmrc is the right menu and the cursor! how teh fcuk do i change the window decoration _________________ psofa |
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codemaker Guru
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 398 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:34 am Post subject: |
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Ah! Another victim of cute fvwm screenshots. I also emerged it to try it. I spent a couple of hours around it and couldn't do much...
fvwm looks promissing but it lacks good documentation. I keep reading about themes but can't find anywhere how to apply them!!
I don't have the time right now but I'll keep watching this thread. |
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nevynxxx Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 1123 Location: Manchester - UK
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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try emerging the fvwm-crystal theme, this has an installer fvwm-crystal-install.sh which you run, it asks some questions, and you have a quite nice setup.
Then you can start playing. I would recomend regular backups of the fvwm2rc though, then when you get infuriated with something not working, and you can't even get it to change back, you can just replace the file _________________ My Public Key
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codemaker Guru
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 398 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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I tried that and I got this while emergeing
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make: *** [habak] Error 1
!!! ERROR: x11-misc/habak-0.2.1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 17, Exitcode 2
!!! make failed
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nevynxxx Veteran
Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 1123 Location: Manchester - UK
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:30 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm...whats habak when its at home? Sorry can't help you there, I just emerged all the fvwm themes in one job lot, and installed crystal to start playing, havn't even changed anything yet. _________________ My Public Key
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crovax123 Apprentice
Joined: 08 Jun 2004 Posts: 159
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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i have a litle the same problem
but when i try to emerge fvwm-cristal i get the following error mesage
Quote: | Calculating dependencies
!!! all ebuilds that could satisfy "fvwm-crystal" have been masked.
!!! possible candidates are:
- x11-themes/fvwm-crystal-1.0.3_pre1 (masked by: ~keyword)
- x11-themes/fvwm-crystal-1.0.1 (masked by: ~keyword)
!!! Error calculating dependencies. Please correct.
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codemaker Guru
Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 398 Location: Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 8:09 pm Post subject: |
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Add
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x11-themes/fvwm-crystal ~x86
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to your /etc/portage/packages.keywords file |
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PseudoRE n00b
Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 39
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Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:02 am Post subject: |
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i had the same problem when starting out
and i actully never figured out how to use the themes but crystal worked well and helped a lot actully
habak is just used to set the root window wallpaper
it might just be easiest to take taviso's .fvwm2rc file and put it in your .fvwm folder though. that way you can atleast see a some what nice looking wm even though everything probably wont work right with out a little tweaking of his config |
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