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Offline alu

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flwm - some questions
« on: May 17, 2009, 07:08:01 AM »
i am using tc-2.0-rc2 and i have some questions regarding flwm:

- background: how to set it?
- .jwm* files: are they useful now with flwm? or can i delete them?
- .xsession shows: exec "${DESKTOP:=jwm}"; do i have to change it with flwm?
- appbrowser: don't get closed either by pressing the close button on the window, or by pressing alt-delete

tanks for flwm, it's nice.

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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2009, 08:03:58 AM »
- background: flwm doesn't handle those, so it needs an external utility. We have xsetroot in the base, but it can only set a single color (no gradients or pics). An extension should soon be available near you (xsri or esetroot probably)
- .jwm* - not needed unless you use jwm
- .xsession - that syntax means that if DESKTOP is not set, use jwm. Since it's set to FLWM, nothing needs to be done
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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2009, 08:35:08 AM »
thanks, nice wm

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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2009, 08:56:42 AM »
Your backup  will likely overwrite .xession and .desktop.
.desktop should now be wm: flwm

You can compare the new .xsession by looking at /etc/skel/.xsession
Not only does the new .xsession default to flwm, but there is a call to xsetroot
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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2009, 11:52:51 AM »
yes, it does like this. i was just wondering about the line in .xession regarding DESKTOP, i did not know its meaning. flwm is a really nice wm, the more i use it, the more i like it. perhaps one question more: is there a possibility to customize it a bit? for example, i would like to keep a clock visible somewhere, and i am browsing to find tips but with no success yet. thanks

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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2009, 12:27:25 PM »
The only barriers that can stop you are the ones you create yourself.

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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2009, 02:37:06 PM »
thanks, however i am not so fan of it. by the way, it seems that fl_picsee is now flpicsee, so that the link in ~/.wmx/Tools/Picture Viewer should be /usr/bin/flpicsee, don't you think?

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Re: flwm - some questions
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2009, 01:51:31 AM »
two things more with flwm:

1. as i load one application locally with appbrowser, i get all application in one window; i don't like this since i am often working with 5-7 apps at the same time, and don't want to put them all in their respective window each time when i am loading an app;

2. wbar sometimes doesn't show up, sometimes does, i don't know why