Journal shamino0's Journal: .fvwm2rc for a (more or less) MWM-like look-and-feel
ImagePath $HOME/images:/usr/share/icons
EdgeResistance 250 100
EdgeScroll 100 100
ClickTime 250
# make sure these fonts exist on your system:
WindowFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
IconFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
HilightColor black #0b0
DeskTopSize 1x1
ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
Emulate MWM
TitleStyle ActiveUp (CGradient 20 #fff #0b0 -- Raised) \
ActiveDown (CGradient 20 #fff #0b0 -- Raised) \
Inactive (CGradient 20 #fff #b00 -- Raised)
MenuStyle "*" Foreground black, Background grey70, Greyed grey40, MWM
MenuStyle "*" Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MenuStyle "*" HilightBack grey85, ActiveFore red
# default Styles:
Style "*" BorderWidth 6, HandleWidth 6
Style "*" Icon unknown1.xpm, Color black/#b00
Style "*" MWMButtons, MWMBorder, MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride
Style "*" DecorateTransient, NoPPosition
Style "*" IconBox 0 0 -0 -0, IconFill left bottom
Style "*" SloppyFocus
Style "*" RandomPlacement, SmartPlacement
# Styles for various Fvwm modules:
Style "Fvwm*" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "Fvwm*" BorderWidth 2, CirculateSkipIcon, CirculateSkip
# Styles for your common terminal emulator programs:
Style "XTerm" Icon xterm.xpm
# Styles for various common programs:
Style "*lock" NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "xbiff" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "xcalc" Icon xcalc.xpm, NoButton 2,RandomPlacement
Style "xmh" Icon mail1.xpm, NoIconTitle,StickyIcon
Style "xmh" RandomPlacement, NoButton 2
Style "xman" Icon xman.xpm, RandomPlacement
Style "xmag" Icon mag_glass.xpm, RandomPlacement
# some simple default key bindings:
Key Next A SCM Next [*] Focus
Key Prior A SCM Prev [*] Focus
# some simple default mouse bindings:
# for the root window:
Mouse 1 R A Menu RootMenu Nop
Mouse 2 R A WindowList
Mouse 3 R A Menu Window-Ops Nop
# for the title bar buttons:
Mouse 0 1 A Menu Window-Ops2 Close
Mouse 0 2 A Maximize-Func
Mouse 0 4 A Iconify
# for other parts of the window/borders/icons:
Mouse 1 FS A Resize-or-Raise
Mouse 1 T A Move-or-Raise-or-Maximize
Mouse 1 I A Move-or-Iconify
Mouse 2 I A Iconify
Mouse 2 FST A Menu Window-Ops2 Nop
Mouse 3 TSIF A RaiseLower
##################### Initialization Functions #####################
AddToFunc InitFunction "I" exec xsetroot -solid '#7af'
AddToFunc RestartFunction "I" exec xsetroot -solid '#7af'
######################## Menus ###################
AddToMenu RootMenu "Root Menu" Title
+ "XTerm" Exec exec xterm
+ "" Nop
+ "Programs" Popup Red_Hat_Linux
+ "Utilities" Popup Utilities
+ "" Nop
+ "Refresh Screen" Refresh
+ "Recapture Screen" Recapture
+ "" Nop
+ "Exit Fvwm" Popup Quit-Verify
AddToMenu Red_Hat_Linux "Programs" Title
PipeRead "wmconfig --output fvwm2"
AddToMenu Utilities "Utilities" Title
+ "Top" Exec exec xterm -T Top -n Top -e top
+ "Calculator" Exec exec xcalc
+ "Xman" Exec exec xman
+ "Xmag" Exec exec xmag
+ "Editres" Exec exec editres
+ "" Nop
+ "Emacs" Exec exec emacs
+ "Mail" MailFunction xmh "-font fixed"
+ "" Nop
+ "XLock" Exec exec xlock -mode random
+ "" Nop
+ "Reset X defaults" Exec xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults
AddToMenu Window-Ops "Window Ops" Title
+ "Move" Move
+ "Resize" Resize
+ "Raise" Raise
+ "Lower" Lower
+ "(De)Iconify" Iconify
+ "(Un)Stick" Stick
+ "(Un)Maximize" Maximize
+ "" Nop
+ "Delete" Delete
+ "Close" Close
+ "Destroy" Destroy
+ "" Nop
+ "Refresh Window" RefreshWindow
AddToMenu Window-Ops2 "&Move" Move
+ "&Resize" Resize
+ "R&aise" Raise
+ "&Lower" Lower
+ "(De)&Iconify" Iconify
+ "(Un)&Stick" Stick
+ "(Un)Ma&ximize" Maximize
+ "" Nop
+ "&Delete" Delete
+ "&Close" Close
+ "Destroy" Destroy
+ "" Nop
+ "ScrollBar" Module FvwmScroll 2 2
+ "Print" PrintFunction
+ "Print Reverse" PrintReverseFunction
AddToMenu Quit-Verify "Quit Fvwm2" Quit
+ "Restart Fvwm2" Restart fvwm2
######################## Sample Functions ##########################
AddToFunc MailFunction "I" Next [$0] Iconify -1
+ "I" Next [$0] Focus
+ "I" None [$0] Exec $0 $1
AddToFunc Move-or-Raise "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Lower
AddtoFunc Move-or-Raise-or-Maximize "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Maximize 100 100
AddToFunc Move-or-Raise2 "M" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc Maximize-Func "C" Maximize 0 100
+ "D" Maximize 100 100
AddToFunc Move-or-Iconify "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Iconify
AddToFunc Resize-or-Raise "I" Raise
+ "M" Resize
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc Resize-or-Raise2 "M" Raise
+ "M" Resize
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc PrintFunction "I" Raise
+ "I" Exec xdpr -id $w
AddToFunc PrintReverseFunction "I" Raise
+ "I" Exec xdpr 1/2 -h -rv -id $w
AddToFunc Iconify-and-Raise "I" Iconify
+ "I" Raise
# RLOGIN machine fg bg
AddToFunc RLOGIN "I" Exec xterm -fg $1 -bg $2 -e rlogin $0 -8
# TELNET machine fg bg
AddToFunc TELNET "I" Exec xterm -fg $1 -bg $2 -e telnet $0
AddToFunc FocusAndWarp "I" Focus
+ "I" WarpToWindow 2p 2p
AddToFunc DeiconifyFocusAndWarp "I" Iconify -1
+ "I" FocusAndWarp
AddToFunc ChangeDefaultFocus "I" Style "*" $0
+ "I" Recapture
EdgeResistance 250 100
EdgeScroll 100 100
ClickTime 250
# make sure these fonts exist on your system:
WindowFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
IconFont -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--12-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
HilightColor black #0b0
DeskTopSize 1x1
ColormapFocus FollowsMouse
Emulate MWM
TitleStyle ActiveUp (CGradient 20 #fff #0b0 -- Raised) \
ActiveDown (CGradient 20 #fff #0b0 -- Raised) \
Inactive (CGradient 20 #fff #b00 -- Raised)
MenuStyle "*" Foreground black, Background grey70, Greyed grey40, MWM
MenuStyle "*" Font -adobe-helvetica-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
MenuStyle "*" HilightBack grey85, ActiveFore red
# default Styles:
Style "*" BorderWidth 6, HandleWidth 6
Style "*" Icon unknown1.xpm, Color black/#b00
Style "*" MWMButtons, MWMBorder, MWMFunctions, MWMDecor, HintOverride
Style "*" DecorateTransient, NoPPosition
Style "*" IconBox 0 0 -0 -0, IconFill left bottom
Style "*" SloppyFocus
Style "*" RandomPlacement, SmartPlacement
# Styles for various Fvwm modules:
Style "Fvwm*" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "Fvwm*" BorderWidth 2, CirculateSkipIcon, CirculateSkip
# Styles for your common terminal emulator programs:
Style "XTerm" Icon xterm.xpm
# Styles for various common programs:
Style "*lock" NoTitle, NoHandles, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "xbiff" NoTitle, Sticky, WindowListSkip
Style "xcalc" Icon xcalc.xpm, NoButton 2,RandomPlacement
Style "xmh" Icon mail1.xpm, NoIconTitle,StickyIcon
Style "xmh" RandomPlacement, NoButton 2
Style "xman" Icon xman.xpm, RandomPlacement
Style "xmag" Icon mag_glass.xpm, RandomPlacement
# some simple default key bindings:
Key Next A SCM Next [*] Focus
Key Prior A SCM Prev [*] Focus
# some simple default mouse bindings:
# for the root window:
Mouse 1 R A Menu RootMenu Nop
Mouse 2 R A WindowList
Mouse 3 R A Menu Window-Ops Nop
# for the title bar buttons:
Mouse 0 1 A Menu Window-Ops2 Close
Mouse 0 2 A Maximize-Func
Mouse 0 4 A Iconify
# for other parts of the window/borders/icons:
Mouse 1 FS A Resize-or-Raise
Mouse 1 T A Move-or-Raise-or-Maximize
Mouse 1 I A Move-or-Iconify
Mouse 2 I A Iconify
Mouse 2 FST A Menu Window-Ops2 Nop
Mouse 3 TSIF A RaiseLower
##################### Initialization Functions #####################
AddToFunc InitFunction "I" exec xsetroot -solid '#7af'
AddToFunc RestartFunction "I" exec xsetroot -solid '#7af'
######################## Menus ###################
AddToMenu RootMenu "Root Menu" Title
+ "XTerm" Exec exec xterm
+ "" Nop
+ "Programs" Popup Red_Hat_Linux
+ "Utilities" Popup Utilities
+ "" Nop
+ "Refresh Screen" Refresh
+ "Recapture Screen" Recapture
+ "" Nop
+ "Exit Fvwm" Popup Quit-Verify
AddToMenu Red_Hat_Linux "Programs" Title
PipeRead "wmconfig --output fvwm2"
AddToMenu Utilities "Utilities" Title
+ "Top" Exec exec xterm -T Top -n Top -e top
+ "Calculator" Exec exec xcalc
+ "Xman" Exec exec xman
+ "Xmag" Exec exec xmag
+ "Editres" Exec exec editres
+ "" Nop
+ "Emacs" Exec exec emacs
+ "Mail" MailFunction xmh "-font fixed"
+ "" Nop
+ "XLock" Exec exec xlock -mode random
+ "" Nop
+ "Reset X defaults" Exec xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults
AddToMenu Window-Ops "Window Ops" Title
+ "Move" Move
+ "Resize" Resize
+ "Raise" Raise
+ "Lower" Lower
+ "(De)Iconify" Iconify
+ "(Un)Stick" Stick
+ "(Un)Maximize" Maximize
+ "" Nop
+ "Delete" Delete
+ "Close" Close
+ "Destroy" Destroy
+ "" Nop
+ "Refresh Window" RefreshWindow
AddToMenu Window-Ops2 "&Move" Move
+ "&Resize" Resize
+ "R&aise" Raise
+ "&Lower" Lower
+ "(De)&Iconify" Iconify
+ "(Un)&Stick" Stick
+ "(Un)Ma&ximize" Maximize
+ "" Nop
+ "&Delete" Delete
+ "&Close" Close
+ "Destroy" Destroy
+ "" Nop
+ "ScrollBar" Module FvwmScroll 2 2
+ "Print" PrintFunction
+ "Print Reverse" PrintReverseFunction
AddToMenu Quit-Verify "Quit Fvwm2" Quit
+ "Restart Fvwm2" Restart fvwm2
######################## Sample Functions ##########################
AddToFunc MailFunction "I" Next [$0] Iconify -1
+ "I" Next [$0] Focus
+ "I" None [$0] Exec $0 $1
AddToFunc Move-or-Raise "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Lower
AddtoFunc Move-or-Raise-or-Maximize "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Maximize 100 100
AddToFunc Move-or-Raise2 "M" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc Maximize-Func "C" Maximize 0 100
+ "D" Maximize 100 100
AddToFunc Move-or-Iconify "I" Raise
+ "M" Move
+ "D" Iconify
AddToFunc Resize-or-Raise "I" Raise
+ "M" Resize
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc Resize-or-Raise2 "M" Raise
+ "M" Resize
+ "D" Lower
AddToFunc PrintFunction "I" Raise
+ "I" Exec xdpr -id $w
AddToFunc PrintReverseFunction "I" Raise
+ "I" Exec xdpr 1/2 -h -rv -id $w
AddToFunc Iconify-and-Raise "I" Iconify
+ "I" Raise
# RLOGIN machine fg bg
AddToFunc RLOGIN "I" Exec xterm -fg $1 -bg $2 -e rlogin $0 -8
# TELNET machine fg bg
AddToFunc TELNET "I" Exec xterm -fg $1 -bg $2 -e telnet $0
AddToFunc FocusAndWarp "I" Focus
+ "I" WarpToWindow 2p 2p
AddToFunc DeiconifyFocusAndWarp "I" Iconify -1
+ "I" FocusAndWarp
AddToFunc ChangeDefaultFocus "I" Style "*" $0
+ "I" Recapture
