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Feline/Fucking Virtual Window Manager 2 configuration 

Introduction 

Launch Fvwm2 as a user and use the setup form to get the defaults, or 

cd ~/.fvwm/

ls -l /usr/local/etc/system.fvwm2rc.dist

mv /usr/local/etc/system.fvwm2rc .fvwm2rc

cp .fvwm2rc .fvwm2rc.dist

Configuration 

Configure your window manager, 

cd ~/.fvwm/

vi .fvwm2rc

add for example, 

#

# Additional configuration (add below to overwrite previous configs)

#

# Note. Using 'MouseFocusClickRaises' instead of a direct mouse binding (like

# mouse 1 W A raise) because the latter would catch the click in the window.  You

# don't want that.

Style *         MouseFocusClickRaises

Style *         ResizeOpaque

# (window to move may be as big as the screen area, say 100%)

OpaqueMoveSize 100

# Make it harder to switch screens (new syntax!)

EdgeResistance 500

        Style * EdgeMoveDelay 500

        Style * EdgeMoveResistance 500

# Click on title bar ==> Raise

# Move on title bar ==> Move

# Double click on title bar ==> Maximize

# what about mouse 0 2 A ?  I forgot.

addtofunc titlebar

+ I raise

+ M move

+ D maximize

#mouse 0 2       A       maximize

mouse 1 T       A       titlebar

# Alt+move on the application window ==> Move

# Alt+double click on the app window ==> Maximize

addtofunc appwindow

+ M move

+ D maximize

mouse 1 W       M       appwindow

mouse 3 W       M       resize

# Alt+1,2,3,4 to switch pages on a virtual desktop

# Note. The keyboard shortcuts are relative to a French keyboard.  Use 'xev' to

# find out the relevant shortcuts you.

key ampersand A M       gotopage 0 0

key eacute    A M       gotopage 0 1

key quotedbl  A M       gotopage 1 0

key apostrophe A M      gotopage 1 1

# Alt+F4 to close.  Sorry but I'm also used to MS Windows, which isn't so bad for

# workstation usage.

key F4  A       M       close

You may also want to tune your virtual terminals, 

cd ~/

cat > .Xresources <<EOF9

XTerm*background:dimgray

XTerm*foreground:white

XTerm*font:fixed

XTerm*geometry:80x55

XTerm*scrollBar_right:1

!XTerm*scrollBar:0

EOF9

Note. use ‘xrdb’ to reload those.