flwm Version 0.25 ---------------------------------------------------------------- How to compile flwm: ---------------------------------------------------------------- You need fltk. If you do not have it yet, download it from http://fltk.easysw.com, and compile and install it. To customize flwm (for instance to turn on click-to-type), edit the config.h file. Type "./configure" (not necessary if you have gmake) Type "make" Become superuser and type "make install" If you wish to edit the code, type "make depend" ---------------------------------------------------------------- How to run flwm: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Flwm should be run by X when it logs you in. This is done by putting a call to flwm into the file ~/.xinitrc. With any luck you already have this file. If not try copying /usr/X11/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc. Edit the file and try to remove any call to another window manager (these are usually near the end). Recommended contents of ~/.xinitrc: #!/bin/sh xsetroot -solid \#006060 xrdb .Xresources # <xset, xmodmap, other configuration programs> flwm & WindowManager=$! # <xterm, other automatically-launched programs> wait $WindowManager ALLOWING THE WINDOW MANAGER TO EXIT W/O LOGOUT: That is the most user-friendly but it logs you out when flwm exits, which means it logs out if flwm crashes (:-)) and you cannot switch window managers. Another possibility is to run another program last so flwm can exit, by putting lines like this at the end: /usr/local/bin/flwm -x & exec rxvt -geometry 80x11+8-8 -C -T "Ctrl-D_to_logout" The -x tells flwm to put "exit" on the menu rather than "logout". REDHAT USERS: You may want to run the program "./flwm_wmconfig". This will read RedHat's window manager menu configuration files and build an initial .wmx directory so you have a large set of menu items that run programs. SGI IRIX: You need to edit the file ~/.xsession instead of ~/.xinitrc. SGI's version of XDM has a nice feature so that the window manager can still have a logout command, but you are not logged out if it crashes. This is done by running the programs "reaper" and "endsession", as in this sample .xsession file: #! /bin/sh xsetroot -solid \#004040 xrdb .Xresources reaper flwm -x & xwsh -console -t console -iconic & Also create the file "~/.wmx/Logout" with these contents: #! /bin/sh endsession The result will be that flwm has a menu itme "Logout" that logs you out. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Usage: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Type "man flwm" for the manual page. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Acknoledgements ---------------------------------------------------------------- This program was inspired by and much code copied from the "wm2" window manager by Chris Cannam <cannam@zands.demon.co.uk> Code contributions by Steve );Hara-Smith <steveo@iol.ie> ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright (C) 1998-1999 Bill Spitzak ---------------------------------------------------------------- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. Written by Bill Spitzak spitzak@d2.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- END ----------------------------------------------------------------
