Re: How do I start up services in Fvwm without killing Debian-created configuration

[Steven Rosenberg <stevenhrosenberg@gmail.com>]

On 07/07/2011 06:28 PM, William Hopkins wrote:
> On 07/07/11 at 06:11pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:53 PM, William Hopkins<we.hopkins@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > On 07/07/11 at 05:35pm, Steven Rosenberg wrote:
> > > > Here's my problem: I generally run GNOME but want to run Fvwm on
> > > occasion.
> > > > In Debian, the Fvwm configuration is auto-generated. If I create my
> > > > own config file for Fvwm, all the menus generated by Debian go away.
> > > >
> > > > I want to start some services specifically in Fvwm, not in any (or
> > > > every) other window manager.
> > > >
> > > > Where (and how) do I start services/daemons in Fvwm without
> > > > disabling the Debian-generated Fvwm configuration?
> > >
> > > Can you give me an example of what you mean? Usually you use your
> > > .fvwm/config
> > > file and you can optionally source the system-wide stuff from there.
> > When I create ~.fvwm/config, all the Debian menus go away.
> >
> > How can I have a config file AND the auto-generated configuration and menus
> > from Debian ... AND preserve my config change when I log out and in again?
>
> [corrected top-posting]
>
> You include the debian menu in your local menu someplace, usually.
>    Try:
>    'Read /etc/X11/fvwm/menudefs.hook'

That sounds like a pretty good solution. I will give it a try.