Re: Applications menu for Fvwm
On Thu, 03 Oct 1996 14:47:56 +0300 Lars Wirzenius (liw@iki.fi) wrote:
> Philippe Troin:
> > We'll be faced with the same problem as with /etc/skel.... What about
> > if users copy the wm file and modify it (which is quite common) ?
>
> This is already solved by /etc/X11/fvwm2/system.fvwm2rc. Users
> shouldn't need to copy it, unless they do something really
> complicated. Users do not need ~/.fvwm2rc to customize their
> Debian fvwm2 setup anymore. Read /usr/doc/fvwm2/debian.README.sysrc.gz
> for more info.
In what version of fvwm2 is this implemented ?
> > I suggest using a meta comment, like this:
> > #---DEBIAN-UPDATE-CONFFILE---
>
> That is the wrong solution. Trust me. It only leads to problems
> when people delete the line by mistake.
I know this is not trivial. In a later post, I suggested include
files as an alternate solution. Fvwm2 provides preprocessors
front-end, but what about other wms ?
Phil.
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