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Re: Etch upgrade and keyboard in WindowMaker



On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 09:36:48PM -0400, cga2000 wrote:
> 
> Do a "locate WindowMaker"  .. that's the name of the main config file
> .. case-sensitive .. If you don't have updatedb set up as yet .. you
> could do a "find / name WindowMaker -print".
                     ^^^^

Should be -name (notice the dash).  This is what I found:

~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker

However, now that I have fixed the keyboard bindings by hand, I am not
sure if they are new additions or if there was something else there
before.

> 
> It's a good idea to know where you config file live.
> 
:-)

> 
> Try to locate wmaker's config files and copy them to a backup
> directory.  One of the rare weaknesses I have found with wmaker is a
> marked propensity to wipe their contents.  
> 
> But then after losing them a few times and recreating them by hand --
> twenty desktops .. 50+ dockapps .. nice bloated config .. now that I
> have a backup, it hasn't happened again.
> 
> Go figure  :-)
> 
I had a problem with that some years ago.  The state would get corrupted
and cause a segfault whenever WindowMaker restarted.

Regards,

-Roberto
-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez
http://people.connexer.com/~roberto
http://www.connexer.com

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