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Linux.com: Customizing FVWM Even More

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 2005

“In my last article on FVWM, the F Virtual Windows Manager, I
wrote about its basic setup, how to create a task bar, and how to
create your own menus. In this article I’ll be looking at further
ways of customizing the windows manager to improve the basic
desktop.

“We already looked at how to build customized menus, but before
we move on let’s have a look at the ones that come built in to
FVWM. As before, all code should be placed in the file
~/.fvwm/.fvwm2rc (or one of the files that it can call using the
Piperead command)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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