enhanced motif window manager + GNUS on Debian 11.

  • Borgzilla@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Sure:

    • The menu in the upper-left corner is emwm’s application launcher (Similar to IRIX’s toolchest)
    • The two iconified apps are GIMP and Librewolf
    • The main app is Emacs running the Gnus news client
    • The clock in the upper-right corner is customised xclock
    • The system monitor is called xosview

    The goal was to create a classic Unix environment that I could use as my daily driver. Motif may not get much love nowadays, but I like the thick frame and the fact that clicking the small square minimises the program instead of closing it. If I really need to close a program, I can either press Meta+F4 or click the minus sign and click ‘Close’.

    • pfr@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Thanks. I’m trying to get started with EMWM but am a bit confused. I’m looking for a default configuration to work from. Is ~/.emwmrc all I need or are changes to ~/.Xresources also required?

      Could you please share your config so I might learn more about setting it up?

      • Borgzilla@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        My .emwmrc is the default one. Here is my Xdefaults (I don’t use Xresources):

        `!!! !!! Motif Resources: !!!

        !!! XFT font rendering: *renderTable: xft *xft.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT *xft.fontName: Liberation Sans *xft.fontSize: 10 *xft.fontStyle: Italic

        xmtoolboxrenderTable: xft xmtoolboxxft.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT xmtoolboxxft.fontName: Liberation Sans xmtoolboxxft.fontSize: 10 xmtoolboxxft.fontStyle: Italic

        Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault Xft.hintstyle: hintfull Xft.hinting: 3 Xft.antialias: 1

        EmwmrenderTable: xft Emwmxft.fontType: FONT_IS_XFT EmwmfontName: Liberation Sans EmwmfontSize: 10 Emwmmenu.fontSize: 10 Emwm.fontStyle: Italic EmwmrenderTable.title.fontStyle: Bold Italic EmwmmoveOpaque: true EmwmiconClick: false EmwmiconPlacement: left bottom tight EmwmiconPlacementMargin: 10 EmwmiconDecoration: label image EmwmiconImageMaximum: 50x50 EmwmclientactiveBackground: #8b7183 Emwmclientbackground: #5a555a EmwmiconactiveBackground: #8b7183 Emwmiconbackground: #5a555a Emwmfeedbackbackground: #5a555a Emwmbackground: #5a555a EmwmframeStyle: slab EmwmmoveThreshold: 1

        !!! !!! Application-specific resources: !!! !!! XClock resources: EmwmXClock.clientDecoration: border XClockforeground: #8b7183 XClockbackground: #5a555a XClockrender: true XClock*geometry: 100x100-10+10 XClock.Clock.minorColor: #5a555a XClock.Clock.hourColor: #8b7183 XClock.Clock.minuteColor: #8b7183

        !!! XTerm resources: XTermloginShell: true XTermmetaSendsEscape: true XTermforeground: #cccccc XTermbackground: #5a555a XTermallowBoldFonts: false XTermscrollBar: false XTermselectToClipboard:true XTermfaceName: Hack XTerm*faceSize: 10 Xcursor.size: 22

        XFile.variable.terminal: xterm -hold -e XFile.variable.textEditor: nedit XFile.variable.imageViewer: ximaging XFile.variable.imageEditor: gimp XFile.variable.audioPlayer: smplayer XFile.variable.videoPlayer: smplayer XFile.variable.pdfViewer: xpdf XFile.variable.webBrowser: librewolf `