FVWM 2.5.x Decors

FVWM is a fast, stable, and marvelously configurable window manager, but because the default configuration is plain, people get the notion that you can't do much with it. But with a bit of poking around in the manpage, a few pixmaps, and much playing around with configuration files, almost anything is possible. You may think my taste odd, but here are some themes I've made.

Here's a screenshot showing the Glass decor. I'm using FvwmPager and making a toolbar out of a FvwmButtons swallowing a FvwmIconMan. The FvwmIconBox module is being used to control the clutter of the Gimp's many icons. The function for changing themes is in menuB3.fvwm.

The tarball to download (486K) includes all the configs, and the pixmaps except for the wallpapers. The links below will help you get those.

ABC	Award
Emerald	Celtic
Glass	Water
Wine	Gold Leaf
Leather	Blue-Gray
Marble	Pink Pearl
Purple and Silver	Rainbow
Blue Wing	Wood
Red and Gold	Starry
Silver	Springtime
Stone Age	Apple Aqua

My setup allows changing decors without restarting. It's done quite simply, with no perl scripts or extra programs. For modularity, the .fvwm2 configuration files are organized as follows:

rc.fvwm -> icons.fvwm
           iconbox.fvwm
           buttons.fvwm
           menuB1.fvwm
           menuB2.fvwm
           menuB3.fvwm -> aquamarine.decor
                             .
                             .
                             .
                          wood.decor


    

The backgrounds you see peeking through the transparent Eterms aren't freely distributable, but many can be obtained for free at their creators' sites. The majority of the themes were designed to go with Layne Karkruff's (Blue Sky Heart Graphics) Desktop Consoles.^TM

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