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[EMWM] Debian 11 (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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enhanced motif window manager + GNUS on Debian 11.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you give a little more info on what apps are running in this shot?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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'.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My .emwmrc is the default one. Here is my Xdefaults (I don't use Xresources): https://pastebin.com/raw/0SYYETQg

and my .xinitrc: https://pastebin.com/raw/5YKQQZLa

I manually start X11 with startx.