enhanced motif window manager + GNUS on Debian 11.

  • Borgzilla@lemmy.caOPEnglish
    2·
    1 year 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·
      1 year 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?