Gimme that old time interface...

[Ben Scott]

On Nov 15, 2007 9:30 AM, TARogue <tom at tarogue.net> wrote:
> I couldn't even find the right places to put my file edits from 1.x ...

  I assume you mean what and where in the config file.  And not where
the actual file was supposed to go.  :)

  Basically, with FVWM 2, a lot of things were made more generic, to
support more flexible styles on windows, selective styles, more
flexible menus, etc.  So while a lot of the concepts and syntax are
similar, the actual syntax is almost completely incompatible.  It's a
usually a fairly straight-forward migration process, but it hits
everything in the file.

> ... it's not something I want to take the time to try again.
> ... [In version 1], I know where to go to fix/edit to my liking in one quick session. ...

  There's a lot to be said for the above.  Indeed, that's a big part
of what this thread is about: Adapting the computer to oneself, rather
than the other way around.

>>> I had to restore my laptop to Fedora Core 3, since upgrading to 7
>>> also upgraded FVWM to FVWM2.
>>
>>   ...?  I'm pretty sure FVWM 1.x still compiles on recent distros.
>>
>
> I had FVWM 1, it got "up"graded to 2.

  Right.  What I meant was, you should be able grab the FVWM 1 RPM and
install it on the newer Fedora.  Possibly, you would need to grab the
SRPM and run a quick "rpm build --rebuild fvwm-1.x.src.rpm" to update
the binary for newer libraries.  But it should be a pretty easy thing.

  Of course, if Fedora 3 is doing everything you like, and security
updates are not a major concern for whatever reason, I guess there is
no reason to upgrade.  :)

-- Ben