up Metisse: Using (0.4.0-rc4)

Introduction

Do not forget that Metisse is an experimental software!

First, just try it. There is a menu "WM Configuration" which allows to setup some parameters (e.g., move transparency), to change the windows look, to change the colours and to setup the panels.

For more customization you need to edit some text files (under ~/.fvwm-metisse/). There are sometimes comments in these text files which can help you, for a documentation on the syntax see the fvwm manual page. This configuration is a "demo" configuration not a "end-user" one. Such a configuration with a GUI tool is on the road.

To setup the applications you want to play with, edit applications (the programs menu and the functions which are used by the panels to start applications). If you are not happy with the fonts, edit fonts. If you want more (or less) than 9 pages (and 2 desks), edit desks. To change the menus look and feel, edit menustyles. To change the root and the window operations menu, edit menus. If you want to change the backgrounds, edit background. For global feel or specific window look and feel, edit styles. It is not recommended to edit metisserc, try to edit extra first. It is not so easy to edit panels (the panels definitions). After you have edited a file just restart (or read the appropriate file(s) and run the appropriate fvwm function(s) if you know what you do).

For colours copy colours/pastel_blue.theme to colours/your_colors_theme.theme, then reload the current colours theme (so that your_colors_theme appear in the wm configuration menu). Then, edit colours/your_colors_theme.theme and apply the changes by selecting your_colors_theme in the wm config menu. For window look and the window buttons copy window/Vectors.theme to window/your_window_theme.theme then reload the current window theme and edit window/your_window_theme.theme and (re)load via the config menu (take a look at the others window theme and use the functions in bindings-functions). Note that the best place to add images (in users space) is ~/.fvwm-metisse/images as it is in the fvwm image path.

Default Bindings

The default Mouse and Key bindings follow. For customization, try first to edit bindings-functions and if needed edit bindings. The main problem with bindings is that some key/mouse bindings can be intercepted by your regular window manager. For example, if you press "Alt-Tab", "the window list" menu of your running window manager (or desktop) pop up and not the fvwm window list. There is basically 3 solutions to this problem:

We recommend to use one of the 2 first solutions.

Here the default bindings (Super is the "Windows" key on a PC keyboard, 1 is the left button, 2 is the middle button, 3 is the right button, 4 and 5 are the "wheel buttons").

Root Mouse Bindings:

Anywhere, Root or Inside a Window:

Inside the Window:

Window Title Bar Bindings:

Window Borders Bindings:

Window Buttons Bindings:

Key Bindings:

Gesture Bindings:

Some Special Features

TBD.

UI Facades

TBD. See this page, however.