Mixed Theme Package
for FVWM
about
The Mixed Theme Package is a package of themes for the FVWM window manager. Currently the package contains two three four nine fifteen themes.
screenshots
1920x1200, 1280x1024
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1920x1200, 1280x1024
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Features
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requirements
Everything has been tested with FVWM 2.6.3, 2.5.30 and 2.5.26. But it should also work with any newer version.
Xterm is used as terminal emulator. The shell scripts are written with Bash in mind. The Bitstream Vera font family is used as the default font. This font family is part of most GNU/Linux distributions and other UNIX-like systems. The corresponding package under Debian is called ttf-bitstream-vera. ImageMagick is used for thumbnailing iconified windows and for converting the wallpapers to PNG. You will also need the XSwitchRes utility if you want to change the screen resolution through the resolution sub menu. If you want drop shadows then you have to setup the composite manager xcompmgr first [1], [2]. The Gentoo Linux Wiki gives some good advices for setting up xcompmgr. The xcompmgr support can then be enabled via the xcompmgr sub menu. And finally, a nice looking cursor theme for X is the industrial-cursor-theme. Another required utility is RootTiler for X, which is used for drawing the icon box on to the root window.
| name | debian |
|---|---|
| xterm | xterm |
| Bash | bash |
| Bitstream Vera | ttf-bitstream-vera |
| ImageMagick | imagemagick |
| XSwitchRes | - |
| xcompmgr [1], [2] | xcompmgr |
| Industrial Cursor Theme | industrial-cursor-theme |
| RootTiler for X | - |
configuration
The installation process is described in the INSTALL file. And information about how to configure and customize the package to your own needs can be found in the file CUSTOMIZE.
There is also a patch which reduces the height of all menu separator lines to one pixel. The BUILD file describes how to apply this patch to the source code of FVWM and how to compile the result.
license and credits
The whole package can't be released under a single license. The problem here is that each wallpaper was released under different terms. And some of them aren't compatible with each other, so a single license can't fit them all. To fix this issue, each theme is now released under the license of the used wallpaper. Please see the following table for full details. It should be OK to bundle and distribute everything together in a single tarball. But don't forget: IANAL.
Note: The wallpapers of the green stripes and the grey stripes theme are not included into the package. They are for personal use ony and must be downloaded separately from the wallpaper section of Louie Mantia's website. See the INSTALL file for instructions.
changelog
- Added air1 theme.
- Added air2 theme.
- Added blue stripes theme.
- Added cable theme.
- Added elegant stripes theme.
- Added wheat theme.
- Added FvwmRearrange.
- Updated for FVWM 2.6.
- Updated key bindings.
- Updated mouse bindings.
- Updated green stripes theme for 1920x1200.
- Updated grey stripes theme for 1920x1200.
- Updated pink theme for 1920x1200.
- Updated waitingroom theme for 1920x1200.
- Configuration clean up.
- Added some suggestions from Thomas Adam.
- Added green stripes theme.
- Added grey stripes theme.
- Added pink theme.
- Added deer theme.
- Added waiting room theme.
- Configuration clean up.
- Added meadow theme.
- Added xcompmgr support.
- Added date to clock script.
- Added green theme.
- Added clock script.
- Removed icon box.
- First public release.