[JWM] JWM configuration teaks

Felix Karpfen fm_27.ka at webone.com.au
Fri Oct 19 18:25:28 CDT 2007


* Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net> [20.10.07 00:03]:
>> However, I have set my "desktop count=8" and routinely use at least four 
>> (one for programs launched from an xterm, one for a web-browser, one for 
>> a news-reader and one for a file manager).  These show up as 
>> <buttons|pagers> (?) next to the "JWM" button.
>> 
>> Is it possible to put labels on these 4 buttons?   If so, how?
>
>The man page is unclear about this to me. I don't see any way to tell it 
>what number, but it appears that the order works. This worked for me:
>
>      <!-- Virtual Desktops -->
>      <!-- Name tags can be contained within Desktops for desktop names. -->
>      <Desktops count="3">
>              <Desktop name="first"/>
>              <Desktop name="second"/>
>              <Desktop name="third"/>
>      </Desktops>   ????
>
Without the queried </Desktops> - which does not have a matching opening tag on my version (jwm 1.5):

Two tries; two failures!

a) entries <Desktop name="..."/>
| felixk at carrot ~]$ jwm -p
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[8]: invalid tag in Menu: Font
| JWM: warning: invalid border width specified: 1
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[112]: invalid tag in JWM: Clock
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[123]: invalid tag in JWM: Menu
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[143]: invalid tag in JWM: Desktop
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[144]: invalid tag in JWM: Desktop
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[145]: invalid tag in JWM: Desktop
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[146]: invalid tag in JWM: Desktop


b) entries <DesktopName="..."/>
| [felixk at carrot ~]$ jwm -p
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[8]: invalid tag in Menu: Font
| JWM: warning: invalid border width specified: 1
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[112]: invalid tag in JWM: Clock
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[123]: invalid tag in JWM: Menu
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[143]: invalid tag in JWM: DesktopName
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[144]: invalid tag in JWM: DesktopName
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[145]: invalid tag in JWM: DesktopName
| JWM: warning: /etc/jwm/jwmrc[146]: invalid tag in JWM: DesktopName


JWM still loads, but the buttons remain blank :-(.


Felix


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