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Configuring IceWM themes

* go to root/
* turn on hidden windows from ROX
* go to the .icewm hidden folder
* then into the theme
* and edit as text the default theme text/config file

Window Managers with Special Effects

Window managers (WM) control the placement & appearance of windows. The default WM in Puppy is JoesWindowManager JWM, a very light and basic but effective WM. However there are many other window managers (& windowing systems and desktop environments) available and some offer special effects like transparency & 3D. Primary examples are:

Understanding these Effects

To get an idea of the difference these effects can make to how to use your computer, static pictures alone won't help.
See below for some info, links, videos etc to find out more.

Beryl

Originally a fork of Compiz. Now officially re-merged into Compiz to create Compiz-Fusion. Some people still prefer Beryl.


Compiz

Now merged with Beryl into Compiz-Fusion, but still available as Compiz Core, without Fusion additions.

Compiz-Fusion

The "hot" special effects window manager, with many plug-ins to add different effects.

Metisse

A somewhat different concept from straightforward 3D WMs like Compiz-Fusion. Apparently lighter on computer resources than the Compiz family.
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Project Looking Glass

3D desktop environment using Java3D.

Xfwm

Xfwm is the default WM of the Xfce desktop environment, capable of true transparency & shadows. While not as flexible as Metisse or Compiz-Fusion, it is very stable.


eg. root/.icewm/themes/Venusian/default theme

Puppy Linux Mini How-to  

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 What is a WM?
WM means "Windows Manager".
'Windows Manager' + 'File Manager' = 'Explorer' in Win XP

The windows Manager that comes with Puppy 1.0.5 is called JWM. Personally I prefer another WM called IceWM (available as a DotPup), which is very easy to use. FVWM95, the default WM prior to version 1.0.5, is now available as a PupGet package. The behaviour of WM is steered by configuration files, e.g. for jwm this is /root/.jwmrc. They are loaded once the graphical desktop boots up. So if you make changes to these files, you may need to restart the WM (e.g. by Start -> Shutdown -> Restart...)

 IceWM
Install:

All modifying can be done by editing the config files 
in /root/.icewm (hidden).

Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/keys (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'. See a sample file here.
Set Preference:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/preferences. Use the search function of any text editor to find the item you want to change.
  • Example: # ShowTaskBar=1 # 0/1 this entry means that task bar is shown by default, to hide the task bar, change the line to: ShowTaskBar=0 # 0/1 symbol '#' is used to comment out the line, you need to remove it after making any changes.
  • More
Window Options:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/winoptions
  • Example: mozilla-bin.dTitleBar: 0 = don't show Mozilla's title bar
  • More
Start Menu:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/menu
  • Example: prog Bubbles ballorange16 bubbles.tcl below the line menu Games face-win24 { will add a program called "Bubbles" in the Games sub-menu, with the icon "ballorange16" (located in /usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons). Click on the entry will execute "/usr/local/bin/bubbles.tcl"
  • More
Usage:
  • Press 'Ctrl+Esc' to bring up the Start Menu. Move the menu and sub-menus up and down by rolling the mouse wheel.
  • Press 'Ctrl+Alt+Space' to get a quick command line in task bar
  • To put an icon on the right side of the task bar: right-click a window's title bar and select Tray Icon.
  • If you don't want IceWM set the background, exit to the prompt (Ctrl+backspace) and restart X by typing "startX icewm"
Themes:
  • If the theme is available as a DotPup, install it like you would with any DotPup. If you downloaded a theme.tar.gz file from somewhere else: 1. From the start menu select "Utilities --> guiTAR archiver" (or TkZip) 2. Open the downloaded file 3. Extract the file. It extracts to a new folder. 4. Move the whole folder to: /root/.icewm/themes 5. Your new theme will appear in the 'Themes' menu of the start menu.
  • Create your own theme
 Jwm
Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit /root/.jwmrc (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'.
  • For example, adding this line: <Key key="F1">exec:dillo /usr/share/doc/index.html to root/.jwmrc, Puppy help pages will popup when you press F1.
  • To run rxvt by pressing Ctrl+F2 you can use <Key mask="C" key="F2">exec:rxvt
  • C is the modifier to use Ctrl+ key combinations. Other alternatives would be: "S" shift+key, "M" alt+, "SC" shift+control+key
  • More explanation
  • Since Puppy 1.0.5 we now has a GUI configuration tool, jwmConfig. Launch from the menu: Start -> Control Panel -> JWM configuration.
 Fvwm95
Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit root/.fvwm95rc (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'.
  • For example, adding this line: Key F1 A A Exec dillo /usr/share/doc/index.html to root/.fvwm95rc, Puppy help pages will popup when you press F1.
  • If you configure your keys here, they can not be used in applications. So you might want to setup more rarely used keys. To run rxvt by pressing Ctrl+F2 you can use Key F2 A C Exec rxvt
  • See the difference to the example above ? C is the modifier to use Ctrl+ key combinations. Other alternatives would be: "A" single key, "S" shift+key, "M" alt+, "SC" shift+control+key, ... see the .fvwmrc95rc for other examples.
 XFCE
Install:
  • Download it from this page. Click to install. See the page for more information.
  • You also need to download the xinitrc.pup from the same page. This will ask you to overwrite .xinitrc, click on ok.
  • Please reboot before and immediately after installation.
  • To start XFCE: - kill X (press ctrl+alt+backspace) - type: xwin xfce4 - to start XFCE with ROX as the icon manager type   xwin xfce-rox instead
  • To start JWM: - kill X (press ctrl+alt+backspace) - type: startx jwm
 Other Window Managers
Using a WM other than the default one can be risky.    - Rox Filer  
  - PupGet
  - Dotpup
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Goodies
  - Games
  - Linux Tutorial
  - More
Links
  - Puppy
  - Others
Miscellaneas
  - Misc
 What is a WM?
WM means "Windows Manager".
'Windows Manager' + 'File Manager' = 'Explorer' in Win XP

The windows Manager that comes with Puppy 1.0.5 is called JWM. Personally I prefer another WM called IceWM (available as a DotPup), which is very easy to use. FVWM95, the default WM prior to version 1.0.5, is now available as a PupGet package. The behaviour of WM is steered by configuration files, e.g. for jwm this is /root/.jwmrc. They are loaded once the graphical desktop boots up. So if you make changes to these files, you may need to restart the WM (e.g. by Start -> Shutdown -> Restart...)

 IceWM
Install:

All modifying can be done by editing the config files 
in /root/.icewm (hidden).

Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/keys (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'. See a sample file here.
Set Preference:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/preferences. Use the search function of any text editor to find the item you want to change.
  • Example: # ShowTaskBar=1 # 0/1 this entry means that task bar is shown by default, to hide the task bar, change the line to: ShowTaskBar=0 # 0/1 symbol '#' is used to comment out the line, you need to remove it after making any changes.
  • More
Window Options:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/winoptions
  • Example: mozilla-bin.dTitleBar: 0 = don't show Mozilla's title bar
  • More
Start Menu:
  • Edit /root/.icewm/menu
  • Example: prog Bubbles ballorange16 bubbles.tcl below the line menu Games face-win24 { will add a program called "Bubbles" in the Games sub-menu, with the icon "ballorange16" (located in /usr/local/lib/X11/mini-icons). Click on the entry will execute "/usr/local/bin/bubbles.tcl"
  • More
Usage:
  • Press 'Ctrl+Esc' to bring up the Start Menu. Move the menu and sub-menus up and down by rolling the mouse wheel.
  • Press 'Ctrl+Alt+Space' to get a quick command line in task bar
  • To put an icon on the right side of the task bar: right-click a window's title bar and select Tray Icon.
  • If you don't want IceWM set the background, exit to the prompt (Ctrl+backspace) and restart X by typing "startX icewm"
Themes:
  • If the theme is available as a DotPup, install it like you would with any DotPup. If you downloaded a theme.tar.gz file from somewhere else: 1. From the start menu select "Utilities --> guiTAR archiver" (or TkZip) 2. Open the downloaded file 3. Extract the file. It extracts to a new folder. 4. Move the whole folder to: /root/.icewm/themes 5. Your new theme will appear in the 'Themes' menu of the start menu.
  • Create your own theme
 Jwm
Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit /root/.jwmrc (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'.
  • For example, adding this line: <Key key="F1">exec:dillo /usr/share/doc/index.html to root/.jwmrc, Puppy help pages will popup when you press F1.
  • To run rxvt by pressing Ctrl+F2 you can use <Key mask="C" key="F2">exec:rxvt
  • C is the modifier to use Ctrl+ key combinations. Other alternatives would be: "S" shift+key, "M" alt+, "SC" shift+control+key
  • More explanation
  • Since Puppy 1.0.5 we now has a GUI configuration tool, jwmConfig. Launch from the menu: Start -> Control Panel -> JWM configuration.
 Fvwm95
Define Hotkeys:
  • Edit root/.fvwm95rc (backup first!). It's in a hidden directory. To see the directory, right-click in Rox, choose 'Display -> Show Hidden'.
  • For example, adding this line: Key F1 A A Exec dillo /usr/share/doc/index.html to root/.fvwm95rc, Puppy help pages will popup when you press F1.
  • If you configure your keys here, they can not be used in applications. So you might want to setup more rarely used keys. To run rxvt by pressing Ctrl+F2 you can use Key F2 A C Exec rxvt
  • See the difference to the example above ? C is the modifier to use Ctrl+ key combinations. Other alternatives would be: "A" single key, "S" shift+key, "M" alt+, "SC" shift+control+key, ... see the .fvwmrc95rc for other examples.
 XFCE
Install:
  • Download it from this page. Click to install. See the page for more information.
  • You also need to download the xinitrc.pup from the same page. This will ask you to overwrite .xinitrc, click on ok.
  • Please reboot before and immediately after installation.
  • To start XFCE: - kill X (press ctrl+alt+backspace) - type: xwin xfce4 - to start XFCE with ROX as the icon manager type   xwin xfce-rox instead
  • To start JWM: - kill X (press ctrl+alt+backspace) - type: startx jwm
 Other Window Managers
Using a WM other than the default one can be risky. 
Use at your own discretion. If encounters problem, 
press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill X and type startx jwm 
to switch back to the default WM.

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