Felix Finch <fe...@crowfix.com> writes: > All this discussion of the task bar, auto hide, and what is hateful > about fvwm 3 (!) reminds me ... > > used to run Slackware, then Gentoo, then that machine needed > replacement and I got a System76 Oryx laptop with a double density > screen. Runs Ubuntu because my last experience trying to maintain > gentoo for proprietary hardware was discouraging. I tried running > fvwm -- do not like Ubuntu, but I can cover up most of its idiocies -- > but fvwm does not know about the double density, and I get labeling so > small that I literally had to use a magnifying glass to find how to > exit. > > I also realized my fvwm config was really old, and have managed to > mangle the Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 window managers into acceptable > shape. But I'd really rather go back to fvwm. So two questions: > > Is there any way to tell fvwm to double up everything? Whether this > is some X configuration I know nothing of, or some fvwm secret sauce, > either is fine. > > And how much has fvwm config changed in 15 years? Is this fvwm 3 > available? I figure I ought to start from scratch, read up on > everything, rather than try to remangle my ancient config.
Recently I went from a 1600x1200 monitor to a 3840x2160 monitor. Fvwm was the least of my problems. Just go into your config and choose larger fonts. Search for the string "font" and substitute something larger. Here are the 4 lines I ended up changing: *FvwmIdent: Font "xft:Mono:bold:antialias=True:pixelsize=24" MenuStyle "*" Font "xft:FreeSans:bold:antialias=False:pixelsize=22" Style "*" Font "xft:FreeSans:bold:antialias=False:pixelsize=24" Style "*" IconFont "xft:FreeSans:bold:antialias=True:pixelsize=20" I also used the FvwmForm dialog to get FvwmForm to use larger fonts. You won't find FvwmForm in fvwm3. :( An old config should work pretty well. Mine was born in 1996 and is pretty much the same as it was then, except that I changed to a more modern font syntax a pretty long time ago. -- Dan Espen
