The menu in the upper-left corner is emwm’s application launcher (Similar to IRIX’s toolchest)
The two iconified apps are GIMP and Librewolf
The main app is Emacs running the Gnus news client
The clock in the upper-right corner is customised xclock
The system monitor is called xosview
The goal was to create a classic Unix environment that I could use as my daily driver. Motif may not get much love nowadays, but I like the thick frame and the fact that clicking the small square minimises the program instead of closing it. If I really need to close a program, I can either press Meta+F4 or click the minus sign and click ‘Close’.
Thanks. I’m trying to get started with EMWM but am a bit confused. I’m looking for a default configuration to work from. Is ~/.emwmrc all I need or are changes to ~/.Xresources also required?
Could you please share your config so I might learn more about setting it up?
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The goal was to create a classic Unix environment that I could use as my daily driver. Motif may not get much love nowadays, but I like the thick frame and the fact that clicking the small square minimises the program instead of closing it. If I really need to close a program, I can either press Meta+F4 or click the minus sign and click ‘Close’.
Thanks. I’m trying to get started with EMWM but am a bit confused. I’m looking for a default configuration to work from. Is ~/.emwmrc all I need or are changes to ~/.Xresources also required?
Could you please share your config so I might learn more about setting it up?
My .emwmrc is the default one. Here is my Xdefaults (I don’t use Xresources): https://pastebin.com/raw/0SYYETQg
and my .xinitrc: https://pastebin.com/raw/5YKQQZLa
I manually start X11 with startx.