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Re: More (not so) dummy questions from a new / old user
I am in a good mood today:
Daniel Feiglin <dilogsys@inter.net.il> writes:
> 1. What config file do you edit to install a programme into one of the
> fvwm95 menus?
<snip>
> Attempt to RTFM resulted in nothing useful.
Even though it's all in the man pages. Excerpts:
During initialization, fvwm95 will search for a configura-
tion file which describes key and button bindings, and a
few other things. The format of these files will be
described later. First, fvwm95 will search for a file
named .fvwm2rc95 (or just .fvwmrc based on how it was com-
piled - .fvwm2rc95 is the default) in the users home
directory. Failing that, it will look for
/usr/lib/X11/fvwm/.fvwm2rc95 for system-wide defaults. If
that file is not found, fvwm95 will be basically useless.
<...>
The initialization configuration file is typically called
".fvwm2rc95". By using the "Read" built-in, it is easy to
read in new configuration files as you go.
The man page explains also how to add items to menus etc.
> 3. Tradition has it that PATH automatically includes your current
> working directory.
<snip>
> RTFM and 2 Linux kilo-books yielded nothing.
I don't know what tradition you are talking about. Putting the
current directory (or any directory writable by others) in PATH is a
security hole, and any decent UNIX book would mention that. The
security problem is relatively minor for a regular user account (if
the current directory is the last in PATH), but one shouldn't do that
for superuser or any other sensitive account.
Sorry, I can't answer your other questions off-hand. Hope it helps.
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Oleg Goldshmidt goldshmt@netvision.net.il
BLOOMBERG L.P. (BFM) oleg@bfr.co.il