Fvwm Theme

- Theme

fvwm-theme (not to be confused with the FVWM Themes project, which you should really check out before running my jerry-rigged scripts :-) is a Perl script which handles background setting, window decor switching, and terminal-theme switching. It also stores the current settings in ~/.fvwm-theme so that they can be restored at next startup. I didn't really design the thing for public consumption when I wrote it, so you may have to tweak it a bit if you want to put it to work on your own system. Take a look at the stuff under "Configurable Constants" especially.

fvwm-theme works from the directory /usr/local/share/fvwm-theme, henceforth dubbed $SHARE_DIR. Wallpapers go under $SHARE_DIR/backgrounds (which can be hierarchical, if you like to sort your backgrounds into categories), window decoration themes under $SHARE_DIR/decors, each in its own subdirectory, and terminal themes under $SHARE_DIR/terms. The qiv image viewer is used to set wallpaper but you can easily change this if you want.

fvwm-theme also supports "meta themes"--files under $SHARE_DIR/themes which specify an option for each theme component.

Here's a sample terminal theme file:

backgroundPixmap=/usr/local/share/pixmaps/wood.xpm
background=white
foreground=black
bold=#800000
red=#602010
green=#005038
yellow=#003810
blue=#000060
magenta=#600080
cyan=#407080
white=#D0D0D0

(Two possible options not seen above are "transparent" and "shading=<N>%".)

And here's a sample meta-theme file:

background=tux/bluespace.png
decor=e17
term=transparent_dark_bg

Below are some of the window decorations I use, gathered and converted from other WM's theme sites. "Elberg" was converted by Adam Weinberger, the rest by me. "Eazel Forest" and "Playstation Green" are my own creations, insofar as fiddling with the color of an existing theme counts as "creation" ;-) If you are the author of any of these themes and object to my distribution of it, or just want me to include a license, let me know.

To use any of these themes with fvwm-theme, unpack the downloaded tarball into $SHARE_DIR/decors.

Active Titlebar (shaded)	Download
	Eazel
	Eazel Blue
	Eazel Forest
	Micro GUI
	QNX
	Sweetpill Crowberry
	Sweetpill Jade
	Crux
	Crux Blue
	Blue Metal
	Ice
	Brushed Metal
	Fluxbox
	Flat
	Elberg
	Playstation Blue
	Playstation Green
	E17 (active)
	E17 (inactive)
	Chromium
	Helix
	Mechasan
	Galaxy
	23oz
	Bebop
	Industrial
	Win XP