NsCDE is a wrapper and a bunch of configurations, scripts and apps around FVWM. FVWM is in my opinion a model of free choice for people who like to have things set up by their own wishes and who are aware what real freedom of choice is. A stunning contrast to policies forced on Linux users in the last decade from the mainstream desktop players.
NsCDE is by default rooted in /usr/local/libexec/nscde
.
It is not using your existing $HOME/.fvwm
but sets $FVWM_USERDIR
to $HOME/.NsCDE
,
and uses /usr/local/etc/nscde
as a sources of configuration.
Configuration model is a bit complex, but very flexible: configuration options
are grouped in logical order. Configuration files are names
NsCDE-<group>.conf
. For example, NsCDE-Functions.conf
for FVWM functions. Each
configuration file can have two exclusive sources, and one additional. For
example, if user doesn't have $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE-Functions.conf
, then
/usr/local/etc/nscde/NsCDE-Functions.conf
is read as default. Additionally, if
$FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE-Functions.local
exists, it will be read in addition to
conf file, from wherever it was read. This is intended as a primary mechanism
for customization: If user doesn't need to override and change a lot of
"system" configuration, but just add it's own in addition to existing, local
file is place for such customization (of course, most parts of the existing FVWM
configuration can be overridden or destroyed and recreated even in local files.
One notable addon to this system of configuration is the way FVWM Styles are read.
In addition to reading $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE-Style.local
"early"
configuration in $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE-Style.override
will be read from
/usr/local/etc/nscde/NsCDE-Style.conf
just after applying general core
style for all applications (*) but before reading custom application
styles and prior to reading $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE-Style.local
.
This mechanism is intended for changing and overriding core style options which are not
customizable by the Window Style Manager. Putting core Style options
after NsCDE applications in the /usr/local/etc/nscde/NsCDE-Style.conf
are processed
can nullify overrides for that particular applications, this is why this mechanism is provided.
This file is not created in $FVWM_USERDIR
by setup procedure or Style
Managers, but it will be read if created manually.