Solved TWM no window icons

[nxjoseph]

Hi. I am newbie on twm and I watched RoboNuggie's twm video and configured twm with the video. There is IconDirectory option but it didn't seem to work when I set it to ~/.icons (symlinked to /usr/local/share/icons/). This is how it look.

~/.twmrc

UsePPPosition
NoGrabServer
RestartPreviousState
DecorateTransients
OpaqueMove
WarpUnMapped
RandomPlacement
NoSaveUnders
MenuBorderWidth 1
TitleButtonBorderWidth 0

LeftTitleButton "resize.xbm"=f.resize
RightTitleButton "minimize.xbm"=f.iconify
RightTitleButton "maximize.xbm"=f.fullzoom
RightTitleButton "close.xbm"=f.delete

IconDirectory    "/home/yusuf/.icons/"
TitleFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
ResizeFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
MenuFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*"
IconFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"
IconManagerFont "-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-100-*-*-*-*-*-*"

NoTitle { "xclock" }
NoHighlight { "xclock" }

Color
{
    DefaultBackground    "maroon"
    DefaultForeground    "gray85"
    TitleBackground    "maroon"
    TitleForeground    "gray85"
    MenuBackground    "maroon"
    MenuForeground    "gray85"
    MenuTitleBackground    "gray70"
    MenuTitleForeground    "maroon"
    IconBackground    "maroon"
    IconForeground    "gray85"
    IconBorderColor    "gray85"
    IconManagerBackground    "maroon"
    IconManagerForeground    "gray85"
}

Cursors {
    Frame    "top_left_arrow"
    Title    "top_left_arrow"
    Icon    "top_left_arrow"
    IconMgr    "top_left_arrow"
    Move    "fleur"
    Resize    "fleur"
    Menu    "sb_left_arrow"
    Button    "hand2"
    Wait    "watch"
    Select    "dot"
    Destroy    "pirate"
}

MoveDelta 3
Function "move-or-lower" { f.move f.deltastop f.lower }
Function "move-or-raise" { f.move f.deltastop f.raise }
Function "move-or-iconify" { f.move f.deltastop f.iconify }

Button1 = : root : f.menu "defops"
Button2 = : root : f.menu "system"
Button3 = : root : f.menu "programs"
Button1 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-lower"
Button2 = m : window|icon : f.iconify
Button3 = m : window|icon : f.function "move-or-raise"
Button1 = : title : f.function "move-or-raise"
Button2 = : title : f.raiselower
Button1 = : icon : f.function "move-or-iconify"
Button2 = : icon : f.iconify
Button1 = : iconmgr : f.iconify
Button2 = : iconmgr : f.iconify
Button1 = : frame : f.resize

menu "defops"
{
"Twm"    f.title
"Iconify"    f.iconify
"Resize"    f.resize
"Move"    f.move
"Raise"    f.raise
"Lower"    f.lower
""    f.nop
"Focus"    f.focus
"Unfocus" f.unfocus
"Show Iconmgr"     f.showiconmgr
"Hide Iconmgr"    f.hideiconmgr
""    f.nop
"Xterm"    f.exec "exec xterm &"
""    f.nop
"Kill"    f.destroy
"Delete"    f.delete
""    f.nop
"Restart"    f.restart
"Exit"    f.quit
}

menu "programs"
{
"Programs"    f.title
"Firefox"    f.exec    "firefox &"
"Keepassxc"    f.exec    "keepassxc &"
"Sylpheed"    f.exec    "sylpheed &"
"Moc"        f.exec    "xterm -e mocp &"
"Xterm"        f.exec    "xterm &"
""    f.nop
"Internet"    f.menu    "internet"
"Office"    f.menu    "office"
"Multimedia"    f.menu    "multimedia"
""    f.nop
"Home"        f.exec    "rox &"
""    f.nop
"System"    f.menu    "system"
}

menu "system"
{
"Twm Config"    f.exec    "xterm -e ee .twmrc &"
}

 

[Erichans]

In the screenshot it complains about line 2 "ignoring unknown keyword : useppposition [...]"
twm(1):

	 UsePPosition string
	       This variable specifies whether or not twm  should  honor  pro-
	       gram-requested  location

You have a typo in .twmrc; try with exactly two "P"-s:

UsePPosition

 

[nxjoseph]

Thanks, I fixed the typo. I learnt that I can made my own bitmap images with graphics/xpaint, so, I did. It doesn't look good too much but they at least appear. I think there are missing bitmap images. I wonder where can i get those bitmap images.

 

[freethread]

Graham's TWM page contains some TWM configurations. At the end of the page there are links to icons and other stuff. At XWinMan there was other links but it appear broken.

 

[nxjoseph]

Graham's TWM page contains some TWM configurations. At the end of the page there are links to icons and other stuff. At XWinMan there was other links but it appear broken.

Thanks, I downloaded the icons from there and they seem nice.