Upon the first (successful) start, ~/.NsCDE,
that is
$FVWM_USERDIR
is created, and only icons subdirectory is created as
fvwm-menu-desktop is run. User will be presented with a first run NsCDE
setup wizard in plain default xterm terminal emulator and with default color theme
Broica in 8 colors. If Gkrellm program is installed, on
the system and found, it will be run too. Stalonetray and Dunst will be run if installed
and enabled by the user during the wizard process. Stalonetray and Dunst colors and fonts
will be handled internally by Color Style Manager and Font Style Manager when theme or font
is changed and the same goes for Gkrellm, rofi, Firefox, Thunderbird or any 3rd party program
integrated with NsCDE color and font theme. X compositor picom(1) is offered disabled by default,
but if user decides to enable it on initial configuration or later, it will make one-time copy
of modest example configuration file as $FVWM_USERDIR/Picom.conf
.
Initial setup wizard is a simple script ($NSCDE_DATADIR/bootstrap) from the terminal which will run automatically and will set up the following:
X resources in ~/.NsCDE
Default background color (pre-FvwmBacker) from default theme
Default ~/.NsCDE/NsCDE.conf
Default ~/.NsCDE/GeoDB.ini
~/.icons/default/index.theme
(default X cursor scheme)
~/.gtkrc-2.0
~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
~/.themes/NsCDE
~/.config/Trolltech.conf
~/.config/qt5ct/qt5ct.conf
~/NsCDE/Stalonetray.conf if it does not exist yet
~/NsCDE/Dunst.conf if it does not exist yet
~/NsCDE/Picom.conf if it does not exist yet and if picom is enabled
Visual Pager NsCDE addon Option
Disable or enable XscreenSaver
Disable or enable use of the XSETTINGS xsettingsd daemon
Disable or enable use of Rofi Launcher on Alt+F12 if installed
Enable NsCDE to remember last used page on workspace if selected
Enable FVWM3 diagnostic logging by default or not
Configure favorite X file manager, if desired
Configure favorite X text editor, if desired
There are more options in $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE.conf
which can be edited
after first setup finishes, and during the desktop operation.
Note that no file from the above list will be overwritten if it already exists in it's place. It will be skipped, but GTK and Qt theme integration files will be edited with $NSCDE_TOOLSDIR/confset to change theme and settings. This settings can be further edited with Color Style Manager, or with the tools from other desktop environments. After bootstrap script finishes setup, default color (Broica) and font theme will be applied.
After the initial theme is applied, Gtk and Qt themes regenerated and integrated with NsCDE,
bootstrap script will ask user to press RETURN to exit. This is for user's
convenience to read output of the setup for informative and/or diagnostic reasons. It isž
advised that after this setup $FVWM_USERDIR/NsCDE.conf
is further edited, for example
InfoStoreAdd internal FVWM variables for terminal
, browser
,
docsbrowser
, taskmgr
, printmgr
to
user's favorite programs for mentioned functions.
Layout of the $FVWM_USERDIR
after the initial
setup should look like this:
app-defaults/
backdrops/
palettes/
fontsets/
templates/
photos/
backer/
backer/bgcache
GeoDB.ini
icons/
icons/NsCDE/
Backdrops.fvwmgen
Colorset.fvwmgen
NsCDE.conf
NsCDE.rasi
tmp/
Xdefaults
Xdefaults.fontdefs
Xdefaults.local
Xdefaults.mouse
It is advised to logout and login from the X session after finishing initial setup and check if everything looks ok. Also, it is a good idea to start using programs from the menu and examine environment around, before customizing Subpanels, and Front Panel, running Style Manager (2nd button right of the Workspace Manager on the Front Panel) to customize other aspects of the interface. NsCDE is now ready for everyday work.