How do I configure twm?
If you put a file named “system.twmrc” in the same folder as the twm program on your computer, the twm program will read configuration settings from it. Consult the documentation, man page, etc. for twm to learn what to put in system.twmrc to configure twm. Note that the current version of MI/X for MacOS does not support the launching of X clients from a twm menu. This may be forthcoming in later versions. • Q: I’ve made an unfortunate configuration change that causes MI/X to hang, now each time I try to start MI/X, it crashes without even letting me get to the Preferences dialog to fix the configuration. What do I do? A: If you hold the
The MI/X distribution comes with a file named tntserv.twm. This is twm’s configuration file. To learn the format of tntserv.twm, consult the documentation, man page, etc. for twm. If you wish to create a custom format for twm, you can make a configuration file with any name, and direct twm to use it instead of its default configurations. This is done by using the -f option, i.e. twm -f myconfigfile.twm Note, that for reasons too complicated to explain, the twm executable that is distributed with MI/X is named mixwm.exe.
