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CUSTOMIZING your .zwgc.desc

You can control the look of the windowgrams you receive by creating a file
called ".zwgc.desc". You can copy the default .zwgc.desc file into your
directory by doing:

	cp  /usr/athena/share/zephyr/zwgc.desc  ~/.zwgc.desc

You then need to change the permissions on this file so that you can edit it
by typing:

	chmod  u+w  ~/.zwgc.desc

(You can find out more about the chmod command by typing: man chmod)
You may then modify your .zwgc.desc as you wish. There are samples of certain
modifications (saving all windowgrams to a file, filtering out certain
instances, etc.) available. To get to them:

	attach  zephyr
	cd  /mit/zephyr/attic/examples

To get a list of the available examples, type:

	ls

To view a file, type:

	more  filename

where filename is the name of the file you're interested in.
               
You can make the changes take effect immediately by typing:

	zctl  wg_read

There are also some examples in the dotfiles locker.  To get to those, do:

	attach  dotfiles	
	cd  /mit/dotfiles/Zwgc.desc

Then follow the same steps above for viewing these files.


last updated: 10/16/95

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