fvwm-themes-devel — Developing FVWM Themes

Continuing to develop fvwm-themes

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 04 Mar 2008 14:35:23 +0000, Thomas Adam wrote:
> 
> [ Dropped fvwm-themes-users from the Cc list, per request. ]
> 
> On 04/03/2008, Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> wrote:
> > Just to clarify, I spoke about help with maintaining all numerous themes,
> >  scripts and configurations. fvwm-themes is complex enough, so probably
> >  only me and Olivier understand it wholly. But anyone may learn it too.
> 
> Right -- and this was the assumption I was also under.  I've been
> tracking FVWM-themes for a very long time, and know a lot about its
> internals.  I also know Perl well, for my sins.
> 
> >  Alex and 6 more people already have write permissions in cvs. I may add
> >  Thomas as a project developer with needed permissions after he creates a
> >  SourceForge account and tells me the unix name. Waiting for good commits.
> 
> Well, I've created an account with a username of:
> 
> thomasadam

I added it. You may freely update fvwm-themes/ and fvwm-themes-web/.

> Beyond that I don't know anything about how to use sourceforge.  I
> presume this is what you needed to know?

I think you may access all needed info from your SourceForge page where
you will see all your projects as well.

> To get this started, what is it that needs doing?  FVWM-themes 0.70
> has been about for ages; are there any plans to release what's
> currently in CVS?

The plans were to continue to update and improve everything and keep
fvwm-themes synchronized with fvwm features. Basically fvwm-themes was
developed by me and Olivier and we implemented what we saw the most
useful for ourselves and possibly for others. I believe it slowed down
because we were too busy and it was not too fun anymore, and possibly
because we reached some happeness with the existing code.

How can it be continued? Well, one of the scenarios is similar to what
was done with wm-icons that was not developed for years. Mikko Heiskanen
came and told me he wants to add several nice png-based icon-sets and to
make some more improvements (including a completely new web page), but he
needs an assistence with this. I have a time to assist. So we cooked
together the wm-icons-0.4.0 release.

Other scenarios are possible too. If someone takes all the organization
care and decent development, then he will naturally become the main
developer. Or alternatively, if someone may make me or Olivier motivited
once again, we may spend more time on fvwm-themes and all together cook
some good release.

I'll write another email on the plans. The Olivier comments are welcome.

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: [FVWM-Themes] transparent themes in fvwm-themes

[Thomas A. <tho...@gm...>]

[ Dropped fvwm-themes-users from the Cc list, per request. ]

On 04/03/2008, Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> wrote:
> Just to clarify, I spoke about help with maintaining all numerous themes,
>  scripts and configurations. fvwm-themes is complex enough, so probably
>  only me and Olivier understand it wholly. But anyone may learn it too.

Right -- and this was the assumption I was also under.  I've been
tracking FVWM-themes for a very long time, and know a lot about its
internals.  I also know Perl well, for my sins.

>  Alex and 6 more people already have write permissions in cvs. I may add
>  Thomas as a project developer with needed permissions after he creates a
>  SourceForge account and tells me the unix name. Waiting for good commits.

Well, I've created an account with a username of:

thomasadam

Beyond that I don't know anything about how to use sourceforge.  I
presume this is what you needed to know?

To get this started, what is it that needs doing?  FVWM-themes 0.70
has been about for ages; are there any plans to release what's
currently in CVS?

-- Thomas Adam

Re: [FVWM-Themes] transparent themes in fvwm-themes

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 04 Mar 2008 20:48:36 +1030, Alex Wallis wrote:
> 
> Thomas Adam wrote:
> > Hello --
> > 
> >> On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  This is my fault. This theme is in cvs for a long time, but I
> >>>  never had a time to release fvwm-themes-0.7.1.
> >>>
> >>>  Packing the tarball for a new version is not a problem, but
> >>>  maintaining all themes is something that takes time. Volunteers
> >>>  and maintainers are needed to continue this project. I may help
> >>>  with everything needed.
> > 
> > I can't find Mikhael's original email (did it even make it to the
> > list?) but I would be willing to accept responsibility of maintainer
> > for this project, if there's no one else expressing an interest.
> > 
> > Having spoken to Alex Wallis (awol) on IRC, he's said that he too
> > will continue in his current role of helping out where he can, and
> > thinks I'd be a good candidate to maintain this project.
> > 
> > Opinions/objections?
> > 
> > -- Thomas Adam
> 
> Since I am responsible for talking Thomas into volunteering I
> wholeheartedly support him in this. I am also willing to provide more
> input and new ideas and help out with any required tasks as necessary
> to keep this project alive.

Just to clarify, I spoke about help with maintaining all numerous themes,
scripts and configurations. fvwm-themes is complex enough, so probably
only me and Olivier understand it wholly. But anyone may learn it too.

Alex and 6 more people already have write permissions in cvs. I may add
Thomas as a project developer with needed permissions after he creates a
SourceForge account and tells me the unix name. Waiting for good commits.

Let's continue this topic on fvwm-themes-devel list, if needed.

Regards,
Mikhael.

installation using DESTDIR not working correctly

[Klaus H. <k....@ja...>]

Hi,

I am trying to install fvwm-themes into a temporary directory DESTDIR
and get the following error:

  PATH="/pkgsrc-clean/wm/fvwm-themes-new/work.i386/.destdir/usr/pkg/bin:/usr/pkg/bin:$PATH";
  /pkgsrc-clean/wm/fvwm-themes-new/work.i386/.destdir/usr/pkg/bin/fvwm-themes-config --site --reset
  No theme.cfg for default found
  *** Error code 2

It looks like the command

  PATH="$(DESTDIR)$(bindir):$(FVWM_BINDIR):$$PATH"; \
  $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fvwm-themes-config --site --reset

in the Makefile does not take into account that all the files were
installed to the temporary directory DESTDIR and tries to find theme.cfg
in the running system (/usr/pkg/share/fvwm2/.. in my case) instead.

The same problem would occur if the variables BUILD_MENUS, GNOME_ICONS
and KDE2_ICONS were set to "yes" in the Makefile and the commands
fvwm-themes-menuapp and fvwm-themes-images would try to run.


ciao
     Klaus Heinz

Re: Gaim in menus-programs

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 01 Dec 2005 07:42:27 -0800, Mihai Giurgeanu wrote:
> 
> Please consider adding gaim to the menus-programs. I
> am using the following configuration:
> 
> + "Gaim%gaim-mini.png%"			Exec exec gaim

It is not problem to do this, except that fvwm-themes/wm-icons have no
icon "gaim-mini", but something like "chat" or "network".

The menus are quite outdated, someone should just add many more programs
(fvwm-themes-menuapp leaves only actual apps on the user's system).

Regards,
Mikhael.

Gaim in menus-programs

[Mihai G. <gm...@ya...>]

Please consider adding gaim to the menus-programs. I
am using the following configuration:

+ "Gaim%gaim-mini.png%"			Exec exec gaim

The path to gaim is: /usr/bin/gaim (default
installation in gentoo)

Thank you,
Mihai



		
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Re: FVWM: [friedel@nomaden.org: Style "Fvwm*" (and others) in default theme]

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 13 Nov 2005 14:10:45 +0100, Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs wrote:
> 
> I tried to send the following mail to the fvwm-themes list a while
> ago, but I failed to notice that it is a subscription-only list.
> 
> I suggest that the documentation of fvwm-themes be updated to include
> a non-subscription bugreport address.

You may use a SF bugtracker or this list if you don't want to subscribe.

> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:56:21 +0100
> To: fvw...@li...
> Subject: Style "Fvwm*" (and others) in default theme
> 
> I still use the style of the default theme and I wondered why my
> firefox window got sticky all the time when I looked at the fvwm
> forums on http://fvwm.lair.be/.
> 
> Then I noticed the following line in
> /usr/share/fvwm/themes/default/styles:
> 
> Style "Fvwm*"          Sticky, Title, Handles, WindowListHit, CirculateSkip
> 
> It's probably not such a good idea to set something like this in the
> default theme :c)

Agree. This line causes confusion and will be removed.

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: Translate to chinese

[Fernando H. <xs...@gm...>]

2005/9/6, Li Qi <hus...@gm...>:
>=20
> Mikhael,
>=20
> I am a software engineer, I can do it :-)
>=20
> Regards,
> Qi


Me too , in portuguese :)




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Re: Translate to chinese

[Li Qi <hus...@gm...>]

Mikhael,

I am a software engineer, I can do it :-)

Regards,
Qi

On 9/6/05, Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> wrote:
>=20
> On 06 Sep 2005 17:51:12 +0800, Li Qi wrote:
> >
> > Can I help you? I can translate the menus in fvwm-themes into Simplifie=
d
> > Chinese.
>=20
> Sure, if you are familar with the technical terms, you are welcome.
> Once the framework is set up (I hope, soon), it will be similar to fvwm:
>=20
> ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/devel/sources/po/fvwm.zh_CN.po
>=20
> Regards,
> Mikhael.
>

Re: Translate to chinese

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 06 Sep 2005 17:51:12 +0800, Li Qi wrote:
> 
> Can I help you? I can translate the menus in fvwm-themes into Simplified 
> Chinese.

Sure, if you are familar with the technical terms, you are welcome.
Once the framework is set up (I hope, soon), it will be similar to fvwm:

  ftp://ftp.fvwm.org/pub/fvwm/devel/sources/po/fvwm.zh_CN.po

Regards,
Mikhael.

Translate to chinese

[Li Qi <hus...@gm...>]

Hi,

Can I help you? I can translate the menus in fvwm-themes into Simplified=20
Chinese.
: )

Li Qi

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> I am configuring a minimal desktop for my parents, and so I got more
> motivation to work on fvwm-themes. :) I think RedmondXP theme is quite
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Translation of menus in fvwm-themes

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

I am configuring a minimal desktop for my parents, and so I got more
motivation to work on fvwm-themes. :) I think RedmondXP theme is quite
usable for this purpose (with some new fvwm features added in cvs).

What I want to do is to translate menus and other configuration parts.
This was mentioned already here, and I expect for some help:

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=4765975&forum_id=6205

How many people here want to translate menu labels to native languages?

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: New theme.

[<mni...@mo...>]

>>>>> "Mikhael" == Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> writes:

> On 07 Aug 2004 15:32:43 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
>>  I have created my own theme. Is this list still active? How do I
>> get it or parts of it incorporated into fvmw? Some things were
>> shamelessly stolen from other themes.  Here is a screenshot:
>> 
>> http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif

> fvwm-themes has a lot of themes, someone should maintain them.

> If you create your own theme and it is nice and works perfectly with
> components from other themes, you may get a write access to maintain
> your theme directly in cvs. Then it may be available in the next
> version of fvwm-themes.

> Alternativelly, instead of managing your theme in cvs, you may just
> create a theme using fvwm-themes-config --create-pack (see the man
> page), and add a download link on some web page, so anyone could
> install your theme by "fvwm-themes-config --install". I may then
> link to your page.

I have placed it here, in all it's current glory:

http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/ft-mojosoft-0.7.x.tar.gz

Actually many aspects were just copied, buttons, title bars etc. What
I like about it is the pager (see
http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif)


regards, 

mojo

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	when I mess things up."

Re: New theme.

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 10 Aug 2004 23:30:55 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Mikhael" == Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> writes:
> 
> > On 07 Aug 2004 15:32:43 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
> >>  I have created my own theme.
> 
> > fvwm-themes has a lot of themes, someone should maintain them.
> 
> > If you create your own theme and it is nice and works perfectly with
> > components from other themes, you may get a write access to maintain
> > your theme directly in cvs. Then it may be available in the next
> > version of fvwm-themes.
> 
> > Alternativelly, instead of managing your theme in cvs, you may just
> > create a theme using fvwm-themes-config --create-pack (see the man
> > page), and add a download link on some web page, so anyone could
> > install your theme by "fvwm-themes-config --install". I may then
> > link to your page.
> 
> I have placed it here, in all it's current glory:
> 
> http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/ft-mojosoft-0.7.x.tar.gz

I installed it using "fvwm-themes-config --install --site ...tar.gz".
And selected it from the menu. It didn't work very well. Restart fixed
most of the problems though.

The problems with this theme:

* you include a lot of backup files into tarball
* you should not include components bindings, settings, startup, styles
  into you theme. Instead you may start/stop things or define/undefine
  bindings in modules/main, and define module styles in modules/styles
* you don't do anough clean up, so if I select another theme (say @migo),
  some things remain from your theme that should not
* menu is unreadable on the top of the screen, it also flashes with white
  because you use "bg white", there are several solutions here

P.S. I don't have a lot of time in August, so my answers may be late.

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: New theme.

[<mni...@mo...>]

>>>>> "Mikhael" == Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> writes:

> On 07 Aug 2004 15:32:43 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
>>  I have created my own theme. Is this list still active? How do I
>> get it or parts of it incorporated into fvmw? Some things were
>> shamelessly stolen from other themes.  Here is a screenshot:
>> 
>> http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif

> fvwm-themes has a lot of themes, someone should maintain them.

> If you create your own theme and it is nice and works perfectly with
> components from other themes, you may get a write access to maintain
> your theme directly in cvs. Then it may be available in the next
> version of fvwm-themes.

> Alternativelly, instead of managing your theme in cvs, you may just
> create a theme using fvwm-themes-config --create-pack (see the man
> page), and add a download link on some web page, so anyone could
> install your theme by "fvwm-themes-config --install". I may then
> link to your page.

I have placed it here, in all it's current glory:

http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/ft-mojosoft-0.7.x.tar.gz

Actually many aspects were just copied, buttons, title bars etc. What
I like about it is the pager (see
http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif)


regards, 

mojo

--
QOTD:
	"What I like most about myself is that I'm so understanding
	when I mess things up."

Re: New theme.

[<mni...@mo...>]

>>>>> "Mikhael" == Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> writes:

> On 08 Aug 2004 09:30:48 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
>>  >>>>> "Mikhael" == Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...> writes:
>> 
>> > If you create your own theme and it is nice and works perfectly
>> with > components from other themes, you may get a write access to
>> maintain > your theme directly in cvs. Then it may be available in
>> the next > version of fvwm-themes.
>> 
>> I swapped several components from various themes and found them all
>> to work.  So I think it works, but perhaps I don't know what to
>> look for.  Also, I do depart from the menus provided by
>> fvwm-themes.  Specifically I prefer having the apps I use one click
>> away from me.

> You may redefine menus in your personal/menus or
> personal/menus-extra.

> It is better not to include menus component in a new theme (no other
> themes redefine menus currently except for @minimal), because other
> users may have problems with this component if it is not fully
> synchronized with menus@default and does not include Personal
> submenu.

will do

> Please write to the mailing list, not to me personally.


Sorry I had intended to sent it to the list


thanks,


mojo

Re: New theme.

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 07 Aug 2004 15:32:43 -0400, Mojo B. Nichols wrote:
> 
> I have created my own theme. Is this list still active? How do I get it
> or parts of it incorporated into fvmw? Some things were shamelessly
> stolen from other themes.  Here is a screenshot:
> 
> http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif

fvwm-themes has a lot of themes, someone should maintain them.

If you create your own theme and it is nice and works perfectly with
components from other themes, you may get a write access to maintain your
theme directly in cvs. Then it may be available in the next version of
fvwm-themes.

Alternativelly, instead of managing your theme in cvs, you may just
create a theme using fvwm-themes-config --create-pack (see the man page),
and add a download link on some web page, so anyone could install your
theme by "fvwm-themes-config --install". I may then link to your page.

Regards,
Mikhael.

New theme.

[<mni...@mo...>]

Hi all, 

I have created my own theme. Is this list still active? How do I get it
or parts of it incorporated into fvmw? Some things were shamelessly stolen from
other themes.  Here is a screenshot: 

http://www.mojosoft.org/~mnichols/screenshot.1.gif

Thanks,

Mojo Nichols

Re: i18n using gettext

[Olivier C. <oli...@fr...>]

On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 01:23:05AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote:
> Olivier,
> 
> Is there a much work to add gettext support to fvwm-themes?
> 
> I think we may start with menus.pot in fvwm-themes domain. I may do all
> actual work once po/ dir is initially created and properly added to cvs.
> Can you please do it? I am not sure what is exactly needed here.
>

Yes, I will do this when a get enough time.

Regards, Olivier 

i18n using gettext

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

Olivier,

Is there a much work to add gettext support to fvwm-themes?

I think we may start with menus.pot in fvwm-themes domain. I may do all
actual work once po/ dir is initially created and properly added to cvs.
Can you please do it? I am not sure what is exactly needed here.

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: Keyboard layout change

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 28 Apr 2004 23:38:52 -0500, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
> 
> I wonder if there is an easier way to change keyboard layout (locale) 
> than editing XF86Config and restarting X. I'm hoping there is a simple 
> way similar to KDE, Gnome, and W.s.

If you speak about changing locale, then you may open FvwmConsole
(Alt-F12 in fvwm-themes) and type:

  Restart env LANG=tt_RU.utf8 fvwm-themes-start

This runs fvwm under a different locale. You may restart your existing
applications as well. To make it automatical, you may add "export
LANG=..." line into .xinitrc before starting fvwm-themes-start or fvwm.

But if you speak about changing key maps on the fly, then you don't need
to restart anything, there is xmodmap command and several frondends to
it, like xruskb. Search freshmeat.net to find more.

Regards,
Mikhael.

Keyboard layout change

[Reshat S. <sa...@cs...>]

I wonder if there is an easier way to change keyboard layout (locale) 
than editing XF86Config and restarting X. I'm hoping there is a simple 
way similar to KDE, Gnome, and W.s.

Thanks,
Reshat.

Re: Changing locale, and adding a locale

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 05 Apr 2004 00:25:48 -0500, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
> 
> Is it possible to have internationalized menus? If yes, is this 
> configured thru fvwm, or OS-wide (as in /usr/share/locale/)?

I can't easily do this currently, but the framework for this is in place
in fvwm itself, so it is possible fvwm-themes will switch from English to
internationalized menus. But only if there is an interest (and actual
translations) from users and developers.

> >>Once i fugure that out, i might be interested in adding support  for 
> >>another locale.
> >
> >Ok, send the translations and they will be included in the next version.
> 
> Do i understand correctly, that currently internationalization in fvwm 
> is being achieved thru the following folders:
> /usr/share/fvwm/locale/...

This dir is used by fvwm-themes's own mechanism for translation of some
dialog windows.

> /usr/share/locale/...

This is where the localized strings of fvwm (and probably fvwm-themes
later) may be placed. But currently nothing actually uses these strings.

There are different files for every application, so called domains.
For example, /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/fvwm.mo contains strings
for fvwm (possibly menu strings) translated to French. fvwm-themes.mo
could contain the strings used by fvwm-themes menus. This is a theory.
In practice, there is yet work to be done to actually achieve the
internationalized menus.

> I'm seeing a few other i18n folders, but they don't appear to be of any 
> use for fvwm. So it looks like if i wanted to add a locale to fvwm, i'd 
> be dealing with the 2 hierarchies above. Although the apps launched from 
> fvwm still use the regular OS i18n properties files, right (such as KDE 
> i18n config)?

I am not sure what do you mean by OS i18n properties files. Every
application (including fvwm) may define its i18n, usually using the
standard "locale" mechanism, but any other mechanism (like the one used
by fvwm-themes currently) is possible too.

So, currently until there is another mechanism, you may translate seven
FvwmScript related files (*.html and *.msg).

Regards,
Mikhael.

Re: FVWM-Themes-devel digest, Vol 1 #397 - 2 msgs

[Reshat S. <sa...@cs...>]

>Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 08:21:08 +0000
>From: Mikhael Goikhman <mi...@ho...>
>To: FVWM Themes Devel <fvw...@li...>
>Subject: Re: Changing locale, and adding a locale
>
>On 31 Mar 2004 23:24:45 -0600, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
>  
>
>>I wonder how a locale can be changed in 2.5.8. I see locale folders in 
>>/usr/share/fvwm/locale/...
>>    
>>
>
>This directory is used by fvwm-themes for several GUI dialogs.
>
>There is also /usr/share/locale/ directory with translations of fvwm,
>FvwmTaskBar and other fvwm related strings, it is not finalized yet and
>not directly used in fvwm-themes currently.
>  
>
Is that in the works for a future release?

>  
>
>>but don't know how to switch between them.
>>    
>>
>
>You should either invoke these dialogs with --lang option, like:
>
>  FvwmScript FvwmScript-ColorSelector --lang fr
>
>Or set your locale before starting fvwm-themes-start, like:
>
>  export LANG=fr_FR@euro
>
>Then french language (the first 2 letters are "fr") should be used by
>default in these dialogs.
>
I've seen this in action (with LANG env. var.), but it appears that it 
only affects several fvwm configuration dialogs.
Is it possible to have internationalized menus? If yes, is this 
configured thru fvwm, or OS-wide (as in /usr/share/locale/)?

>
>  
>
>>Once i fugure that out, i might be interested in adding support  for 
>>another locale.
>>    
>>
>
>Ok, send the translations and they will be included in the next version.
>
Do i understand correctly, that currently internationalization in fvwm 
is being achieved thru the following folders:
/usr/share/fvwm/locale/...
/usr/share/locale/...
I'm seeing a few other i18n folders, but they don't appear to be of any 
use for fvwm. So it looks like if i wanted to add a locale to fvwm, i'd 
be dealing with the 2 hierarchies above. Although the apps launched from 
fvwm still use the regular OS i18n properties files, right (such as KDE 
i18n config)?

>
>Regards,
>Mikhael.
>
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Thanks,
<rsa/>

Re: Changing locale, and adding a locale

[Mikhael G. <mi...@ho...>]

On 31 Mar 2004 23:24:45 -0600, Reshat Sabiq wrote:
> 
> I wonder how a locale can be changed in 2.5.8. I see locale folders in 
> /usr/share/fvwm/locale/...

This directory is used by fvwm-themes for several GUI dialogs.

There is also /usr/share/locale/ directory with translations of fvwm,
FvwmTaskBar and other fvwm related strings, it is not finalized yet and
not directly used in fvwm-themes currently.

> but don't know how to switch between them.

You should either invoke these dialogs with --lang option, like:

  FvwmScript FvwmScript-ColorSelector --lang fr

Or set your locale before starting fvwm-themes-start, like:

  export LANG=fr_FR@euro

Then french language (the first 2 letters are "fr") should be used by
default in these dialogs.

> Once i fugure that out, i might be interested in adding support  for 
> another locale.

Ok, send the translations and they will be included in the next version.

Regards,
Mikhael.