Motif allows you to specify your preferences, for visual characteristics, such as colors and fonts. You can also specify certain behaviors, such as the response to a keystroke or mouse button action. These characteristics are established in configuration files that are read by Motif applications each time they start up. To specify your preferences you can modify the configuration files or you can override the specifications in the configuration files by setting options in the command line that starts an application.
This chapter provides the following general information on customization:
Chapters 5, 6, and 7 describe in detail how to customize mwm and Motif applications.