Section 1: user commands and tools
lwp-request, GET, POST, HEAD – Simple command line user agent Synopsislwp-request [-afPuUsSedvhx] [-m method] [-b base URL] [-t timeout] [-i if-modified-since] [-c content-type] [-C credentials] [-p proxy-url] [-o format] url… DescriptionThis program can be used to send requests to WWW servers and your local file system. The request content for POST and PUT methods is read from stdin. The content of the response is…
FvwmWindowMenu – open configurable fvwm menu listing current windows SynopsisFvwmWindowMenu should be spawned by fvwm(1) for normal functionality. Run this module from your StartFunction: AddToFunc StartFunction + I Module FvwmWindowMenuDescriptionA substitute for fvwm builtin WindowList, but written in Perl and easy to customize. Unlike FvwmIconMan or FvwmWinList the module does not draw its own window,…
FvwmWinList – the fvwm window list module SynopsisFvwmWinList [name] FvwmWinList is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmWinList module provides a window list made up of buttons, each corresponding to a window that fvwm is managing. Clicking on the buttons with any of the three mouse buttons will either do…
FvwmWharf – the AfterStep application "dock" module ported to Fvwm. SynopsisFvwmWharf is spawned by Fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmWharf module is a free-floating application loader that can execute programs, "Swallow" running programs, and contain "Folders" of more applications, among other things. The user can press the first button at any…
FvwmTheme – an fvwm module for managing the appearance of fvwm and its modules SynopsisModuleSynchronous Timeout 5 FvwmTheme FvwmTheme can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FvwmTheme module will not work. DescriptionFvwmTheme creates appearance resources that may be shared by fvwm and other modules. It reads an initial configuration and also…
FvwmTaskBar – the fvwm taskbar module SynopsisFvwmTaskBar [name] FvwmTaskBar is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmTaskBar module provides a taskbar made up of buttons arranged by rows, each corresponding to a window that fvwm is managing. Clicking on first button gives focus to the corresponding top level window; clicking…
FvwmTabs – a generic tabbing module for the fvwm window manager. SynopsisFvwmTabs is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation is possible. DescriptionThe FvwmTabs module is capable of swallowing any fvwm window & treating it as a tab in a tab-manager window. A tab-manager is sometimes called a tabber. Each tab-manager can store any…
FvwmScroll – the fvwm scroll-bar module SynopsisFvwmScroll is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmScroll module prompts the user to select a target window, if the module was not launched from within a window context in Fvwm. After that, it adds scroll bars to the selected window, to reduce the…
FvwmScript – module to build graphic user interface SynopsisFvwmScript must be spawned by Fvwm. It will not work from the command line. DescriptionFvwmScript is a module which allows you to build many graphical applications such as desktop accessories, button panel with pop up menus, modal dialogs… At the startup, FvwmScript reads the file which is…
FvwmSaveDesk – another fvwm desktop-layout saving module SynopsisFvwmSaveDesk is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionWhen called, this module will attempt to save your current desktop layout as a definition of extra lines for the function InitFunction into the file .fvwm2desk in your home directory. As explain in the other documentation,…
FvwmSave – the Fvwm desktop-layout saving module SynopsisFvwmSave is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionWhen called, this module will attempt to save your current desktop layout into a file called new.xinitrc. Ideally, this file will look just like .xinitrc, but in reality, you will have to edit it to get…
FvwmRearrange – rearrange fvwm windows SynopsisFvwmRearrange is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThis module can be called to tile or cascade windows. When tiling the module attempts to tile windows on the current screen subject to certain constraints. Horizontal or vertical tiling is performed so that each window does not…
FvwmProxy – the fvwm proxy module SynopsisFvwmProxy is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmProxy allows the user to locate and control windows obscured by other windows by using small non-overlapping proxy windows. The default capabilities include raising and lowering the proxied windows. Using the sample configuration, pressing Alt-Tab cycles…
FvwmPerl – the fvwm perl manipulator and preprocessor SynopsisFvwmPerl should be spawned by fvwm(1) for normal functionality. To run this module, place this command somewhere in the configuration: Module FvwmPerl [params]or: ModuleSynchronize FvwmPerl [params]if you want to immediately start to send commands to FvwmPerl. DescriptionThis module is intended to extend fvwm commands with the perl…
FvwmPager – the Fvwm Pager module SynopsisFvwmPager [ -transient ] [ name ] [ first desk [ last desk ] ] FvwmPager is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. All desks with desk numbers between first desk and last desk are displayed. If last desk is omitted only the first desk…
FvwmM4 – the fvwm M4 pre-processor SynopsisModule FvwmM4 [options] filename The FvwmM4 module can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FvwmM4 module will not work. DescriptionWhen fvwm executes the FvwmM4 module, FvwmM4 invokes the M4 pre-processor on the file specified in its invocation, then FvwmM4 causes fvwm to execute the commands…
FvwmIdent – the Fvwm identify-window module SynopsisFvwmIdent is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmIdent module prompts the user to select a target window, if the module was not launched from within a window context in Fvwm. After that, it pops up a window with information about the window which…
FvwmIconMan – an fvwm icon manager SynopsisFvwmIconMan is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionFvwmIconMan is an icon manager modeled after the TWM icon manager. The user may have multiple icon managers, each of which armed with a list of window types which it manages. For example, the user may have…
FvwmIconBox – the fvwm icon box module SynopsisFvwmIconBox [name] FvwmIconBox is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. DescriptionThe FvwmIconBox module provides an icon manager. The user can do operations, like iconify and de-iconify, for each icon shown in the module via mouse and keyboard. CopyrightsThe FvwmIconBox program is original work of…
FvwmGtkDebug – graphical interactive fvwm module debugger SynopsisFvwmGtkDebug should be spawned by fvwm(1). To run this module, place this command somewhere in the configuration: Module FvwmGtkDebugTo stop this module, just close the GUI window, the usual KillModule works too. You may also run this application as a regular program from the command line shell. But…