Section 1: user commands and tools
FvwmTheme – an fvwm module for managing the appearance of fvwm and its modules Synopsis ModuleSynchronous Timeout 5 FvwmTheme FvwmTheme can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FvwmTheme module will not work. Description FvwmTheme creates appearance resources that may be shared by fvwm and other modules. It reads an initial configuration…
FvwmTaskBar – the fvwm taskbar module Synopsis FvwmTaskBar [name] FvwmTaskBar is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description The 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…
FvwmTabs – a generic tabbing module for the fvwm window manager. Synopsis FvwmTabs is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation is possible. Description The 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…
FvwmScroll – the fvwm scroll-bar module Synopsis FvwmScroll is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description The 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…
FvwmScript – module to build graphic user interface Synopsis FvwmScript must be spawned by Fvwm. It will not work from the command line. Description FvwmScript 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…
FvwmSaveDesk – another fvwm desktop-layout saving module Synopsis FvwmSaveDesk is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description When 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…
FvwmSave – the Fvwm desktop-layout saving module Synopsis FvwmSave is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description When 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…
FvwmRearrange – rearrange fvwm windows Synopsis FvwmRearrange is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description This 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…
FvwmProxy – the fvwm proxy module Synopsis FvwmProxy is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description The 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…
FvwmPerl – the fvwm perl manipulator and preprocessor Synopsis FvwmPerl 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. Description This module is intended to extend fvwm…
FvwmPager – the Fvwm Pager module Synopsis FvwmPager [ -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…
FvwmM4 – the fvwm M4 pre-processor Synopsis Module FvwmM4 [options] filename The FvwmM4 module can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FvwmM4 module will not work. Description When fvwm executes the FvwmM4 module, FvwmM4 invokes the M4 pre-processor on the file specified in its invocation, then FvwmM4 causes fvwm to execute…
FvwmIdent – the Fvwm identify-window module Synopsis FvwmIdent is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description The 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…
FvwmIconMan – an fvwm icon manager Synopsis FvwmIconMan is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description FvwmIconMan 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…
FvwmIconBox – the fvwm icon box module Synopsis FvwmIconBox [name] FvwmIconBox is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. Description The 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. Copyrights The FvwmIconBox program is…
FvwmGtkDebug – graphical interactive fvwm module debugger Synopsis FvwmGtkDebug should be spawned by fvwm(1). To run this module, place this command somewhere in the configuration: Module FvwmGtkDebug To 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…
FvwmForm – input form module for Fvwm Synopsis Module FvwmForm [ Alias ] FvwmForm must be spawned by Fvwm. If invoked from the command line, FvwmForm prints its version number and exits. Description FvwmForm provides a mechanism to get user input and act accordingly. This is achieved by means of a form that the user…
FvwmEvent – the fvwm event module Synopsis FvwmEvent is a more versatile replacement for FvwmAudio. It can in general be used to hook any fvwm function or program to any window manager event. E.g: Delete unwanted Netscape Pop ups or application error pop ups as they appear, play sounds, log events to a file and…
FvwmDragWell – A XDND drag well Synopsis FvwmDragWell FvwmDragWell is a Xdnd drag well. The user sends the data and type to the drag well via a fvwm SendToModule command. The drag well indicates that it received the information via a crude animation. The user may then drag the information from the well to other…
FvwmDebug – the fvwm module debugger Synopsis FvwmDebug should be spawned by fvwm(1) for normal functionality. To run this module, place this command somewhere in the configuration: Module FvwmDebug [optional-params] To stop this module, execute: KillModule FvwmDebug Description This module persistently dumps all fvwm event details and optionally some other information into the standard error…