FvwmSave(1) Fvwm Modules FvwmSave(1)NAME
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 to get a usable configuration, so be sure to keep a backup of your old .xinitrc.
Your applications must supply certain hints to the X window system. Emacs, for example, does not, so FvwmSave can't get any information
from it.
Also, FvwmSave assumes that certain command line options are globally accepted by applications, which may not be the case.
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FvwmPager(1) General Commands Manual FvwmPager(1)NAME
FvwmPager - the FVWM Pager module
SYNOPSIS
FvwmPager is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work. From within the .fvwmrc file, FvwmPager is spawned as follows:
Module FvwmPager 0 3
or from within an fvwm pop-up menu:
Popup "Module-Popup"
Title "Modules"
Module "GoodStuff" GoodStuff
Module "NoClutter" FvwmClean
Module "FvwmIdentify" FvwmIdent
Module "Banner" FvwmBanner
Module "Debug" FvwmDebug
Module "SaveDesktop" FvwmSave
Module "Pager" FvwmPager 0 3
EndPopup
where "0" is the first desktop to show, and "3" is the last.
DESCRIPTION
The FvwmPager module shows a miniature view of the Fvwm desktops which are specified in the command line. This is a useful reminder of
where your active windows are. Windows in the pager are shown in the same color as their fvwm decorations.
The pager can be used to change your viewport into the current desktop, to change desktops, or to move windows around.
Pressing mouse button 1 in the pager will cause you viewport to change to the selected page of the selected desk. If you click with button
1 in the desk-label area, you will switch desks but not pages within the desk.
Dragging mouse button 2 on a miniature view of a window will cause that window to be move to the location where you release the mouse but-
ton, but your viewport will not change. If you drag the window out of the pager and onto your desktop, a full size image of the window will
appear for you to place. There is no way to pick up a full size image of the window and move it into the pager, however. Since some mice do
not have button 2, I have made provisions to drag windows in the pager by using pressing modifier-1 (usually Alt) and dragging with button
3.
Clicking mouse button 3 on a location within the current desktop will cause the viewport to move to the selected location, but will not
align the viewport to a page boundary. Dragging button 3 will cause the viewport to move as you drag. Button 3 operations are limited to
the current desktop only.
When iconified, the pager will work as a fully functional current page only pager. Windows and viewports can be moved within the icon of
the pager. Users will want to make sure that they have no lines similar to
Icon "Fvwm Pager" whatever
in their .fvwmrc files.
COPYRIGHTS
The FvwmClean program, and the concept for interfacing this module to the Window Manager, are all original work by Robert Nation.
Copyright 1994, Robert Nation. No guarantees or warranties or anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever. Use this program at
your own risk. Permission to use this program for any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.
INITIALIZATION
During initialization, FvwmPager will eventually search a configuration file which describes the time-outs and actions to take. The con-
figuration file is the same file that fvwm used during initialization.
If the FvwmPager executable is linked to another name, ie ln -s FvwmPager OtherPager, then another module called OtherPager can be started,
with a completely different configuration than FvwmPager, simply by changing the keyword FvwmPager to OtherPager. This way multiple pager
programs can be used.
KEYBOARD FOCUS CONTROL
You can direct the keyboard focus to any window on the current desktop by clicking with button 2 on its image in the pager. The window does
not need to be visible, but it does need to be on the current page.
INVOCATION
The invocation method was shown in the synopsis section
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
FvwmPager reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it starts up, and looks for certain configuration options:
*FvwmPagerGeometry geometry
Completely or partially specifies the pager windows location and geometry, in standard X11 notation. In order to maintain an undis-
torted aspect ratio, you might want to leave out either the width or height dimension of the geometry specification
*FvwmPagerRows rows
Tells fvwm how many rows of desks to use when laying out the pager window.
*FvwmPagerColumns columns
Tells fvwm how many columnss of desks to use when laying out the pager window.
*FvwmPagerIconGeometry geometry
Specifies a size (optional) and location (optional) for the pager's icon window. Since there is no easy way for FvwmPager to deter-
mine the height of the icon's label, you will have to make an allowance for the icon label height when using negative y-coordinates
in the icon location specification (used to specify a location relative to the bottom instead of the top of the screen).
*FvwmPagerStartIconic
Causes the pager to start iconified.
*FvwmPagerFont font-name
Specified a font to use to label the desktops. If font_name is "none" then no desktop labels will be displayed.
*FvwmPagerSmallFont font-name
Specified a font to use to label the window names in the pager. If not specified, the window labels will be omitted. Window labels
seem to be fairly useless for desktop scales of 32 or greater.
*FvwmPagerFore color
Specifies the color to use to write the desktop labels, and to draw the page-grid lines.
*FvwmPagerBack color
Specifies the background color for the window.
*FvwmPagerHilight color
The active page and desk label will be highlighted by using this background pattern instead of the normal background.
*FvwmPagerLabel desk label
Assigns the text label to desk desk in the pager window. Useful for assigning symbolic names to desktops, ie
*FvwmPagerLabel 1 Mail
*FvwmPagerLabel 2 Maker
*FvwmPagerLabel 2 Matlab
DeskTopScale number
If the geometry is not specified, then a desktop reduction factor is used to calculate the pager's size. Things in the pager window
are shown at 1/number of the actual size.
AUTHOR
Robert Nation
3rd Berkeley Distribution Mar 16 1994 FvwmPager(1)