1FvwmSaveDesk(1)                  Fvwm Modules                  FvwmSaveDesk(1)
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NAME

6       FvwmSaveDesk - another fvwm desktop-layout saving module
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SYNOPSIS

9       FvwmSaveDesk  is  spawned  by  fvwm, so no command line invocation will
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DESCRIPTION

14       When called, this module will attempt to save your current desktop lay‐
15       out  as  a definition of extra lines for the function InitFunction into
16       the file .fvwm2desk in your home directory. As  explain  in  the  other
17       documentation, this function is called at startup of fvwm.  You have to
18       include this file in .fvwm2rc after  the  definition  of  the  Function
19       Initfunction.  You can do this by using the module FvwmM4 or FvwmCpp.
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21       Your  applications  must  supply  certain hints to the X window system.
22       Emacs and Netscape, for example, does not, so  FvwmSaveDesk  can't  get
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25       Also,  FvwmSaveDesk assumes that certain command line options are glob‐
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SETUP USING FVWMM4 MODULE

30       The M4 Macro processor substitutes its macros even in the middle  of  a
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32       as include or define. To avoid this the GNU M4 has an extra  option  to
33       prefix  all  builtins  with  'm4_'.  FvwmM4  can  be called with option
34       -m4-prefix and then will provide the option -P to M4.  I personally use
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37       fvwm -cmd "FvwmM4 -m4-prefix -m4opt -I$HOME $HOME/.fvwm2rc"
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39       Simply add the following line to the end of .fvwm2rc:
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SETUP USING FVWMCPP MODULE

45       With  the FvwmCpp you may have the problem that the preprocessor direc‐
46       tives starts with the comment character '#'  and  will  complain  about
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49       fvwm -cmd "FvwmCpp -C-I$HOME $HOME/.fvwm2rc"
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INVOCATION

57       FvwmSaveDesk  can  be invoked by adding it to a menu or binding it to a
58       mouse button or key stroke in the  .fvwm2rc  file.   Fvwm  will  search
59       directory  specified  in  the ModulePath configuration option to locate
60       FvwmSaveDesk.
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62       To insert it to a menu, add the line
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64       +    "Save Desktop" Module FvwmSaveDesk
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66       to the menu definition.  I thing binding it to a mouse  button  is  not
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69       Mouse 3        R    CS   Module FvwmSaveDesk
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71       Than  FvwmSaveDesk  will be called if you hit the right mouse button on
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74       You can bind FvwmSaveDesk to a function key F10 for example you have to
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77       Key  F10  A    Module FvwmSaveDesk
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79       I personally add it as a Button to the module FvwmButtons:
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81       *FvwmButtons SaveDesc desk.xpm   Module FvwmSaveDesk
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AUTHOR

85       Carsten Paeth (calle@calle.in-berlin.de)
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893rd Berkeley Distribution    09 May 2010 (2.5.30)              FvwmSaveDesk(1)