1FvwmIdent(1)                     Fvwm Modules                     FvwmIdent(1)
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NAME

6       FvwmIdent - the Fvwm identify-window module
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SYNOPSIS

9       FvwmIdent is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work.
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DESCRIPTION

13       The FvwmIdent module prompts the user to select a target window, if the
14       module was not launched from within a window context  in  Fvwm.   After
15       that,  it  pops up a window with information about the window which was
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COPYRIGHTS

20       The FvwmIdent program, and the concept for interfacing this  module  to
21       the Window Manager, are all original work by Robert Nation and Nobutaka
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24       Copyright 1994, Robert Nation and Nobutaka  Suzuki.  No  guarantees  or
25       warranties  or  anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever.
26       Use this program at your own risk. Permission to use this  program  for
27       any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.
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INITIALIZATION

32       During  initialization,  FvwmIdent  gets config info from fvwm's module
33       configuration database (see fvwm(1), section MODULE COMMANDS) to deter‐
34       mine which colors and font to use.
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36       If  the FvwmIdent executable is linked to another name, ie ln -s FvwmI‐
37       dent MoreIdentify, then  another  module  called  MoreIdentify  can  be
38       started, with a completely different configuration than FvwmIdent, sim‐
39       ply by changing the keyword  FvwmIdent to MoreIdentify. This way multi‐
40       ple clutter-reduction programs can be used.
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INVOCATION

44       FvwmIdent  can be invoked by binding the action 'Module FvwmIdent' to a
45       menu or key-stroke in the .fvwm2rc file.  Fvwm  will  search  directory
46       specified  in  the ModulePath configuration option to attempt to locate
47       FvwmIdent. Although nothing  keeps  you  from  launching  FvwmIdent  at
48       start-up time, you probably don't want to.  Clicking into the FvwmIdent
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CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

55       FvwmIdent reads the same .fvwm2rc file as fvwm reads when it starts up,
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60              Tells the module to use colorset n.
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63       *FvwmIdent: Fore color
64              Tells  the  module  to  use  color  instead  of  black for text.
65              Switches off the Colorset option.
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68       *FvwmIdent: Back color
69              Tells the module to use color instead of white  for  the  window
70              background. Switches off the Colorset option.
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73       *FvwmIdent: Font fontname
74              Tells the module to use fontname instead of fixed for text.
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77       *FvwmIdent: MinimalLayer layer
78              FvwmIdent places its window on the layer of a target window. But
79              not below the minimal layer. By default, the minimal layer is  4
80              just  like  the  fvwm default layer. If layer is 0, the layer of
81              the target window is always used. If layer is "default"  or  not
82              specified, the default behavior is restored. If layer is "none",
83              FvwmIdent is placed as a normal window even if the target window
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AUTHOR

88       Robert Nation and Nobutaka Suzuki (nobuta-s@is.aist-nara.ac.jp).
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933rd Berkeley Distribution  05 September 2019 (2.6.9)              FvwmIdent(1)
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