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6 fdesign - Forms Library User Interface Designer
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9 fdesign [-xformoptions] [-options] [files]
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12 fdesign is a GUI builder that helps in the construction of graphical
13 user interface in a WYSIWYG ("what you see is what you get") way by
14 allowing the user to directly manipulate various objects, such as but‐
15 tons, sliders and menus etc. Once a satisfactory UI is constructed,
16 the user can save the composed interface into a set of external files.
17 Files with the extension '.fd' contain all information about the
18 objects and can be read in again by fdesign. The files with C code and
19 header files when compiled and linked against the Forms Library, gener‐
20 ate code that at run-time constructs the exact same interface as the
21 ones seen within fdesign.
22 A variety of output languages is possible via external filters. As of
24 this writing, C, perl, ada95, Fortran, pascal, and PostScript output
25 filters are known to exist.
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29 fdesign accepts all standard Forms Library command line options as well
30 as the following:
31 -help Prints a brief summary of all command line options. This option
33 does not require a connection to the X server.
34 -version
36 Prints the current version of fdesign and exits.
37 -geometry geom
39 Specifies the prefered size and location of main working area in
40 which the UI is to be constructed.
41 -convert fdfile-list
43 This option prevents fdesign from attempting to make a connection
44 to the X server. The file list following this flag is converted
45 to C code directly.
46 -dir destdir
48 output any converted files in destdir.
49 -unit pixel|point|mm|cp|cmm
51 selects the unit of measure for object geometries. For non-pixel
52 unit, the interface created is screen resolution independent and
53 may be desirable for many applications. Note that for typical
54 screens, point (about 1/72 inch) and mm may be too coarse and
55 subject to round-off errors. Use cp (centi-point, 100th of a
56 point) and cmm (centi-mm) instead.
57 -altformat
59 selects an alternative format for the generated C code where
60 global variables are used for the UI components.
61 -main requests the output of main program template.
63 -callback
65 requests the output of callback function template.
66 -compensate
68 requests the emission of font/server resolution variation compen‐
69 sation code.
70 -I headerfile
72 uses an alternative header file instead of the default forms.h in
73 the output C code.
74 -lax requests relaxed C syntax checking.
76 -ps This option specifies that instead of emitting the c code for the
78 user interface, PostScript code should be emitted.
79 -ada This option requests ada95 code output
81 -perl This option requests perl code output.
83 -fortran
85 This option requests Fortran code output.
86 -pascal
88 This option requests pascal code output.
89 -nocode
91 suppresses the output of UI code. Only the .fd file is written.
92 The most useful Forms Library command line options are
94 -display host:dpy
96 This option specifies the X server to connect.
97 -flversion
99 This option prints the version string of the Forms Library, with
100 which fdesign was build.
101 -name appname
103 This option specifies the application name under which resources
104 are to be obtained, instead of the executable name. appname
105 should not contain . or *. fdesign.
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108 The program understands all of the Forms Library's resource names and
109 classes as well as the following
110 control.geometry (class Control.Geometry)
112 specifies the geometry of the control panel. Currently the size
113 is ignored.
114 unit (Unit)
116 specifies the default unit of measure. Default is pixel.
117 attributes.geometry (class Attributes.Geometry)
120 specifies the geometry of the object attributes panel. Cur‐
121 rently the size is ignored.
122 align.geometry (class Align.Geometry)
124 specifies the geometry of the object align panel. Currently
125 the size is ignored.
126 xformsHeader (class XFormsHeader)
128 specifies the header filename generated in the output C code.
129 Default is forms.h
130 filter (class Filter)
132 specifies post-processing filter (an external executable name).
133 language (class Language)
135 specifies target language name.
136 Among the standard Forms Library resources, the following are most use‐
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140 xform.fontsize (class XFORM.FontSize)
142 specifies the font size used for most object labels.
143 xform.pupfontsize (class XFORM.PupFontSize)
145 specifies the font size used in pop-up menus.
146 xform.browserFontSize (class XFORM.BrowserFontSize)
148 specifies the font size used for the text inside a browser.
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152 xforms(5), fd2ps(1L)
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155 Copyright (c) 1996-2002 T.C. Zhao <tc_zhao@yahoo.com> and Mark Overmars
156 <markov@cs.ruu.nl>
157 Since 2002: GNU Lesser General Public License
158 Maintainers: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Angus Leeming and Jens Thoms Toer‐
159 ring <jt@toerring.de>
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162 http://xforms-toolkit.org
163 http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/xforms/
164Version 1.2.0 November 2013 FDESIGN(1L)