1FvwmWindowMenu(1)                Fvwm Modules                FvwmWindowMenu(1)
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NAME

6       FvwmWindowMenu - open configurable fvwm menu listing current windows
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SYNOPSIS

9       FvwmWindowMenu should be spawned by fvwm(1) for normal functionality.
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11       Run this module from your StartFunction:
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13           AddToFunc StartFunction
14           + I Module FvwmWindowMenu
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DESCRIPTION

17       A substitute for fvwm builtin WindowList, but written in Perl and easy
18       to customize. Unlike FvwmIconMan or FvwmWinList the module does not
19       draw its own window, but instead creates an fvwm menu and asks fvwm to
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22       By defining a set of regular expressions, windows may be sorted into
23       sections based on a regexp matching the window name, class or resource
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26       Similarly, another set of regular expressions can be used to exclude
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29       Any windows not matching an instance of the include or exclude list
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USAGE

33       Run the module, supposedly from StartFunction in .fvwm2rc:
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35           Module FvwmWindowMenu
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37       To actually invoke the menu add something like:
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39           Key Menu A N SendToModule FvwmWindowMenu \
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44           Mouse 2 A N SendToModule FvwmWindowMenu Popup
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46       The additional parameters are any valid Menu command parameters without
47       a menu name, see fvwm.
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49       Recognized actions are Post (or its alias Menu) and Popup, they create
50       fvwm menus and invoke them using the corresponding commands Menu and
51       Popup. If the module was started with "-g" switch, it additionally sup‐
52       ports PostBar (not implemented yet).
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54       Set module options for windows to include (Show) or exclude (DontShow).
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57           *FvwmWindowMenu: ShowName pattern
58           *FvwmWindowMenu: ShowClass pattern
59           *FvwmWindowMenu: ShowResource pattern
60           *FvwmWindowMenu: DontShowName pattern
61           *FvwmWindowMenu: DontShowClass pattern
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64       Pattern is a perl regular expression that will be evaluated in m// con‐
65       text.  See perlre(1).
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70           *FvwmWindowMenu: ShowName Galeon⎪Navigator⎪mozilla-bin⎪Firefox
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72       will define two sections containing respectively browsers, and GVim. A
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75       To only include matching windows, add:
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77           *FvwmWindowMenu: DontShowName .*
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82           *FvwmWindowMenu: DontShowClass Gkrellm
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84       will cause the menu to ignore windows with name beginning with Fvwm or
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89       *FvwmWindowMenu: OnlyIconified {on⎪off}
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92       *FvwmWindowMenu: AllDesks {on⎪off}
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95       *FvwmWindowMenu: AllPages {on⎪off}
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98       *FvwmWindowMenu: MaxLen 32
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101       *FvwmWindowMenu: MenuName MyMenu
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104       *FvwmWindowMenu: MenuStyle MyMenuStyle
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107       *FvwmWindowMenu: Debug {0,1,2,3}
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110       *FvwmWindowMenu: Function MyWindowListFunc
111           function to invoke on menu entries; defaults to WindowListFunc
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113       *FvwmWindowMenu: ItemFormat formatstring
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117               the window name, icon name, class or resource
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120               the window x or y coordinates w.r.t. the page the window is on.
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125           %d  the window desk number
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127           %m  the window's mini-icon
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129           %M  the window's mini-icon only for iconified windows, otherwise
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136           The format string must be quoted. The default string is
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MORE EXAMPLES

140       Fancy binding of the window menu to the right windows key on some key‐
141       boards.  Hold this button while navigating using cursor keys, then
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144           CopyMenuStyle * WindowMenu
145           MenuStyle WindowMenu SelectOnRelease Super_R
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148           AddToFunc StartFunction I Module FvwmWindowMenu
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150           Key Super_R A A SendToModule FvwmWindowMenu Post Root c c WarpTitle
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AUTHORS

153       Ric Lister <http://cns.georgetown.edu/~ric/>
154       Scott Smedley
155       Mikhael Goikhman
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