fdesign(1)

1FDESIGN(1L)                      Forms Library                     FDESIGN(1L)
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NAME

6       fdesign -  Forms Library User Interface Designer
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SYNOPSIS

9       fdesign [-xformoptions] [-options] [files]
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DESCRIPTION

12       fdesign  is a GUI builder that helps the construction of graphical user
13       interface in a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) way  by  allowing
14       the user to directly manipulate various objects, such as buttons, slid‐
15       ers and menus etc.  Once a satisfactory UI is constructed, the user can
16       save  the composed interface into an external file containing some pro‐
17       gram code. When compiled, linked with the Forms Library, and  executed,
18       the  generated  code  would,  at run time (or print time for PostScript
19       output), construct the exact same interfaces as those seen within  fde‐
20       sign.
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22       A  variety  of output language is possible via external filters.  As of
23       this writing, C, perl, ada95, Fortran, pascal,  and  PostScript  output
24       filters are known to exist.
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OPTIONS

28       fdesign accepts all standard Forms Library command line options as well
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31       -help Prints a brief summary of all command line options.  This  option
32             does not require a connection to the X server.
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34       -version
35             Prints the current version of fdesign and exits.
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37       -geometry geom
38             Specifies  the prefered size and location of main working area in
39             which the UI is to be constructed.
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41       -convert fdfile-list
42             This option prevents fdesign from attempting to make a connection
43             to  the  X server. The file list following this flag is converted
44             to C code directly.
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46       -dir destdir
47             output any converted files in destdir.
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49       -unit pixel|point|mm|cp|cmm
50             selects the unit of measure for object geometries. For  non-pixel
51             unit,  the interface created is screen resolution independent and
52             may be desirable for many applications.  Note  that  for  typical
53             screens,  point  (about  1/72  inch) and mm may be too coarse and
54             subject to round-off errors. Use  cp  (centi-point,  100th  of  a
55             point) and cmm (centi-mm) instead.
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57       -altformat
58             selects  an  alternative  format  for  the generated C code where
59             global variables are used for the UI components.
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61       -main requests the output of main program template.
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64             requests the output of callback function template.
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66       -compensate
67             requests the emission of font/server resolution variation compen‐
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70       -I headerfile
71             uses an alternative header file instead of the default forms.h in
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74       -lax  requests relaxed C syntax checking.
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76       -ps   This option specifies that instead of emitting the c code for the
77             user interface, PostScript code should be emitted.
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79       -ada  This option requests ada95 code output
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81       -perl This option requests perl code output.
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83       -fortran
84             This option requests Fortran code output.
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86       -pascal
87             This option requests pascal code output.
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90             suppresses the output of UI code. Only the .fd file is written.
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92       The most useful Forms Library command line options are
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95              This option specifies the X server to connect.
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98              This option prints the version string of the Forms Library, with
99              which fdesign was build.
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101       -name appname
102              This option specifies the application name under which resources
103              are  to  be  obtained,  instead of the executable name.  appname
104              should not contain . or *.  fdesign.
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RESOURCES

107       The program understands all of the Forms Library's resource  names  and
108       classes as well as the following
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110       control.geometry (class Control.Geometry)
111               specifies the geometry of the control panel. Currently the size
112               is ignored.
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114       unit (Unit)
115               specifies the default unit of measure. Default is pixel.
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118       attributes.geometry (class Attributes.Geometry)
119               specifies the geometry of the object  attributes  panel.   Cur‐
120               rently the size is ignored.
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122       align.geometry (class Align.Geometry)
123               specifies  the  geometry  of the object align panel.  Currently
124               the size is ignored.
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126       xformsHeader (class XFormsHeader)
127               specifies the header filename generated in the output  C  code.
128               Default is forms.h
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130       filter (class Filter)
131               specifies post-processing filter (an external executable name).
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133       language (class Language)
134               specifies target language name.
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137       Among the standard Forms Library resources, the following are most use‐
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140       xform.fontsize (class XFORM.FontSize)
141              specifies the font size used for most object labels.
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144              specifies the font size used in pop-up menus.
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147              specifies the font size used for the text inside a browser.
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AUTHOR

154       Copyright (c) 1996-2000 T.C. Zhao (tc_zhao@yahoo.com) and Mark Overmars
155       (markov@cs.ruu.nl)
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HOME PAGE

158       http://world.std.com/~xforms
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162Version 0.57                       May 2000                        FDESIGN(1L)