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      FvwmConsole - an FVWM command input interface
      

Contents 1 SYNOPSIS 2 DESCRIPTION 3 INVOCATION 4 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS 5 COMMAND EDITING 6 EXITING 7 COPYRIGHTS 8 RELATED 9 CATEGORY

SYNOPSIS

      Module FvwmConsole [options]
 
      FvwmConsole can only be invoked by fvwm.  Command line invocation of the FvwmConsole module will not work.

DESCRIPTION

      FvwmConsole  allows  the  user  to type fvwm configuration commands interactively, and have them executed immedi-
      ately.  This tool is particularly useful for testing new  configuration  ideas,  or  for  implementing  temporary
      changes to your environment.

INVOCATION

      FvwmConsole must be spawned as a module by fvwm.  FvwmConsole takes all xterm(1) options.
 
      FvwmConsole  can  be invoked by inserting the line 'Module FvwmConsole' in the .fvwm2rc file.  This can be placed
      on a line by itself, if FvwmConsole is to be spawned during fvwm's initialization, or can be bound to a  menu  or
      mouse button or keystroke to invoke it later.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

      FvwmConsole  uses xterm(1).  All resources set for xterm are inherited unless overridden by command line options.
 
             Module FvwmConsole -g 40x10 -fg black -bg green3
 
      A different terminal emulator can be specified with the -terminal option.  However, only terminal  programs  that
      understand the options -name, -title and -e can be used.
 
             Module FvwmConsole -terminal rxvt
 
      Previous  versions of FvwmConsole supported a -e option to choose a different front-end.  Although this option is
      still provided for backwards compatibility its use is discouraged unless you know exactly what you are doing.
 
             Module FvwmConsole -e FvwmConsoleC.pl
 
      (see FvwmConsoleC.pl(1)).
 
      Also X resources can be set in your ~/.Xdefaults file:
 
             FvwmConsole*VT100*geometry: 40x4
             FvwmConsole*font: 7x14

COMMAND EDITING

      There are a few options.  If the GNU readline library is available, it can be used.
 
      If Perl5 is installed, FvwmConsoleC.pl can be used as a command editor.  This can be accomplished by either copy-
      ing FvwmConsoleC.pl to fvwmlib directory as FvwmConsoleC or invoking FvwmConsole with -e option.  For example:
 
             Module FvwmConsole -e FvwmConsoleC.pl
 
      If neither one is installed, a simple input reading function which doesn't have editing capabilities is used.
 
      GNU readline and FvwmConsoleC.pl have some frequent used commands in common as default.  These commands are simi-
      lar to emacs.  For more details, refer GNU readline man and info pages, and FvwmConsoleC.pl man page.
 
             Cntl-A  - beginning of line
             Cntl-B  - previous char
             Cntl-D  - delete char
             Cntl-E  - end of line
             Cntl-F  - next char
             Cntl-H  - backspace
             Cntl-K  - erase to the end of line
             Cntl-N  - next line
             Cntl-P  - previous line
             Cntl-R  - search reverse
             Cntl-U  - delete line
             Meta-B  - previous word
             Meta-F  - next word
             Esc <   - beginning of history
             Esc >   - end of history

EXITING

      FvwmConsole can be stopped by entering the EOF character (usually CTRL-D).
 
      Note! Do not use the "quit" command, as this is an fvwm builtin: typing "quit" at the  FvwmConsole  command  line
      will cause fvwm to exit.

COPYRIGHTS

      Copyright  1996, Toshi Isogai. No guarantees or warranties are provided.  Use this program at your own risk. Per-
      mission to use this program for any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.

RELATED

      xterm(1), FvwmConsoleC.pl(1), GNU Readline library

CATEGORY