FvwmPager Manual Page
NAME
FvwmPager - the FVWM Pager module
SYNOPSIS
FvwmPager is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will
work. From within the .fvwmrc file, FvwmPager is spawned as follows:
Module FvwmPager 0 3 or from within an fvwm pop-up menu:
Popup "Module-Popup"
Title "Modules"
Module "GoodStuff"
GoodStuff
Module "NoClutter" FvwmClean
Module
"FvwmIdentify" FvwmIdent
Module "Banner" FvwmBanner
Module
"Debug" FvwmDebug
Module "SaveDesktop" FvwmSave
Module
"Pager" FvwmPager 0 3
EndPopup
where "0" is the first desktop to show, and "3" is the last.
DESCRIPTION
The FvwmPager module shows a miniature view of the Fvwm desktops
which are specified in the command line. This is a useful reminder of
where your active windows are. Windows in the pager are shown in the
same color as their fvwm decorations.
The pager can be used to change your viewport into the current
desktop, to change desktops, or to move windows around.
Pressing mouse button 1 in the pager will cause you viewport
to change to the selected page of the selected desk. If you click with
button 1 in the desk-label area, you will switch desks but not pages
within the desk.
Dragging mouse button 2 on a miniature view of a window will
cause that window to be move to the location where you release the mouse
button, but your viewport will not change. If you drag the window out
of the pager and onto your desktop, a full size image of the window
will appear for you to place. There is no way to pick up a full size
image of the window and move it into the pager, however. Since some mice
do not have button 2, I have made provisions to drag windows in the
pager by using pressing modifier-1 (usually Alt) and dragging with
button 3.
Clicking mouse button 3 on a location within the current
desktop will cause the viewport to move to the selected location, but
will not align the viewport to a page boundary. Dragging button 3 will
cause the viewport to move as you drag. Button 3 operations are limited
to the current desktop only.
When iconified, the pager will work as a fully functional
current page only pager. Windows and viewports can be moved within the
icon of the pager. Users will want to make sure that they have no lines
similar to Icon "Fvwm Pager" whatever in their .fvwmrc files.
COPYRIGHTS
The FvwmClean program, and the concept for interfacing this module
to the Window Manager, are all original work by Robert Nation.
Copyright 1994, Robert Nation. No guarantees or warranties or
anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever. Use this program
at your own risk. Permission to use this program for any purpose is
given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.
INITIALIZATION
During initialization, FvwmPager will eventually search a
configuration file which describes the time-outs and actions to take.
The configuration file is the same file that fvwm used during
initialization. If the FvwmPager executable is linked to another name,
ie ln -s FvwmPager OtherPager, then another module called Other-Pager
can be started, with a completely different configuration than
FvwmPager, simply by changing the keyword FvwmPager to OtherPager. This
way multiple pager programs can be used.
KEYBOARD FOCUS CONTROL
You can direct the keyboard focus to any window on the current
desktop by clicking with button 2 on its image in the pager. The window
does not need to be visible, but it does need to be on the current page.
INVOCATION
The invocation method was shown in the synopsis section
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
FvwmPager reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it
starts up, and looks for certain configuration options:
*FvwmPagerGeometry geometry
Completely or partially specifies the pager windows location
and geometry, in standard X11 notation. In order to maintain an
undistorted aspect ratio, you might want to leave out either the width
or height dimension of the geometry specification
*FvwmPagerRows rows
Tells fvwm how many rows of desks to use when laying out the pager
window.
*FvwmPagerColumns columns
Tells fvwm how many columns of desks to use when laying out the
pager window.
*FvwmPagerIconGeometry geometry
Specifies a size (optional) and location (optional) for the pager's
icon window. Since there is no easy way for FvwmPager to determine the
height of the icon's label, you will have to make an allowance for the
icon label height when using negative y-coordinates in the icon
location specification (used to specify a location relative to the
bottom instead of the top of the screen).
*FvwmPagerStartIconic
Causes the pager to start iconified.
*FvwmPagerFont font-name
Specified a font to use to label the desktops. If font_name is
"none" then no desk top labels will be displayed.
*FvwmPagerSmallFont font-name
Specified a font to use to label the window names in the pager.
If not specified, the window labels will be omitted. Window labels seem
to be fairly useless for desktop scales of 32 or greater.
*FvwmPagerFore color
Specifies the color to use to write the desktop labels, and to draw
the page-grid lines.
*FvwmPagerBack color
Specifies the background color for the window.
*FvwmPagerHilight color
The active page and desk label will be highlighted by using this
background pattern instead of the normal background.
*FvwmPagerLabel desk label
Assigns the text label to desk desk in the pager window. Useful
for assigning symbolic names to desktops, ie
*FvwmPagerLabel 1
Mail
*FvwmPagerLabel 2 Maker
*FvwmPagerLabel 2 Matlab
DeskTopScale number
If the geometry is not specified, then a desktop reduction factor
is used to calculate the pager's size. Things in the pager window are
shown at 1/number of the actual size.
AUTHOR
Robert Nation
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