FvwmScroll Manual Page
NAME
FvwmScroll - the FVWM scroll-bar module
SYNOPSIS
FvwmScroll is spawned by fvwm, so no
command line invocation will work.
DESCRIPTION
The FvwmScroll module prompts the user to select a target
window, if the module was not launched from within a window context in
Fvwm. After that, it adds scroll bars to the selected window, to reduce
the total desktop space consumed by the window.
FvwmScroll reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it
starts up, and looks for lines similar to "*FvwmScrollFore green".
FvwmScroll should not be used with windows which move or
resize themselves, nor should it be used with windows which set the
WM_COLORMAP_WINDOWS property. Operation is fine with windows that have a
private colormap.
COPYRIGHTS
The FvwmScroll program, and the concept for interfacing this module
to the Win dow 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 pu pose is
given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.
INITIALIZATION
During initialization, FvwmScroll will eventually search a
configuration file which describes the colors to use. The configuration
file is the same file that fvwm used during initialization.
If the FvwmScroll executable is linked to another name, ie ln
-s FvwmScroll More Scroll, then another module called MoreScroll can be
started, with a completely different configuration than FvwmScroll,
simply by changing the keyword FvwmScroll to MoreScroll.
INVOCATION
FvwmScroll can be invoked by binding the action `Module
FvwmScroll x y' to a menu or key-stroke in the .fvwmrc file. The
parameter x and y are integers, which describe the horizontal and
vertical window size reduction. Fvwm will search directory specified in
the ModulePath configuration option to attempt to locate FvwmScroll.
Although nothing keeps you from launching FvwmScroll at start-up time,
you probably don't want to.
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
FvwmScroll reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it starts
up, and looks for lines as listed below:
*FvwmScrollFore color
Tells the module to use color instead of grey for scroll bars
themselves.
*FvwmScrollBack color
Tells the module to use color instead of black for the window
background.
BUGS
When the scroll bars are removed by clicking on the button in the
lower right corner, the window does not restore its location correctly.
AUTHOR
Robert Nation
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