


FvwmIdent(1)                                         FvwmIdent(1)


NAME
       FvwmIdent - the FVWM identify-window module

SYNOPSIS
       FvwmIdent  is  spawned by fvwm, so no command line invoca-
       tion will work.


DESCRIPTION
       The FvwmIdent module prompts the user to select  a  target
       window,  if the module was not launched from within a win-
       dow context in Fvwm.  After that, it pops up a window with
       information about the window which was selected.

       FvwmIdent  reads  the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when
       it starts up, and looks for lines similar to  "*FvwmIdent-
       Fore green".


COPYRIGHTS
       The  FvwmIdent  program,  and  the concept for interfacing
       this module to the Window Manager, are all  original  work
       by Robert Nation Nobutaka Suzuki.

       Copyright  1994,  Robert  Nation  and  Nobutaka Suzuki. 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, FvwmIdent will eventually search a
       configuration file which describes the colors and font  to
       use.   The  configuration  file is the same file that fvwm
       used during initialization.

       If the FvwmIdent executable is linked to another name,  ie
       ln  -s  FvwmIdent MoreIdentify, then another module called
       MoreIdentify can be started, with a  completely  different
       configuration  than FvwmIdent, simply by changing the key-
       word  FvwmIdent to MoreIdentify. This way  multiple  clut-
       ter-reduction programs can be used.


INVOCATION
       FvwmIdent  can  be  invoked  by binding the action 'Module
       FvwmIdent' to a menu or key-stroke in  the  .fvwmrc  file.
       Fvwm  will  search  directory  specified in the ModulePath
       configuration  option  to  attempt  to  locate  FvwmIdent.
       Although  nothing  keeps  you  from launching FvwmIdent at
       start-up time, you probably don't want to.




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FvwmIdent(1)                                         FvwmIdent(1)


CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       FvwmIdent reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm  reads  when
       it starts up, and looks for lines as listed below:


       *FvwmIdentFore color
              Tells  the module to use color instead of black for
              text.


       *FvwmIdentBack color
              Tells the module to use color instead of white  for
              the window background.


       *FvwmIdentFont fontname
              Tells  the  module to use fontname instead of fixed
              for text.



AUTHOR
       Robert Nation and  and Nobutaka Suzuki  (nobuta-s@is.aist-
       nara.ac.jp).

































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