NAME
FvwmWinList - the FVWM window list module
SYNOPSIS
FvwmWinList [name]
FvwmWinList is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation
will work.
DESCRIPTION
The FvwmWinList module provides a window list
made up of buttons, each corresponding to a window that FVWM is
managing. Clicking on the buttons with any of the three mouse
buttons will either do a default action or can be user configured.
Like the other modules, FvwmWinList only works when fvwm is used as
the window manager.
COPYRIGHTS
The FvwmWinList module is the original work of
Mike Finger.
Copyright 1994, Mike Finger. The author makes no guarantees or
warranties of any kind about the use of this module. Use this
modules at your own risk. You may freely use this module or any
portion of it for any purpose as long as the copyright is kept
intact.
INITIALIZATION
During initialization, FvwmWinList
gets config info from fvwm's module configuration database
(see fvwm2(1),
section MODULE COMMANDS). Available options are discussed in
a later section.
INVOCATION
FvwmWinList can be invoked by fvwm during
initialization by inserting the line 'Module FvwmWinList' in the
.fvwmrc file.
FvwmWinList can also be bound to a keystroke, mouse button, or
menu option to be invoked later, in this case using 'Transient' as
an argument will cause FvwmWinList to resemble the built in window
list.
FvwmWinList must reside in a directory that is listed in the
ModulePath option of FVWM for it to be executed by FVWM.
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
- *FvwmWinList: Geometry {+-}<X>{+-}<Y>
- Specifies the location and gravity of the FvwmWinList window.
At the current time, size is not supported and FvwmWinList will
resize itself as buttons are added. If the NoAnchor option is not
specified then the windows gravity corner will be anchored, and the
window will grow in the opposite direction. (i.e. If the geometry
is specified -5-5, that is SoutEastGravity. This will cause the
window to draw up and to the left as windows are added)
- *FvwmWinList: Font font
- Specifies the font to be used for labeling the buttons.
- *FvwmWinList: Colorset n
- Specifies the colorset to use for the buttons. See FvwmTheme.
Defaults to 0.
- *FvwmWinList: Fore color
- Specifies the color to use for the button names. Cancels
*FvwmWinList: Colorset.
- *FvwmWinList: Back color
- Specifies the color for the buttons. Cancels *FvwmWinList:
Colorset.
- *FvwmWinList: FocusColorset n
- Specifies the colorset to use for the button for the window
that has the input focus. Defaults to 1.
- *FvwmWinList: FocusFore color
- Specifies the color to use for the button names for the window
that has the input focus. If omitted, the color from
FvwmWinListFore is used. Cancels *FvwmWinList:
FocusColorset.
- *FvwmWinList: FocusBack color
- Specifies the color to use for the button for the window that
has the input focus. If omitted, the color from
FvwmWinListBack is used. Cancels *FvwmWinList:
FocusColorset.
- *FvwmWinList: IconColorset n
- Specifies the colorset to use for buttons for windows that are
iconified. Defaults to 0.
- *FvwmWinList: IconFore color
- Specifies the color to use for the button names for windows
that are iconified. If omitted, the color from
FvwmWinListFore is used. Cancels *FvwmWinList: IconColorset.
- *FvwmWinList: IconBack color
- Specifies the color to use for the button for windows that are
iconified. If omitted, the color from FvwmWinListBack is
used. Cancels *FvwmWinList: IconColorset.
- *FvwmWinList: DontDepressFocus
- By default FvwmWinList will show the button for the window that
has the input focus as pressed in. This option disables that
feature.
- *FvwmWinList: ButtonFrameWidth width
- Specify the width of the 3D borders around the buttons in
FvwmWinList.
- *FvwmWinList: FollowWindowList
- Specifies that FvwmWinList will keep its list in the same order
as FVWM. This is the order displayed by the "WindowList NoDeskSort"
FVWM command. This is not the default as it is more visually
disturbing when the focus changes.
- *FvwmWinList: UseSkipList
- Tells FvwmWinList to not show the windows that are listed on a
WindowListSkip line in the configuration file.
- *FvwmWinList: ShowCurrentDesk
- Specifies that only windows on the current desk are displayed.
- *FvwmWinList: NoAnchor
- By default, FvwmWinList will anchor the gravity corner so the
window will grow in the opposite direction. This undoes that
option, i.e. the window will always grow down. Do not use this
option if a negative geometry was specified.
- *FvwmWinList: UseIconNames
- Tells FvwmWinList to use the icon name of the window instead of
the full window name. This is useful to keep the width of the
window small.
- *FvwmWinList: LeftJustify
- By default, FvwmWinList will center the icon text in the icon.
This option causes it to be justified flush with the left edge of
the icon. This option is turned on when MiniIcons are used.
- *FvwmWinList: MinWidth width
- *FvwmWinList: MaxWidth width
- Specify the minimum and maximum widths that the buttons will
shrink or grow to. The buttons will normally size to fit the
longest name, but certain applications produce icon titles that can
longest name, but certain applications produce icon titles that can
easily fill the screen. Setting these parameters constrains the
size of the buttons to be between the two values. Setting them
identically will fix the size of the buttons. Setting Max < Min
will have unpredictable results.
- *FvwmWinList: TruncateLeft
- If names get truncated because of the setting of
FvwmWinListMaxWidth, they will normally get truncated on the
right, so only the start of the names are visible. Setting this
resource will cause them to get truncated on the left, so that the
end of names are visible. This is useful when the window title
end of names are visible. This is useful when the window title
contains a directory and file name, for example.
- *FvwmWinList: Action action response
- Tells FvwmWinList to do response when action is
done. The currently supported actions are: Click1, Click2,
Click3 and so on. By default the module supports 3 mouse buttons,
but it can be compiled to support more. The currently supported
responses are any fvwm built-in commands, including modules
and functions. Warning: The use of the former syntax that allowed
to use comma separated lists of commands is strongly discouraged
due to synchronization problems with fvwm. Please use complex fvwm
functions instead (defined with the 'AddToFunc' command of fvwm).
- *FvwmWinList: NoIconAction action
- Tells FvwmWinList to do action is when a NoIcon style
window is iconified or de-iconified. Relevant coordinates are
appended to action so that the icon can be traced to an
FvwmWinList button. An example action is "*FvwmWinList:
NoIconAction SendToModule FvwmAnimate animate". A blank or null
action turns this feature off.
SAMPLE CONFIGURATION
The following are excepts from a
.fvwmrc file which describe FvwmWinList initialization commands:
########
# Pop up the window list in transient mode on button 3 press & hold
Mouse 3 R A Module FvwmWinList Transient
AddToFunc DeiconifyAndRaise
+ I Iconify off
+ I Raise
########################## Window-Lister ###############################
*FvwmWinList: Back DarkOliveGreen
*FvwmWinList: Fore PaleGoldenRod
*FvwmWinList: Font -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-*-*
*FvwmWinList: Action Click1 Function DeiconifyAndRaise
*FvwmWinList: Action Click2 Iconify
*FvwmWinList: Action Click3 Module FvwmIdent
*FvwmWinList: UseSkipList
*FvwmWinList: UseIconNames
*FvwmWinList: Geometry -50-85
*FvwmWinList: MinWidth 70
*FvwmWinList: MaxWidth 120
# I prefer the text centered
#*FvwmWinList: LeftJustify
# I like it anchored
#*FvwmWinList: NoAnchor
# A flat list in most recently focused order
#*FvwmWinList: FollowWindowList
#*FvwmWinList: BorderReliefWidth 0
# pretend to be a taskbar
*FvwmWinList: NoIconAction SendToModule FvwmAnimate animate
AUTHOR
Mike Finger (mfinger@mermaid.micro.umn.edu)
(Mike_Finger@atk.com)
(doodman on IRC, check the #linux channel)
Various Patches by
John Heidemann <johnh@ficus.CS.UCLA.EDU>
and
Jason L Tibbitts <tibbs@tcamc.uh.edu>.