Man page - fvwm2-config(1)

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Package:  fvwm
apt-get install fvwm

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• fvwm2-menu-xlock(1)
• fvwm2-perllib(1)
• fvwm2-menu-directory(1)
• fvwm2-menu-desktop(1)
• fvwm2-menu-headlines(1)
• fvwm2-config(1)
• fvwm2-convert-2.6(1)
• fvwm2(1)
• xpmroot(1)
• fvwm2-root(1)
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• fvwm

Manual

fvwm-config

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
USAGE
COPYING
AUTHOR

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NAME

fvwm-config - query an existing fvwm installation

SYNOPSIS

fvwm-config [ --help ] [ --version ] [ --info ] [ --prefix ] [ --exec-prefix ] [ --bindir ] [ --datadir ] [ --libexecdir ] [ --sysconfdir ] [ --mandir ] [ --localedir ] [ --fvwm-moduledir ] [ --fvwm-datadir ] [ --fvwm-perllibdir ] [ --default-imagepath ] [ --default-userdir ] [ --fvwm-exe ] [ --supports ] [ --supports-<feature> ]

DESCRIPTION

fvwm-config is a shell script that provides an information about the fvwm version, installation directories, built-in paths and supported features.

OPTIONS

fvwm-config prints to the standard output in all options. Both short and long GNU-like option names may be used.
-h --help -?

prints the short usage

-v --version -V

prints the version

-i --info

prints the full info page

-P --prefix

prints the installation prefix

-E --exec-prefix

prints the installation exec-prefix

-B --bindir

prints the installation bindir

-D --datadir

prints the installation datadir

-L --libexecdir

prints the installation libexecdir

-S --sysconfdir

prints the installation sysconfdir

-M --mandir

prints the installation mandir

-O --localedir

prints the installation localedir

-m --fvwm-moduledir

prints FVWM_MODULEDIR, where the modules are installed

-d --fvwm-datadir

prints FVWM_DATADIR, where the system wide configs are installed

-p --fvwm-perllibdir

prints FVWM_PERLLIBDIR, where the perl library is installed

-I --default-imagepath

prints the built-in ImagePath

-U --default-userdir

prints the default FVWM_USERDIR, note: $HOME is not expanded

-e --fvwm-exe

prints the fvwm executable name (in bindir)

-s --supports

lists all supported features, one per line

--supports- <feature>

prints nothing, returns: 0 if the <feature> is supported, 100 if not, 200 if unknown. All or supported feature names may be found using --info or --supports respectively.

USAGE

Here are some real life usages.

Checks for xft support:
if fvwm-config --supports-xft;
then echo 1; else echo 0; fi

fvwm-themes package checks for the correct fvwm version installed using:
fvwm-config --version
and tries to use the same installation directories:
fvwm-config --bindir --mandir --fvwm-datadir

A way to find the full path to the fvwm executable:
echo ‘fvwm-config --bindir‘/‘fvwm-config --fvwm-exe‘

A way to start modules in perl:
use lib ‘fvwm-config -p | tr -d ’0‘;
use FVWM::Module;

For a more human readable output, try:
fvwm-config --info

COPYING

fvwm-config is a part of fvwm package and distributed by the same terms, see GNU GPL.

AUTHOR

Mikhael Goikhman <migo@homemail.com>

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