FvwmCpp

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Updated: 12/12/94
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NAME

FvwmCpp - the FVWM Cpp pre-processor  

SYNOPSIS

FvwmCpp is spawned by fvwm, so no command line invocation will work.

 

DESCRIPTION

When called, this module will attempt to have /usr/lib/cpp pre-process the file specified in its invocation, and then have fvwm read the resulting file.

 

INVOCATION

FvwmCpp can be invoked by inserting the line 'FvwmCpp' in the .fvwmrc file. It can also be called from a menu or mouse binding. If the user wants his entire .fvwmrc file pre-processed with FvwmCpp, then fvwm should be invoked as "fvwm -f /usr/lib/X11/fvwm/FvwmCpp

Some options can be specified on the command line:

-Cppopt
Lets you pass an option to the cpp program.

-Cppprog
Instead of invoking "/usr/lib/cpp", fvwm will invoke name.
-debug
Causes the temporary file create by Cpp to be retained. This file is usually called "/tmp/fvwmrcXXXXXX"

 

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

FvwmCpp defines some values for use in the pre-processor file:

TWM_TYPE
Always set to "fvwm".
SERVERHOST
The name of the machine running the X Server.
CLIENTHOST
The name of the machine running fvwm.
HOSTNAME
The hostname of the machine running fvwm. Generally the same as CLIENTHOST.
OSTYPE
The operating system for CLIENTHOST.
USER
The name of the person running fvwm.
VERSION
The X11 version.
REVISION
The X11 revision number.
VENDOR
The X server vendor.
RELEASE
The X server release number.
WIDTH
The screen width in pixels.
HEIGHT
The screen height in pixels.
X_RESOLUTION
Some distance/pixel measurement for the horizontal direction, I think.
Y_RESOLUTION
Some distance/pixel measurement for the vertical direction, I think.
PLANES
Number of color planes for the X server display
BITS_PER_RGB
Number of bits in each rgb triplet.
CLASS
The X11 visual class, ie PsuedoColor.
COLOR
Yes or No, Yes if the display class is neither StaticGrey or GreyScale.
FVWM_VERSION
The fvwm version number, ie 2.0
OPTIONS
Some combination of SHAPE, XPM, NO_SAVEUNDERS, and Cpp, as defined in configure.h at compile time.
FVWMDIR
The directory where fvwm looks for .fvwmrc and modules by default, as determined at compile time.

 

EXAMPLE PROLOG

#define TWM_TYPE fvwm
#define SERVERHOST spx20
#define CLIENTHOST grumpy
#define HOSTNAME grumpy
#define OSTYPE SunOS
#define USER nation
#define HOME /local/homes/dsp/nation
#define VERSION 11
#define REVISION 0
#define VENDOR HDS human designed systems, inc. (2.1.2-D)
#define RELEASE 4
#define WIDTH 1280
#define HEIGHT 1024
#define X_RESOLUTION 3938
#define Y_RESOLUTION 3938
#define PLANES 8
#define BITS_PER_RGB 8
#define CLASS PseudoColor
#define COLOR Yes
#define FVWM_VERSION 2.0 pl 1
#define OPTIONS SHAPE XPM Cpp 
#define FVWMDIR /local/homes/dsp/nation/modules


 

AUTHOR

FvwmCpp is the result of a random bit mutation on a hard disk, presumably a result of a cosmic-ray or some such thing.
 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
INVOCATION
CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
EXAMPLE PROLOG
AUTHOR

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