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.


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  gets  config info from
       fvwm's module configuration database (see  fvwm2(1),  sec-
       tion  MODULE  COMMANDS) to determine which colors and font
       to use.

       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.  Klicking  into
       the  the  FvwmIdent  window or pressing a key while it has
       focus closes FvwmIdent. Pressing mouse  button  2  in  the
       window  restarts  FvwmIdent  and  asks for a new window to
       select.


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


       *FvwmIdent: Colorset n
              Tells  the module to use colorset n. See FvwmTheme.


       *FvwmIdent: Fore color
              Tells the module to use color instead of black  for
              text. Switches off the Colorset option.


       *FvwmIdent: Back color
              Tells  the module to use color instead of white for
              the window background. Switches  off  the  Colorset
              option.


       *FvwmIdent: Font 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).




                           3 July 2001               FvwmIdent(1)