NAME

       FvwmIdent - the Fvwm identify-window module

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The  FvwmIdent  module  prompts  the  user to select a target window, if the module was not launched from
       within a window 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 and 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 fvwm(1),
       section 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 keyword  FvwmIdent to MoreIdentify. This way multiple clutter-reduction programs
       can be used.

INVOCATION

       FvwmIdent can be invoked by binding the action 'Module FvwmIdent' to a menu or key-stroke in the .fvwm2rc
       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.  Clicking into 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  .fvwm2rc 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.

       *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.

       *FvwmIdent: MinimalLayer layer
              FvwmIdent  places  its window on the layer of a target window. But not below the minimal layer. By
              default, the minimal layer is 4 just like the fvwm default layer. If layer is 0, the layer of  the
              target  window  is  always  used.  If layer is "default" or not specified, the default behavior is
              restored. If layer is "none", FvwmIdent is placed as a normal window even if the target window  is
              above it.

AUTHOR

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

3rd Berkeley Distribution                    19 October 2022 (2.7.0)                                FvwmIdent(1)