NAME

       FvwmSaveDesk - another FVWM desktop-layout saving module

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       When  called,  this  module  will  attempt  to  save your current desktop layout as a fvwm
       function definition into the file .fvwmdesk in your home directory. The function is  named
       StartupFunction.   This  Function  can  be  called in Function InitFunction to startup all
       Programs on all Workspaces.  If fvwm is compiled with the M4 option, you can include  this
       file  in  .fvmrc else you have to insert this file by hand.  Your applications must supply
       certain hints to the X window system.  Emacs, for example, does not, so FvwmSaveDesk can't
       get any information from it.

       Also,  FvwmSaveDesk  assumes  that  certain  command line options are globally accepted by
       applications, which may not be the case.

SETUP IF FVWM IS COMPILED WITH THE M4 OPTION

       Fvwm has to be called with the option

       -m4opt -I$HOME.

       The first line in .fvwmrc should be

       undefine(`include`),

       to avoid problems.  You can the include the file .fvwmdesk with

       sinclude(`.fvwmdesk') .

       Insert the following line into the Function InitFunction

       Function "I"    StartupFunction

       If you have GNU's m4 another possiblity is to compile fvwm with GNU_M4_OPTION_P and use

       m4_include(`.fvwmdesk')m4_dnl

       So you don't need to undefine `include'.

INVOCATION

       FvwmSaveDesk can be invoked by inserting the line 'Module  FvwmSaveDesk'  in  the  .fvwmrc
       file.   This  should  be  bound to a menu or mouse button or keystroke to invoke it later.
       Fvwm will search directory specified in the ModulePath configuration option to attempt  to
       locate FvwmSaveDesk.

AUTHOR

       Carsten Paeth (calle@calle.in-berlin.de)

       based  on  FvwmSave written by Robert Nation and Mr. Per Persson <pp@solace.mh.se> (Omnion
       on IRC)