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)