NAME

       FvwmConsole - an fvwm command input interface

SYNOPSIS

       Module FvwmConsole [options]

       FvwmConsole can only be invoked by fvwm. Command line invocation of the FvwmConsole module
       will not work.

DESCRIPTION

       FvwmConsole allows the user to type fvwm configuration commands interactively, and have
       them executed immediately. This tool is particularly useful for testing new configuration
       ideas, or for implementing temporary changes to your environment.

INVOCATION

       FvwmConsole must be spawned as a module by fvwm. FvwmConsole takes all xterm(1) options.

       FvwmConsole can be invoked by inserting the line 'Module FvwmConsole' in the .fvwm2rc
       file. This can be placed on a line by itself, if FvwmConsole is to be spawned during
       fvwm’s initialization, or can be bound to a menu or mouse button or keystroke to invoke it
       later.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       FvwmConsole uses xterm(1). All resources set for xterm are inherited unless overridden by
       command line options.

          Module FvwmConsole -g 40x10 -fg black -bg green3

       A different terminal emulator can be specified with the -terminal option. However, only
       terminal programs that understand the options -name, -title and -e can be used. Debian
       specific: hardcoded xterm is changed to x-terminal-emulator. To be policy compliant -name
       option is removed from default options and -title is change to -T.

          Module FvwmConsole -terminal rxvt

       Previous versions of FvwmConsole supported a -e option to choose a different front-end.
       Although this option is still provided for backwards compatibility its use is discouraged
       unless you know exactly what you are doing.

       Also X resources can be set in your ~/.Xdefaults file:

          FvwmConsole*VT100*geometry: 40x4
          FvwmConsole*font: 7x14

       Debian specific: Since -name is not included by default, the default resource will be set
       by the x-terminal-emulator used and not FvwmConsole. You can change the resource to match
       the terminal, or if supported by the terminal, run FvwmCConsole with the -name option:

          Module FvwmConsole -name FvwmConsole

COMMAND EDITING

       If the GNU readline library is available, it can be used. Overwise a simple input reading
       function which doesn’t have editing capabilities is used. For more details, refer GNU
       readline man and info pages.

          Ctrl-A

              •   beginning of line

          Ctrl-B

              •   previous char

          Ctrl-D

              •   delete char

          Ctrl-E

              •   end of line

          Ctrl-F

              •   next char

          Ctrl-H

              •   backspace

          Ctrl-K

              •   erase to the end of line

          Ctrl-N

              •   next line

          Ctrl-P

              •   previous line

          Ctrl-R

              •   search reverse

          Ctrl-U

              •   delete line

          Meta-B

              •   previous word

          Meta-F

              •   next word

          Esc <

              •   beginning of history

          Esc >

              •   end of history

EXITING

       FvwmConsole can be stopped by entering the EOF character (usually CTRL-D).

       Note! Do not use the "quit" command, as this is an fvwm builtin: typing "quit" at the
       FvwmConsole command line will cause fvwm to exit.

SEE ALSO

       xterm(1), GNU Readline library

AUTHOR

       FvwmConsole is the original work of Toshi Isogai.

                                            2022-10-07                             FVWMCONSOLE(1)