NAME

       fvwm-convert-2.6 - convert fvwm 2.4.x configuration file to fvwm 2.6 style

SYNOPSIS

       fvwm-convert-2.6 [--follow-read|-f] [--help|-h] source

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --help | -h
           Prints a usage message to the screen.

       --follow-read | -f
           Follows files found along with the Read command.

DESCRIPTION

       fvwm-convert-2.6 converts an fvwm 2.4.x configuration file into a fvwm 2.6 file with
       compatible syntax. It is not suitable to convert older 2.x configuration files. Please use
       fvwm-convert-2.2 to convert these to the 2.2.x format first, and then if necessary
       fvwm-convert-2.4

       By default, fvwm-convert-2.6 won’t look for a given config file. This must be specified as
       the first parameter to fvwm-convert-2.6. Different source and destination files may be
       given. If the destination file already exists, this program exits. If no destination file
       is given, then the filename is the same name as the source file with the suffix
       ".converted" added. Without an absolute path given as the destination path to the
       destination file, the program will create the destination file in the CWD.

       fvwm-convert-2.6 makes the following changes:

       Style lines
           In fvwm 2.4, most style options could be negated from their counterparts using NoFoo —
           fvwm-convert-2.6 corrects this by now using !Foo.

       ModulePath
           In fvwm 2.4 and beyond, the ModulePath is compiled into fvwm. fvwm-convert-2.6
           comments out any ModulePath commands it finds. If you are using your own modules, (not
           the ones that come with fvwm), you will have to fix your configuration file after
           using fvwm-convert-2.6.

       Conditional command syntax
           In fvwm 2.4, the conditional command options were whitespace-separated — they should
           now be comma-separated instead. In addition, the older syntax to Next and Prev of
           using [*] to denote all windows has been removed entirely. Both these checks and
           conversions are done on function commands, key/mouse bindings.

       WindowShadeSteps
           In fvwm 2.4, the WindowShadeSteps command is replaced by the WindowShadeSteps Style
           option. fvwm-convert-2.6 makes this change.

       FvwmTheme
           In fvwm 2.6, the FvwmTheme module is replaced by a series of Colorset commands. Whilst
           fvwm-convert-2.6 will try and make this change, it is still recommended that this is
           checked after conversion.

       EdgeResistance
           In fvwm 2.6, the EdgeResistance command is has been split to include an additional
           style option for EdgeMoveResistance. fvwm-convert-2.6 makes any changes necessary.

       StartFunction / RestartFunction / InitFunction
           In fvwm 2.6, the need for using InitFunction and/or RestartFunction is redundant when
           StartFunction is read at both of these times. fvwm-convert-2.6 attempts to convert
           this.

       Read
           If -f or --follow-read is given, any files fvwm-convert-2.6 can detect and open will
           be converted automatically, else a list of files that can be followed are printed to
           the screen.

BUGS

       InitFunction and RestartFunction and hence StartFunction are printed at the end of the
       files — this slight reordering might put some comments before in an odd spot.

       When converting over FvwmTheme lines, the colorset definitions might well be broken, but
       these cannot easily be converted.

       Bug reports can be sent to the fvwm-workers mailing list (see the FAQ).

AUTHOR

       Thomas Adam thomas@fvwm.org

                                            2024-07-25                        FVWM-CONVERT-2.6(1)