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)

3rd Berkeley Distribution                          Jul 20 1995                                   FvwmSaveDesk(1)