


FvwmCpp(1)                                             FvwmCpp(1)


NAME
       FvwmCpp - the FVWM  Cpp pre-processor

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


DESCRIPTION
       When called, this module will attempt to have /usr/lib/cpp
       pre-process the file specified in its invocation, and then
       have fvwm read the resulting file.


INVOCATION
       FvwmCpp can be invoked by inserting the line 'FvwmCpp'  in
       the  .fvwmrc  file.  It  can also be called from a menu or
       mouse binding.  If the user wants his entire .fvwmrc  file
       pre-processed  with  FvwmCpp,  then fvwm should be invoked
       as:


            fvwm2 -cmd "FvwmCpp .fvwmrc"


       Some options can be specified on the command line:

       -cppopt option
              Lets you pass an option to the  cpp  program.   Not
              really needed as any unknown options will be passed
              on automatically.


       -cppprog name
              Instead  of  invoking  "/usr/lib/cpp",  fvwm   will
              invoke name.


       -outfile filename
              Instead  of  creating  a random unique name for the
              temporary file for the preprocessed rc  file,  this
              option  will let you specify the name of the tempo-
              rary file it will create.


       -debug Causes the temporary  file  create  by  Cpp  to  be
              retained.  This file is usually called "/tmp/fvwmr-
              cXXXXXXXXXX"



CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
       FvwmCpp defines some values for use in  the  pre-processor
       file:



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       TWM_TYPE
              Always set to "fvwm".

       SERVERHOST
              The name of the machine running the X Server.

       CLIENTHOST
              The name of the machine running fvwm.

       HOSTNAME
              The hostname of the machine running fvwm. Generally
              the same as CLIENTHOST.

       OSTYPE The operating system for CLIENTHOST.

       USER   The name of the person running fvwm.

       VERSION
              The X11 version.

       REVISION
              The X11 revision number.

       VENDOR The X server vendor.

       RELEASE
              The X server release number.

       WIDTH  The screen width in pixels.

       HEIGHT The screen height in pixels.

       X_RESOLUTION
              Some distance/pixel measurement for the  horizontal
              direction, I think.

       Y_RESOLUTION
              Some  distance/pixel  measurement  for the vertical
              direction, I think.

       PLANES Number of color planes for the X server display

       BITS_PER_RGB
              Number of bits in each rgb triplet.

       CLASS  The X11 visual class, ie PsuedoColor.

       COLOR  Yes or No, Yes if  the  display  class  is  neither
              StaticGrey or GreyScale.

       FVWM_VERSION
              The fvwm version number, ie 2.0





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       OPTIONS
              Some  combination of SHAPE, XPM, NO_SAVEUNDERS, and
              Cpp, as defined in configure.h at compile time.

       FVWM_MODULEDIR
              The directory where fvwm looks for .fvwmrc and mod-
              ules by default, as determined at compile time.


EXAMPLE PROLOG
            #define TWM_TYPE fvwm
            #define SERVERHOST spx20
            #define CLIENTHOST grumpy
            #define HOSTNAME grumpy
            #define OSTYPE SunOS
            #define USER nation
            #define HOME /local/homes/dsp/nation
            #define VERSION 11
            #define REVISION 0
            #define VENDOR HDS human designed systems, inc. (2.1.2-D)
            #define RELEASE 4
            #define WIDTH 1280
            #define HEIGHT 1024
            #define X_RESOLUTION 3938
            #define Y_RESOLUTION 3938
            #define PLANES 8
            #define BITS_PER_RGB 8
            #define CLASS PseudoColor
            #define COLOR Yes
            #define FVWM_VERSION 2.0 pl 1
            #define OPTIONS SHAPE XPM Cpp
            #define FVWM_MODULEDIR /local/homes/dsp/nation/modules




BUGS
       Module configurations do not become active until fvwm2 has
       restarted if you use FvwmCpp on startup. FvwmCpp creates a
       temporary file and passes this to fvwm2, so you would have
       to edit this file too.  There are some problems with  com-
       ments  in your .fvwmrc file.  The comment sign # is misin-
       terpreted by the preprocessor.  This has usually no impact
       on  functionality but generates annoying warning messages.
       The sequence /* is interpreted as the start of a C comment
       what  is  probably  not  what  you want in a filename. You
       might want to try /?* (for filenames only) or /\* or  "/*"
       instead.   Macros  are  not  replaced within single (') or
       double quotes ("). Use backquotes (`) to circumvent  this.
       Fvwm2 accepts backquotes for quoting and at least FvwmBut-
       tons does too.  The preprocessor may place a space after a






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       macro substitution, so with

            #define MYCOMMAND ls
            "Exec "MYCOMMAND" -l"

       you might get

            "Exec "ls " -l" (two words)

       and not

            "Exec "ls" -l" (one word).



AUTHOR
       FvwmCpp  is  the result of a random bit mutation on a hard
       disk, presumably a result of a  cosmic-ray  or  some  such
       thing.






































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