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NAME

       FvwmIdent - the FVWM identify-window module

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The FvwmIdent module prompts the user to select a target window, if the
       module  was  not  launched from within a window context in Fvwm.  After
       that, it pops up a window with information about the window  which  was
       selected.

       FvwmIdent  reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it starts up,
       and looks for lines similar to "*FvwmIdentFore green".

COPYRIGHTS

       The FvwmIdent program, and the concept for interfacing this  module  to
       the Window Manager, are all original work by Robert Nation and Nobutaka
       Suzuki.

       Copyright 1994, Robert Nation and Nobutaka  Suzuki.  No  guarantees  or
       warranties  or  anything are provided or implied in any way whatsoever.
       Use this program at your own risk. Permission to use this  program  for
       any purpose is given, as long as the copyright is kept intact.

INITIALIZATION

       During initialization, FvwmIdent will eventually search a configuration
       file which describes the colors and font  to  use.   The  configuration
       file is the same file that fvwm used during initialization.

       If  the  FvwmIdent  executable  is  linked  to  another  name, ie ln -s
       FvwmIdent MoreIdentify, then another module called MoreIdentify can  be
       started,  with  a  completely  different  configuration than FvwmIdent,
       simply by changing the keyword  FvwmIdent  to  MoreIdentify.  This  way
       multiple clutter-reduction programs can be used.

INVOCATION

       FvwmIdent  can be invoked by binding the action ’Module FvwmIdent’ to a
       menu or key-stroke in the .fvwmrc file.   Fvwm  will  search  directory
       specified  in  the ModulePath configuration option to attempt to locate
       FvwmIdent. Although nothing  keeps  you  from  launching  FvwmIdent  at
       start-up time, you probably don’t want to.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       FvwmIdent  reads the same .fvwmrc file as fvwm reads when it starts up,
       and looks for lines as listed below:

       *FvwmIdentFore color
              Tells the module to use color instead of black for text.

       *FvwmIdentBack color
              Tells the module to use color instead of black  for  the  window
              background.

       *FvwmIdentFont fontname
              Tells the module to use fontname instead of fixed for text.

AUTHOR

       Robert  Nation  and  and Nobutaka Suzuki (nobuta-s@is.aist-nara.ac.jp).