fvwm-config(1)

📦 version 2.7.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 fvwm-config(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Fvwm Modules section of the manual, this is fvwm-config(1) and it's literally the cutest little spy for your fvwm install 🕵️♀️✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fvwm-config — go ask your existing fvwm installation some questions, she'll tell you everything 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

fvwm-config [--help] [--version] [--info] [--prefix] [--exec-prefix]
[--bindir] [--datadir] [--libexecdir] [--sysconfdir] [--mandir]
[--localedir] [--fvwm-moduledir] [--fvwm-datadir] [--fvwm-perllibdir]
[--default-imagepath] [--default-userdir] [--fvwm-exe] [--supports]
[--supports-<feature>]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

fvwm-config is a shell script that hands you the deets on the fvwm version, the installation directories, the built-in paths, and which features got built in. it's giving "personal assistant for your window manager" and honestly? iconic 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

heads up babes: fvwm-config prints to the standard output for all of these options. and yes, you can use both short and long GNU-like option names, so use whichever one your fingers vibe with 💖

  • -h, --help, -? — prints the short usage, the lil quickie version
  • -v, --version, -V — prints the version
  • -i, --info — prints the full info page, the whole story
  • -P, --prefix — prints the installation prefix
  • -E, --exec-prefix — prints the installation exec-prefix
  • -B, --bindir — prints the installation bindir
  • -D, --datadir — prints the installation datadir
  • -L, --libexecdir — prints the installation libexecdir
  • -S, --sysconfdir — prints the installation sysconfdir
  • -M, --mandir — prints the installation mandir
  • -O, --localedir — prints the installation localedir
  • -m, --fvwm-moduledir — prints FVWM_MODULEDIR, aka where the modules are installed
  • -d, --fvwm-datadir — prints FVWM_DATADIR, aka where the system wide configs are installed
  • -p, --fvwm-perllibdir — prints FVWM_PERLLIBDIR, aka where the perl library is installed
  • -I, --default-imagepath — prints the built-in ImagePath
  • -U, --default-userdir — prints the default FVWM_USERDIR. ⚠️ note: $HOME is not expanded, so don't come crying to me when you see the literal string
  • -e, --fvwm-exe — prints the fvwm executable name (and it lives in bindir, bestie)
  • -s, --supports — lists all supported features, one per line, no skips
  • --supports-<feature> — prints literally nothing, but returns: 0 if the <feature> is supported, 100 if it's not, 200 if it's unknown. you can find all the feature names (or the supported ones) with --info or --supports respectively 👀

🌈 USAGE 🌈

here are some real life usages, fr fr, taken straight from girls who actually do this:

checking for xft support:

if fvwm-config --supports-xft;
  then echo 1; else echo 0; fi

the fvwm-themes package checks for the correct fvwm version installed using:

fvwm-config --version

and then it tries to use the same installation directories:

fvwm-config --bindir --mandir --fvwm-datadir

a way to find the full path to the fvwm executable:

echo `fvwm-config --bindir`/`fvwm-config --fvwm-exe`

a way to start modules in perl:

use lib `fvwm-config -p | tr -d '0`;
use FVWM::Module;

and for a more human readable output, just try:

fvwm-config --info

💜 COPYING 💜

fvwm-config is a part of the fvwm package and distributed by the same terms — see GNU GPL. so yeah, share the love, follow the license 🫶

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Mikhael Goikhman <migo@homemail.com> — the mastermind, the moment, the main character 💫

and that's a wrap bestie!! this page came to you from the 3rd Berkeley Distribution, dated 19 October 2022, and it's rockin' version 2.7.0 🎀 now go query your install and slay ✨💅

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