FvwmCommand
Note: In fvwm3, a new module FvwmPrompt
exists that is a combination
of FvwmCommand and FvwmConsole. Though due to golang dependencies, this new
module is not in wide use yet. FvwmConsole and FvwmCommandS are currently
still available until FvwmPrompt is more widely used.
Description
FvwmCommand lets you monitor fvwm transaction and issue fvwm commands from a shell command line or scripts. FvwmCommand takes each argument as a fvwm command. Quotes can be used to send commands including spaces. FvwmCommand ‘FvwmPager 0 1’
Configuration and Use
The only configuration needed is to run the server FvwmCommandS from your config file. One such way is to do this when FVWM starts with:
Once the server is running you can issue commands to fvwm from the command line in your terminals or from scripts. To do so just run