Re: FVWM: man page error

From: Mikhael Goikhman <migo_at_homemail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 13:17:01 +0000

On 03 Apr 2002 11:43:17 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 06:37:25PM -0800, John Smith wrote:
> > Hello again, I'm not 100% sure this is an error, but correct me if I'm
> > wrong about this. Have a look in the FvwmTheme man page where it
> > shows the example on line 312 with the FvwmIconMan colorset
> > configuration.
> >
> > The lines go like this:
> >
> > *FvwmIconMan: *Colorset 6
> > *FvwmIconMan: *FocusColorset 2
> > *FvwmIconMan: *FocusAndSelectColorset 2
> > *FvwmIconMan: *PlainColorset 6
> > *FvwmIconMan: *SelectColorset 6
> > *FvwmIconMan: *TitleColorset 6
> >
> > Isn't it supposed to be like:
> >
> > *FvwmIconMan*Colorset 6

Please also read the section "MODULE COMMANDS" in the main man page.
All 3 man pages (fvwm2, FvwmThemes, FvwmIconMan) are correct.

> > [ and so on ]
> >
> > I assume this since the FvwmIconMan man page specifically says the
> > syntax is like that.
>
> You're right. The syntax is either
>
> *FvwmIconMan: Colorset 6
>
> or
>
> *FvwmIconMan*Colorset 6

The first example is not correct; _currently_ it should still be:

  *FvwmIconMan: *Colorset 6

Because FvwmIconMan uses their own delimiters to separate id. We can't
simply strip leading stars without breaking backward compatibility.

Regards,
Mikhael.
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Received on Wed Apr 03 2002 - 07:17:39 BST

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