FvwmConsoleC.pl - Command editor for fvwm command input
interface
FvwmConsole -e /usr/X11/lib/fvwm/FvwmConsoleC.pl
Copyright 1996, Toshi Isogai. No guarantees or warranties are
provided. 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.
FvwmConsoleC.pl offers editing capabilities while the user is
entering the line. By default, the line editing commands are similar to
those of emacs. It also offers substitution , which replaces a
pattern to a string before it sends the command.
Functions are bound to a key or key combination to be invoked. The
followings are functions available and their default key bindings.
- bind
- Meta-k, Ctrl-x Ctrl-b
List up key bindings and substitutions.
- boh
-
Move to the beginning of history.
- boh_ign_mode
Esc-<
-
Move to the beginning of history. If it is in search mode, continue.
- bol
- Home, Ctrl-a
Move cursor to the beginning of the line.
- bs[(n)]
BackSpace, Ctrl-h
-
Backspace n times. default of n is 1.
- cancel
- Ctrl-x Ctrl-k
Cancel the current input.
- del_back_line
-
Delete the line from the beginning to the cursor.
- del_back_word
Ctrl-w
-
Delete the word from the beginning to the cursor.
- del_char [(n)]
Delete, Ctrl-d
- Delete n characters from the cursor to the right. Default of n is 1.
- del_forw_line
Ctrl-k
-
Delete the line from the cursor to the end.
- del_forw_word
Meta-d
-
Delete the word from the cursor to the end.
- del_line
Ctrl-u
-
Delete the entire line.
- enter
- Enter, Ctrl-j, Ctrl-m
Perform substitution if applicable and send the line to fvwm.
- enter_wo_subst
Meta-Enter
-
Send the line to fvwm without any substitution.
- eoh
-
Move to the end of history.
- eoh_ign_mode
Esc->
-
Move to the end of history. If it is in search mode, continue.
- eol
- End, Ctrl-e
Move the cursor to the end of line.
- ins_char
(str)
-
Insert string at the cursor.
- ins_last_word
Esc-.
-
Insert the last argument of the previous command at the cursor.
- ins_nth_word
Meta-[1..9]
-
Insert the n-th argument of the previous command at the cursor.
- list_func
Meta-l
-
List up available editing functions.
- next_char
Right, Ctrl-f
-
Move the cursor to the next character.
- next_line
Down, Ctrl-n
-
Move to the next line in history.
- next_word
Meta-f
-
Move the cursor to the next word.
- prefix
-
Wait for the next character typed in for multi-key binding.
- prev_char
Left, Ctrl-b
-
Move the cursor to the previous character.
- prev_line
Up, Ctrl-p
-
Move to the previous line in history.
- prev_word
Meta-b
-
Move the cursor to the previous word.
- quote
- Ctrl-q
Insert the next character typed into the buffer literally.
- search
- Ctrl-s
Search pattern in history.
- search_rev
Ctrl-r
-
Search pattern in history in reverse order.
- subst
- Meta-s
Substitute all patterns to strings and reprint the line. The substitutions
are not nested and performed in the order that they are defined.
The key binding can be overridden or defined in fvwm module
configuration.
*FvwmConsole: Key \ck prev_line
Non-space character sequence need not be quoted. In order to
undefine, omit the last argument.
*FvwmConsole: Key \ck
Note that non-meta character is case sensitive. \c means control
key, \e means escape, and \m is alt key.
It also accepts Subst configuration. Users often input long fvwm command
repeatedly. Subst will replace particular input sequence to user defined
string. Example:
*FvwmConsole: Subst '^bigx' 'Exec xterm -g 120x60+0+0 -fn
10x20 -fg black -bg lemonchiffon'
Typing 'bigx<return>' in FvwmConsole will launch xterm. '^'
denotes the beginning of line in regular expression.
´pl´ in the middle of the command will not be replaced.
Although the format looks different, it takes Perl regular expression. It
just uses single or double quote as the delimiter. Single or double quotes
have no difference, although they have to match, and cannot include itself
in the string.
*FvwmConsole: Subst '^g\s*(\d+)' 'Desk 0 0\nGotoPage 0
$1\nFocus'
Entering 'g4' or 'g 4' will jump to desk 0 page 0 4 and focus.
FvwmConsoleC.pl should be invoked by FvwmConsole.