1 .\" @(#)@PACKAGE@-@VERSION@ @RELDATELONG@
2 .TH fvwm-convert-2.6 1 "@RELDATELONG@ (@VERSION@)" Fvwm "Fvwm Modules"
4 fvwm-convert-2.6 \- convert fvwm 2.4.x configuration file to fvwm 2.6 style
7 .RI [ --follow-read | -f ]
12 The following options are supported:
13 .IP "\fB\-\-help\fR | \fB\-h\fR"
14 Prints a usage message to the screen.
15 .IP "\fB\-\-follow\-read\fR | \fB\-f\fR"
16 Follows files found along with the
21 converts an fvwm 2.4.x configuration file into a fvwm 2.6
22 file with compatible syntax. It is not suitable to convert older 2.x
23 configuration files. Please use
25 to convert these to the 2.2.x format first, and then if necessary
30 won't look for a given config file. This must be specified as the first
33 Different source and destination files may be given.
34 If the destination file already exists, this program exits.
35 If no destination file is given, then the filename is
36 the same name as the source file with the suffix ".converted"
37 added. Without an absolute path given as the destination path to the
38 destination file, the program will create the destination file in the CWD.
41 makes the following changes:
44 In fvwm 2.4, most style options could be negated from their counterparts
45 using NoFoo -- fvwm-convert-2.6 corrects this by now using !Foo.
48 In fvwm 2.4 and beyond, the ModulePath is compiled into fvwm.
50 comments out any ModulePath commands it finds.
51 If you are using your own modules, (not the ones that come with fvwm),
52 you will have to fix your configuration file after using
53 .BR fvwm-convert-2.6 .
55 .B Conditional command syntax
56 In fvwm 2.4, the conditional command options were whitespace-separated --
57 they should now be comma-separated instead. In addition, the older syntax
58 to Next and Prev of using [*] to denote all windows has been removed
59 entirely. Both these checks and conversions are done on function commands,
63 In fvwm 2.4, the WindowShadeSteps command is replaced by the
64 WindowShadeSteps Style option.
69 In fvwm 2.6, the FvwmTheme module is replaced by a series of Colorset
72 will try and make this change, it is still recommended that this is checked
76 In fvwm 2.6, the EdgeResistance command is has been split to include an
77 additional style option for EdgeMoveResistance.
79 makes any changes necessary.
81 .B StartFunction / RestartFunction / InitFunction
82 In fvwm 2.6, the need for using InitFunction and/or RestartFunction is
83 redundant when StartFunction is read at both of these times.
85 attempts to convert this.
94 can detect and open will be converted automatically, else a list of files
95 that can be followed are printed to the screen.
105 are printed at the end of the files -- this slight reordering might put some
106 comments before in an odd spot.
108 When converting over FvwmTheme lines, the colorset definitions might well be
109 broken, but these cannot easily be converted.
111 Bug reports can be sent to the fvwm-workers mailing list (see the
114 Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com>