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
11 converts an fvwm 2.4.x configuration file into a fvwm 2.6
12 file with compatible syntax. It is not suitable to convert older 2.x
13 configuration files. Please use
15 to convert these to the 2.2.x format first, and then if necessary
20 won't look for a given config file. This must be specified as the first
23 Different source and destination files may be given.
24 If the destination file already exists, this program exits.
25 If no destination file is given, then the filename is
26 the same name as the source file with the suffix ".converted"
27 added. Without an absolute path given as the destination path to the
28 destination file, the program will create the destination file in the CWD.
31 makes the following changes:
34 In fvwm 2.4, most style options could be negated from their counterparts
35 using NoFoo -- fvwm-convert-2.6 corrects this by now using !Foo.
38 In fvwm 2.4 and beyond, the ModulePath is compiled into fvwm.
40 removes any ModulePath commands it finds.
41 If you are using your own modules, (not the ones that come with fvwm),
42 you will have to fix your configuration file after using
43 .BR fvwm-convert-2.6 .
45 .B Conditional command syntax
46 In fvwm 2.4, the conditional command options were whitespace-separated --
47 they should now be comma-separated instead. In addition, the older syntax
48 to Next and Prev of using [*] to denote all windows has been removed
49 entirely. Both these checks and conversions are done on function commands,
53 In fvwm 2.4, the WindowShadeSteps command is replaced by the
54 WindowShadeSteps Style option.
59 In fvwm 2.6, the FvwmTheme module is replaced by a series of Colorset
62 will try and make this change, it is still recommended that this is checked
66 In fvwm 2.6, the EdgeResistance command is has been split to include an
67 additional style option for EdgeMoveResistance.
69 makes any changes necessary.
71 .B StartFunction / RestartFunction / InitFunction
72 In fvwm 2.6, the need for using InitFunction and/or RestartFunction is
73 redundant when StartFunction is read at both of these times.
75 attempts to convert this.
80 can detect and open will be converted automatically, else a warning is
90 are printed at the end of the files -- this slight reordering might put some
91 comments before in an odd spot.
93 Continuation lines (those commands spanning multiple lines ending in a '\\')
94 are not handled correctly.
96 When converting over FvwmTheme lines, the colorset definitions might well be
97 broken, but these cannot easily be converted.
99 Bug reports can be sent to the fvwm-workers mailing list (see the
102 Thomas Adam <thomas.adam22@gmail.com> .