Ident(1.8)                                             Ident(1.8)

NAME

       Ident - the AfterStep window identification module

SYNOPSIS

       Ident  [-f config_file] [-v | --version] [-h | --help] [-w
       | --window window_id]

       Although Ident can be run from the  command  line,  it  is
       normally  spawned  by  afterstep  from within an afterstep
       menu file by 'Ident':

       % cat "~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/start/Modules/Ident"
            Module "Ident" Ident
            MiniPixmap "mini-as.xpm"

       To stop the Ident module, a menu item can be used:

       % cat "~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/start/Modules/Ident_Stop"
            KillModuleByName "Stop Ident" Ident
            MiniPixmap "mini-as.xpm"
       (although Ident can simply be closed by  using  the  Close
       button on the TitleBar, which will stop the Ident Module).

DESCRIPTION

       The Ident module prompts the user to select a target  win­
       dow,  if  the module was not launched from within a window
       context in AfterStep.  After that, the Ident  module  pops
       up  a  window  with information about the window which was
       selected.

OPTIONS

       -f config_file
              Use config_file instead of the  default  configura­
              tion file.


       -h | --help
              Print a usage message and exit successfully.


       -v | --version
              Print version information and exit successfully.


       -w | --window
              Specifies  the  X  resource  id of the window about
              which information should be displayed.

INITIALIZATION

       During initialization, Ident will search  a  configuration



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       file  which  describes  the  colors and font to use.  This
       file will be the  one  specified  by  the  -f  option  (if
       given).   Else, the ~/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep/ident file
       will be used if it exists.  Else,  /usr/local/share/after­
       step/ident will be used.

       If  the Ident executable is linked to another name, ie 'ln
       -s Ident OtherIdentify', then another module  called  Oth­
       erIdentify can be started, with a completely different set
       of configurations than Ident, simply by adding *OtherIden­
       tify  options  following  the same *Identify configuration
       options below to the ident file.  This way multiple  Iden­
       tify programs can be used.

INVOCATION

       Ident can be invoked from a menu item as shown in the Syn­
       opsis section above, or  by  binding  the  action  'Module
       Ident' to a key-stroke in the feel file.

       AfterStep will search through the directories specified in
       the ModulePath configuration in the base.#bpp (where #  is
       your  colordepth)  to  attempt  to  locate Ident. Although
       nothing keeps you from launching Ident at  start-up  time,
       you probably don't want to.

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

       Ident  reads  the  ident file when it starts up, and looks
       for its configuration options:


       *IdentFore color
              Tells the module to use color instead of black  for
              text.


       *IdentBack color
              Tells  the module to use color instead of black for
              the window background.


       *IdentFont fontname
              Tells the module to use fontname instead  of  fixed
              for text.

AUTHOR

       Robert Nation

       Nobutaka Suzuki <nobuta-s@is.aist-nara.ac.jp>
       David Mihm <dmihm@swbell.net> [Man page]





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SEE ALSO

       afterstep(1)























































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