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Linux-Announce Digest #991
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Linux-Announce Digest #991, Volume #3 Sat, 7 Jul 01 08:13:02 EDT
Contents:
RIP submission (kent robotti)
Suncoast LUG Meeting Announcement (Ed Centanni)
DocParse: HTML to DocBook XML/SGML converter (Joshua Drake)
Fvwm 2.4.0 released (Dan Espen)
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From: kent robotti <robotti@metconnect.com>
Subject: RIP submission
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:46:57 CST
I'd like to post this to linux announce.
Thanks.
The RIP boot/rescue system.
This is a boot/rescue system, it comes in three versions.
There's a bootable cd version that comes with kernel 2.4.6
and has IDE/SCSI support.
rip-39.iso.bin 2528kb
They can all be found here:
http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/rip/index.html
There's more info at the above site.
This is the floppy version.
Title: RamFloppy
Version: 1.06
Entered-date: 06JUL2001
Description: Small ram linux system for the purpose of system booting
or repairing, a boot/rescue system.
You can put this system on a 1.44mb dos formatted floppy
or cdrom disk, and or boot it from your dos/win9x system.
You can also probably put it on a 1.44mb floppy in
a LS-120 drive and boot it.
It's more or less designed for non-networked stand-alone
home pc hard drive boot/rescue/backup!
It has large file support, you can use the programs
dd, mke2fs, mkdosfs, mkreiserfs, split, mount, tar,
gzip, and bzip2 for files larger than 2GB!
You can only have files larger than 2GB on a ext2/3 or
reiserfs partition.
It includes the fat16/32, ext2/3, and reiserfs partition
resizing programs 'parted, resize_reiserfs'.
It also includes the 'mc' file manager!
It has support for these filesystems.
ext2 <Linux filesystem, read-write>
ext3 <Linux filesystem, read-write>
iso9660 <Cdrom filesystem + joliet extensions, read-only>
msdos <Dos filesystem, read-write>
ntfs <Windows NT filesystem, read-only>
reiserfs <Linux filesystem, read-write>
ufs <FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, & Sun/Solaris
filesystems, read-write>
vfat <Win9x filesystem fat16 and 32, read-write>
The kernel is version 2.4.6, it just has support
for IDE hard drives.
You need at least 8mb of RAM and a 486dx CPU to boot it.
It's a rar archive you can extract it like this.
C:\ ramf-106.exe
# unrar x -cl ramf-106.exe "Using unrar or rar under linux!"
zdisk-2.03.tar.gz at the site below has a similar
rescue system, except with zdisk you supply the
kernel, it then creates a boot/rescue floppy or
cdrom disk with the kernel of your choice.
Keywords: Single Floppy Boot/Rescue System!
Author: robotti@metconnect.com (Kent Robotti)
Maintained-by:
Primary-site: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery
ramf-106.exe 1499Kb
Alternate-site:
Platforms: Linux or dos/win system.
Copying-policy: GPL
End
And there's this version.
Title: Zdisk
Version: 2.03
Entered-date: 06JUL2001
Description: The purpose of 'zdisk' is to put a kernel of your
choice and a rescue system on one 1.44mb or 1.722mb
floppy or cdrom disk, creating a boot/rescue disk.
The kernel can't be more than 1110kb in size on the
floppy version, the cdrom version can be much larger.
You can create a bootable cd linux system of any size.
Ramf-106.exe at the site below has a similar rescue
system, except it comes with the mc file manager
and a IDE kernel, it fits on a 1.44mb floppy or
cdrom disk. Read ramf-106.lsm for more info!
The programs mke2fs, mkreiserfs, gzip, bzip2, tar,
split, and busybox all, have large file support, if
you use a kernel with LFS support you can use them
for files larger than 2GB on a ext2/3 or reiserfs
partition. The 2.4 kernels have LFS support.
Keywords: Create single boot/rescue floppy or cdrom disk!
Author: robotti@metconnect.com (Kent Robotti)
Maintained-by:
Primary-site: ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/recovery
zdisk-2.03.tar.gz 667Kb
Alternate-site:
Platforms: Linux system with floppy and or cd-rw drive!
Copying-policy: GPL
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From: Ed Centanni <ecentan1@tampabay.rr.com>
Subject: Suncoast LUG Meeting Announcement
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:47:53 CST
WHEN AND WHERE:
7 July 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey
11 July 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
!!!*** Derek Glidden: presentation on ipchains/iptables and
setting up a little home firewall for DSL or cable,
PricewaterhouseCoopers -- Room 684
3109 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Blvd
Lakepointe I Building
Tampa, FL 33607
See the SLUG website (www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html) for
directions.
19 July 19:00-21:00 Brandon II
(third Thursday of each month)
Computer Advantage Store
217 Brandon Town Center Drive
Brandon, FL
Across the street from Barnes & Noble, next to Target and Honey
Baked Hams. See the SLUG website
(www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html) for directions.
24 July 19:00-21:00 Sarasota
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
J.M Stewart Corp
2201 Cantu Court
Suite 218
Sarasota, FL.
28 July 09:30-12:00 Dunedin
(fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library,
223 Douglas Ave.,
Community Room A.
Dunedin
2 August 20:00-22:00 Brandon I
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center Brandon, FL
Take I-4 East to I-75 South. Go south on 75 to the second exit
(Hwy 60, Exit 53). Head left (east) under the overpass, and
make sure you're in the right lane. When you go to the
entrance for Brandon Town Center, you'll see Barnes & Noble
on your immediate right.
ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentations:
-- Tampa Meeting: Derek Glidden will give a presentation on
ipchains/iptables and setting up a little home firewall for
DSL or cable,
-- Other meetings to be announced
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
FOLLOWING MEETINGS:
4 August 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
8 August 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second Wednesday of each month)
16 August 19:00-21:00 Brandon II
(third Thursday of each month)
28 August 19:00-21:00 Sarasota
(fourth Tuesday of each month)
25 August 09:30-12:00 Dunedin
(fourth Saturday of each month)
1 September 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
6 September 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
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From: Joshua Drake <jd@nospam.commandprompt.com>
Subject: DocParse: HTML to DocBook XML/SGML converter
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:48:49 CST
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Portland, OR -- 03 July 2001 ---
Command Prompt, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of DocParse 0.2.6.
DocParse is a valuable tool for professional technical authors whom
maintain a large amount of HTML based documentation. DocParse will
take any HTML document and convert it into a valid DocBook XML/SGML
document.
DocParse will correctly convert multiple documents, lists, and tables and
entities. After the conversion process is finished, the user will only need
to perform basic formatting to insure the document appears as they wish.
You may also select the output (XML or SGML) that you desire. DocParse
currently runs on x86 Linux only. We will release for YellowDog Linux (PPC)
and MacOS X shortly.
There are one-time and subscription based licensing models available for
immediate purchase. For complete details, refer to our product website.
http://www.commandprompt.com/products_DocParse.lxp
About Command Prompt, Inc.
Command Prompt, Inc. (www.commandprompt.com), is a Linux company
specializing in custom application development and technical writing. Their
emphasis is to deliver quality application solutions to the business world.
Press Contact:
Joshua D. Drake
jd@nospam.commandprompt.com
503-736-4609
http://www.commandprompt.com/
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From: Dan Espen <dane@mk.telcordia.com>
Subject: Fvwm 2.4.0 released
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:49:45 CST
Over two busy years have passed since fvwm 2.2 was released. Bugs,
floods, and cats had to be mastered, but:
The people on the FVWM-Workers list are very pleased to announce
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Available at http://www.fvwm.org/ it includes the following
Highlights:
===========
** A new "Theme" module called FvwmTheme and "colour sets"
including 8 kinds of gradients and pixmap support controlling
the appearance of borders, title bars, frames, 3D shadows,
menus and modules.
** GNOME compliance.
GNOME hints can be turned on and off for individual windows.
** Mouse stroke support.
You will need the libstroke library, found at
http://www.etla.net/~willey/projects/libstroke/
** Much more flexibility and control in menu definition and menu
styles including dynamically generated menus and some menu
generating scripts.
** Almost all commands, including Key, Mouse and Style, take
effect immediately. The Recapture command is no longer needed
to activate most changes.
** The old StaysOnTop style option has been generalised into the
concept of layers. See the fvwm2 man page for details.
** Using Alt-Tab now works exactly like the other one.
** A derived package fvwm-themes standardises FVWM Themes issues.
More info is available at
http://fvwm-themes.sourceforge.net/
** Improved multi head support.
** A follow up release supporting Xinerama is planned soon.
And more:
=========
** The root cursor now indicates when Fvwm is busy.
** New module FvwmGtk for Gtk style menus and dialogs.
** FvwmAnimate support in FvwmIconBox, FvwmIconMan, FvwmTaskBar,
and FvwmWinList.
** Control over mouse pointer colours and pixmap pointers.
More CursorStyle contexts.
** New command to configure a way to abort Fvwm waiting.
Look at EscapeFunc in the fvwm2 man page.
** Animated window shading with the WindowShadeSteps window
style.
** Title-bars at the bottom or the top of windows with the
TitleAtBottom and TitleAtTop styles.
** The WindowList command has options to allow better
control of which windows are shown.
** Session management support.
** Experimental multi byte font support with the
--enable-multibyte configure option.
** A shell script to convert old 2.2 configuration files into
2.4 syntax: fvwm24_convert.
** User configuration is now searched in $HOME/.fvwm by default.
** A non conflicting and more readable syntax for module
configs: "*FvwmPager: DeskTopScale 32"
** For most of users, the ModulePath and ImagePath commands will
become unnecessary. Both can be built in. User specified
ModulePath and ImagePath can add on to the built in paths.
** Most users can remove the ColorLimit command. It takes the
best setting depending on the colour depth.
** Output of the configure script is more understandable.
** When fvwm is run remotely, startup is noticeably faster.
** VMS port.
** Killing modules running under an alias now works.
** ICCCM2 compliance.
More detailed information on the contents of this release can be
found at:
http://www.fvwm.org/NEWS.html
A full list of all new and changed features follows at the end of
this document.
===================================================================
Suggested changes to your configuration file:
=============================================
- All fvwm user configurations should be moved to $HOME/.fvwm
directory; Read command supports $HOME/.fvwm by default, but
not $HOME.
- Recapture can be removed from any style changing code.
- "HilightColor fore/back" becomes
"Style * Hilightfore fore, HilightBack back"
- "HilightColorset colorset" becomes
"Style * HilightColorset colorset"
- "WindowShadeAnimate steps" becomes
"Style * WindowShadeSteps steps"
- "WindowFont font" becomes
"Style * Font font"
- "IconPath" / "PixmapPath" becomes
"ImagePath"
The directories from both statements should be merged, any
directories built in could be removed, and a plus sign should
be added to the end.
- In most cases, the ModulePath statement can be removed or
treated like the ImagePath.
- Users should consider removing any alt-tab binding they have
over the builtin binding.
- The Colorlimit command can be removed.
- The FvwmGoodStuff module is obsoleted by FvwmButtons. If you
are using FvwmGoodStuff, you need to recode this part of your
configuration.
- The GlobalOpts command has become Style options and the BugOpts
command. Please refer to the GlobalOpts command in the man
page for details.
- Most of these configuration files changes can be done using the
new fvwm24_convert command that comes with fvwm.
===================================================================
Full list of changes:
=====================
New commands:
=============
* New command UnsetEnv unsets environment variables, complements
SetEnv.
* New command UpdateStyles forces an immediate style update, even
within a complex function.
* New command ResizeMove combines Move and Resize commands.
* New command PointerKey. Similar to the Key command but binds
keystrokes to the window under the pointer instead of the
window that has the keyboard focus.
* New commands DefaultColorset and HilightColorset.
* New command StrokeFunc to handle mouse stroke.
* New command BusyCursor to control a busy cursor during
execution of certain commands.
* New command EscapeFunc to configure an aborting key sequence
(default is Ctrl-Alt-Escape).
* New command HideGeometryWindow to hide the size/position when
moving or resizing windows.
* New command BugOpts enables various former bug fixing
compile time options to be changed at run time.
* The new commands QuitSession, SaveSession, SaveQuitSession
control the session management feature.
* New command MaxWindowSize limits the initial dimensions of a
window.
* The MoveThreshold command lets the user fine tune the threshold
when a click becomes a move. It works in FvwmPager too.
* IgnoreModifiers command for ignoring the pesky num-lock
key with key and mouse bindings.
* ImagePath and ModulePath commands now expand '+' to be the
previous value of the path.
* New command: DefaultIcon to set the default icon.
* New command: RecaptureWindow captures a single window.
* GotoDesk command replaces former command Desk (the old name is
still supported.
* New function PlaceAgain: moves a window to where it would be
placed.
* New commands All and Pick.
* New command XORPixmap for increased visibility of the rubber
band lines and general spangly-ness.
* New command: Silent. Suppresses user interaction when a window
is needed but none is selected.
New command features:
=====================
* New BugOpts option FlickeringQtDialogsWorkaround.
* WindowId and WarpToFunction have been enhanced to handle
windows on different screens and unmanaged windows.
* New expanding variables: $., $[page.nx], $[page.ny].
* Pressing mouse button 2 in an FvwmIdent window restarts
FvwmIdent and asks for a new window.
* New window styles GNOMEIgnoreHints and GNOMEUseHints to disable
GNOME hints for specific windows even if GNOME compliance is
compiled in.
* SendToModule can accept aliases too.
* KillModule supports an optional alias parameter as given in
Module.
Module FvwmModule Alias
KillModule FvwmModule Alias
* Implemented "$*" in complex functions. This works like in a
shell and is replaced by all arguments of a function.
* Implemented several new parameters:
$[desk.width], $[desk.height], $[vp.x], $[vp.y], $[vp.width],
$[vp.height], $[w.x], $[w.y], $[w.width], $[w.height],
$[screen], $[<env-var>]
* New options GrowUp, GrowDown, GrowLeft, GrowRight to the
Maximize command.
* New options "keep" to Move command to leave either coordinate
unchanged.
* New options "bottomright" and "br" to Resize command.
* Resize command can take negative arguments. A "keep" argument
leaves the corresponding dimension untouched.
* New condition PlacedByButton3 that is true if the last
interactive Move command was finished by pressing mouse button
3.
* Wait command supports quoted window names.
* New parameter "prev" for GotoDesk, GotoDeskAndPage and
MoveToDesk commands.
* New WindowList options NoOnBottom, OnBottom and OnlyOnBottom.
* New option NoHotkeys to WindowList command.
* The CursorStyle command accepts two new cursors: "None" for no
cursor and "Tiny" for a single pixel cursor.
* New "flat" and "sunk" options to BorderStyle command.
* New options for the WindowList command: UseListSkip and
OnlySkipList.
* New function variable $v.
* A new special fvwm function StartFunction is introduced. It is
supposed to be used to start modules and for other start
commands. This function is executed before InitFunction and
RestartFunction. Any commands currently in both the InitFunction
and RestartFuction can be moved to the new StartFunction.
* New function variables $c, $r, $n.
* The Restart function has been partially rewritten. If you were
using Restart without any parameters and wonder why changes
in your configuration file are not used during a restart you
should use "Restart --dont-preserve-state" instead.
* New special functions Session{Init|Restart|Exit}Function are
called instead of {Init|Restart|Exit}Function when running
under a session manager.
* The behaviour of the Raised and Visible flags for Next,
Circulate, ... commands has been changed. They now do what
their names suggest, i.e. visible = partially visible and
raised = fully visible.
* A new action type 'H' for "Hold" can be assigned to complex
fvwm functions. It is triggered when the button is pressed and
held longer than ClickTime milliseconds.
* Colour gradients may use up to 1000 colours. The old limit was
128 colours.
* New button states ToggledActiveUp, ToggledActiveDown,
ToggledInactive for customizing, as an example, the "maximised"
appearance of the maximise button.
* New button style flag MWMDecorStick to support toggle buttons
for the Stick function.
* New condition [!]shaded for Current and other commands taking
conditions.
* New button style flag MWMDecorShade to support toggle buttons
for shaded windows.
* The NoWarp option to the Focus command for focusing a window on
a different page without switching to that page.
* Enhancements to MoveToPage and GotoPage: "prev" option to refer
to the last visited page, negative numbers refer to lower/right
page, suffix 'p' indicates page number relative to current
page.
* WindowID command now takes conditions like Current.
* Improved cursor support: CursorStyle now supports changing
cursor colours and creating cursors from xpm files.
New styles:
===========
* New option "recreate" to DestroyDecor and DestroyMenu commands.
* New option None to the IconBox style.
* New styles IconifyWindowGroupsTogether and
IconifyWindowGroupsOff.
* New styles KeepWindowGroupsOnDesk and ScatterWindowGroups to
cope with applications using the window group hint incorrectly
(mozilla).
* We have two "clever" placement algorithms: MinOverlapPlacement
(the old one) and MinOverlapPercentPlacement.
* New styles UseIconPosition (default) and NoIconPosition.
* New style option ParentalRelativity to enable Fvwm modules to
use "Transparent" colour sets from FvwmTheme. "Opacity" turns
it off.
* The GlobalOpts command was removed in favour of individual
window styles. Please look for GlobalOpts in the man page to
find out how to get the old functionality.
* New style option IconFont.
* New style option Font replaces the old WindowFont command.
* New window styles HilightFore, HilightBack and HilightColorset
replace the old commands HilightColor and HilightColorset.
* New styles BackingStore/BackingStoreOff and
SaveUnder/SaveUnderOff.
* New styles TitleAtBottom and TitleAtTop.
* New Style options ResizeOpaque and ResizeOutline.
* The new styles LowerTransient and DontLowerTransient allow to
control if the transients of a window are lowered when the
window itself is lowered (default) or not.
* The new styles RaiseTransient and DontRaiseTransient allow to
control if the transients of a window are raised when the
window itself is raised (default) or not.
* New style DepressableBorder/FirmBorder to influence the
appearance of the window border under button presses.
* New style IconOverride/NoIconOverride/NoActiveIconOverride to
influence the overriding behaviour of the Icon style.
* GrabFocusTransient is a new style that does the same as
GrabFocus, but only for transient windows.
* StaysOnBottom style.
* NeverFocus style: windows with this style never receive the
focus.
* FixedPosition style: disables moving the window.
* IgnoreRestack style: forbids clients to change their own
stacking order position.
* New style options: StartsLowered, StartsRaised.
New menu features:
==================
* New menu styles PopdownImmediately, PopdownDelayed and
PopdownDelay.
* New command CopyMenuStyle.
* New MenuStyle option SelectOnRelease to better emulate
Alt-Tab. Same option for WindowList command.
* More menu Shortcut keys: Tab moves down, Shift Tab moves up,
Space executes. You can now reasonably operate the built-in
windowlist with one hand.
* New menu styles VerticalItemSpacing and VerticalTitleSpacing
allow control over the height of menu items and titles.
* Dynamic menus enhancement: The special menu item name
MissingSubmenuFunc allows to create sub menus on the fly.
See man page on AddToMenu for details.
* There can be two mini icons per menu label instead of one now.
* Menu enhancements: the layout of the menu items can be
controlled in detail with the ItemFormat option for the
MenuStyle command. The width of the borders around menus and
hilighted items can be controlled with the options BorderWidth
and Hilight3DThickness (MenuStyle). Menu behaviour can be
mirrored with the SumbenusLeft option (hard to describe, it's
best to try it out). A menu item can get up to three different
labels. The first two are left aligned, the third is right
aligned by default.
* New menu styles HoldSubmenus/DeleteSubmenus. HoldSubmenus is
the new default for mwm and fvwm menus. When you move back
from a submenu to its parent menu the submenu remains visible.
* Menus can be visible multiple times at once.
* Dynamic menus are provided by the special menu items
DynamicPopupAction and DynamicPopdownAction. See the man page
under AddToMenu for details.
* New MenuStyle options: PopupAsRootmenu, PopupAsSubmenu
Mew module options and features:
================================
* Several modules and fvwm itself support $FVWM_USERDIR environment
variable to search for user files. It defaults to $HOME/.fvwm.
* New FvwmIconMan options: IconButton and IconColorset to control
colors for iconified windows.
* New FvwmIconBox option: FvwmIconBoxUseSkipList.
* FvwmBacker is now page-aware, using a new configuration syntax.
* New FvwmPager options SolidSeparators and NoSeparators.
* Colour names from colour sets can be used in fvwm command
($[fg.cs<n>], $[bg.cs<n>], $[hilite.cs<n>] and
$[shadow.cs<n>]).
* The old Panels feature of FvwmButtons has been removed. A
re-implementation has been written.
* FvwmAnimate accepts "animate" commands from other modules or
other sources of commands through SendToModule.
* Geometry (-g) command line option to FvwmButtons.
* *FvwmPagerSloppyFocus option: To focus a window, simply move
the pointer over the window's mini window in the pager.
* FvwmWinList option *FvwmWinListFollowWindowList to display the
order that fvwm keeps windows in. You can now see the order
that Next/Prev will take, Prev goes down the list, Next goes up
(from the bottom).
* Mailcheck interval option for FvwmTaskBar.
* Made FvwmPager a bit simpler. Added -transient options to bind
a transient pager to mouse buttons (see FvwmPager man page for
an example).
* FvwmPager can now handle pixmaps as desk backgrounds.
* Lots of changes to FvwmForm:
No limits of form size.
Fonts and colors can change anywhere in the form.
Form appearance can be configured globally:
Form defaults are read from .FvwmForm.
There is a built in Default setting/saving dialogue.
Forms can be read in directly from a file.
Some forms are installed automatically.
Tab to previous field.
You can control vertical spacing on text so spacing is OK for
help panels.
A button can execute a synchronous shell command.
You can paste into a form
Forms can read configuration data.
New utilities:
==============
* New utility fvwm-config allows to query an existing installation.
* New configurable script fvwm-menu-headlines to show headlines
of some popular web sites in your fvwm menus. Supported sites:
FreshMeat, LinuxToday, Slashdot, Segfault, AppWatch and more.
* New configurable script fvwm-menu-directory to create a file
system browser using fvwm menus.
* New configurable script fvwm-menu-desktop to support GNOME and
KDE menus as fvwm or FvwmGtk menus.
* New configurable script fvwm-menu-xlock replaces old
BuildXLockMenu.
* Include fvwmbug script for reporting bugs.
* New utility xselection which can be used with PipeRead to feed
the content of the X Selection as commands to fvwm.
New command line and configure options:
=======================================
* New configure option --disable-package-subdirs, see
INSTALL.fvwm for info.
* New temporary option -debug_stack_ring.
* New command line arguments -visual and -visualId.
* New command line argument -replace. fvwm will try to take
over from a running window manager only if it is given.
Miscellaneous:
==============
* Icons have been removed from the fvwm package and are available
at the fvwm web site.
* Sub windows can have a private colourmap too.
* FvwmConfig module has been removed.
* FvwmPipe module has been removed.
* The FvwmCommand module is now much faster and can thus
comfortably be used in shell scripts. The tradeoff is that it
does not report errors any more. To get the old behaviour run
FvwmCommand with the "-i 1" option.
Contact information:
====================
* The official fvwm homepage:
http://www.fvwm.org/
* Questions about the release can be asked on our mailing list:
fvwm@fvwm.org
* Bugs can be reported either at the fvwm-workers mailing list or
through our bug tracking system:
http://www.fvwm.org/cgi-bin/fvwm-bug/
fvwm-workers@fvwm.org
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