FvwmTabs was included in Fvwm 2. Due to the instability of Perl-Tk, it was removed, and it received no maintenance either.

It's now a Python/Tk rewrite of the old Perl FVWM tabbing module. This keeps the socket/Tk design, multiple tabbers, FVWM command functions, assigned tabber IDs, right-click menu, and autoSwallow behavior.

There is no separate FvwmTabs.py entrypoint. The tabber_client.py remains as the small command client used by FVWM functions, and fvwmmfl_client.py remains as the optional FvwmMFL socket/event helper.

# INSTALL and SETUP
# Requirements

- Python 3
- python3-tk
- FVWM3
- xdotool
- x11-utils, which provides xprop and xwininfo

1. Put the FvwmTabs files in any FVWM ModulePath directory. For example:

   mkdir -p ~/.fvwm/modules
   cp FvwmTabs tabber_client.py fvwmmfl_client.py ConfigFvwmTabs FvwmTabs.conf to ~/.fvwm/modules/

2. Make the module executable:

   chmod +x ~/.fvwm/modules/FvwmTabs

3. Add the module directory to FVWM config.

   .fvwm/config setup:

   DestroyFunc StartFunction
   AddToFunc StartFunction
   + I ModulePath ${HOME}/.fvwm/modules:+
   + I Module FvwmTabs

GitHub:
https://github.com/rasatpc/FvwmTabs

Last edited by rasat (Today 12:22:27)