--- name: "cfte" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "fte" version: "0.50.2b6-20110708-7" release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/cfte" --- # cfte(1) Compiles fte config files ## NAME cfte - Compiles fte config files ## SYNOPSIS **cfte** *sourcefile \[destfile\]* ## DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the **cfte**. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution (but may be used by others), because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has documentation in html format; see below. **cfte** compiles the *.fterc* binary for [**fte**(1)](/fte/1.md) from human readable sources. Example of these source files can be found at **/usr/share/doc/***fte/config-example.tar.gz*. ## EXAMPLES - **cfte** */usr/share/doc/fte/config/main.fte* compiles the example config tree to *fte-new.cnf* - **cfte** *main.fte ~/.fterc* compiles the main.fte (in current directory) to *~/.fterc* ## FILES - *~/.fterc* Default Configuration file. Includes All keybinding and menus compiled with **cfte** from config files in **/usr/share/doc/***fte/config/main.fte*. There is a sample *.fterc* in **/etc/***fte/system.fterc*. - *\*.fte* Configuration sources. The syntax of these files is explained in **/usr/share/doc/***fte/contents.html*. ## SEE ALSO [**xfte**(1)](/xfte/1.md), [**vfte**(1)](/vfte/1.md), [**sfte**(1)](/sfte/1.md), **/usr/share/doc/***fte/contents.html* ## AUTHORS This manual page was written by Riku Voipio and Zdenek Kabelac \ \ for the Debian GNU/Linux system. ## DATE 28 Sep 1999