Reference

formsedit(1)

user interface builder for FormsVBT

NAME

formsedit - user interface builder for FormsVBT

SYNTAX

formsedit [-options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

formsedit is a user-interface builder for FormsVBT. The program supports a text view ("editor") and a result view. The editor's user interface should be self-explanatory.

OPTIONS

-d[isplay]

This sets the X "display" parameter for the editor window. The syntax is
<name> :[:] <display> [ . <screen>]
where
<name> is any string not containing ":"
<display> and <screen> are cardinals.
(Blanks are not allowed. They're used here just for clarity.)
Two colons indicate DECnet.
Example:
:0.0
africa:0
myrtle.pa.dec.com:0.1
The default is taken from the DISPLAY environment variable.

-g[eometry]

This sets the X "geometry" (size and placement) parameter for
the editor window, The syntax is
<width> [ x <height>] [<sign> <horiz> [<sign> <vert>]]
where
<width>, <height>, <horiz>, and <vert> are cardinals.
<sign> is either + or -
<horiz> and <vert> indicate the displacement from a corner,
according to the <sign>s:
Hsign Vsign corner
+ + NW
+ - SW
- + NE
- - SE
Examples:
1024x80
640x840+10-20
+10+10
200x200-0-0
The default is 600x250-10-10.