fmli(1) (Essential Utilities) fmli(1)
NAME
fmli - invoke FMLI
SYNOPSIS
fmli [-a alias_file] [-c command_file ] [-i initialization_file] file
...
DESCRIPTION
The fmli command invokes the Form and Menu Language Interpreter and
opens the frame(s) specified by the file argument. The file argument
is the pathname of the initial frame definition file(s), and must
follow the naming convention Menu.xxx, Form.xxx or Text.xxx for a
menu, form or text frame respectively, where xxx is any string that
conforms to UNIX system file naming conventions. The FMLI descriptor
lifetime will be ignored for all frames opened by argument to fmli.
These frames have a lifetime of immortal by default.
The available options are as follows:
-a If -a is specified, alias_file is the name of a file which
contains lines of the form alias=pathname. Thereafter, $alias
can be used in definition files to simplify references to
objects or devices with lengthy pathnames, or to define a search
path (similar to $PATH in the UNIX system shell).
-c If -c is specified, command_file is the name of a file in which
default FMLI commands can be disabled, and new application-
specific commands can be defined. The contents of command_file
are reflected in the FMLI Command Menu.
-i If -i is specified, initialization_file is the name of a file in
which the following characteristics of the application as a
whole can be specified:
- A transient introductory frame displaying product
information
- A banner, its position, and other elements of the banner
line
- Color attributes for all elements of the screen
- Screen Labeled Keys (SLKs) and their layout on the screen.
Environment Variables
LOADPFK
Leaving this environment variable unset, on certain terminals, tells
FMLI to download its equivalent character sequences for using
function keys into the terminal's programmable function keys, wiping
out any settings the user may already have set in the function keys.
Setting LOADPFK=NO in the environment will prevent this downloading.
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See Appendix A of the Programmer's Guide: Character User Interface
(FMLI and ETI).
COLUMNS
Can be used to override the width of the logical screen defined for
the terminal set in TERM. For terminals with a 132-column mode, for
example, invoking FMLI with the line
COLUMNS=132 fmli frame-file
will allow this wider screen width to be used.
LINES
Can be used to override the length of the logical screen defined for
the terminal set in TERM.
EXAMPLES
To invoke fmli:
fmli Menu.start
where Menu.start is an example of file named according to the file
name conventions for menu definition files explained above.
To invoke fmli and name an initialization file:
fmli -i init.myapp Menu.start
where init.myapp is an example of initialization_file.
DIAGNOSTICS
If file is not supplied to the fmli command, fmli returns the
message:
Initial object must be specified.
If file does not exist or is not readable, fmli returns an error
message and exits. The example command line above returns the
following message and exits:
Can't open object "Menu.start"
If file exists, but does not start with one of the three correct
object names (Menu., Form., or Text.) or if it is named correctly
but does not contain the proper data, fmli starts to build the screen
by putting out the screen labels for function keys, after which it
flashes the message:
I do not recognize that kind of object
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and then exits.
FILES
/usr/bin/fmli
SEE ALSO
vsig(1F).
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