19wm(1) General Commands Manual 9wm(1)
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6 9wm - rio-like Window Manager for X
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9 9wm [ -border ] [ -cursor cursor ] [ -version ] [ -font fname ] [ -term
10 termprog ] [ -active color ] [ -inactive color ] [ exit|restart ]
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14 9wm is a window manager for X which attempts to emulate the window man‐
15 agement policies of Plan 9's rio window manager.
16 9wm is click-to-type: it has a notion of the current window, which is
18 usually on top, and always has its border darkened. Characters typed
19 at the keyboard go to the current window, and mouse clicks outside the
20 current window are swallowed up by 9wm. To make another window the
21 current one, click on it with button 1. Unlike other X window man‐
22 agers, 9wm implements `mouse focus': mouse events are sent only to the
23 current window.
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27 -border
28 Shrinks the size of window borders to be more like Plan9.
29 -cursor cursor
31 Sets the cursor to one of two custom Plan9-style cursors: v1 or
32 blit. Use this option for maximum authenticity.
33 -font fname
35 Sets the font in 9wm's menu to fname, overriding the default.
36 -term termprog
38 Specifies an alternative program to run when the New menu item
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40 -active color
42 Sets the color of the active window border, which defaults to
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44 -inactive color
46 Sets the color of the inactive window border, which defaults to
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48 -version
50 Prints the current version on standard error, then exits.
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54 A menu of window operations is available by pressing button 3 outside
55 the current window.
56 New attempts to spawn an xterm process (unless the -term argument is
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59 All of the next operations change the cursor into a target, prompting
61 the user to click button 3 on one of the windows to select it for the
62 operation. At this stage, clicking button 1 or 2 will abort the opera‐
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64 Resize The user is prompted to sweep out the new outline with button 3.
66 Move The user should keep the button held down after the initial
68 click that selected the window, and drag the window to the right
69 place before releasing. In either case, button 1 or 2 will
70 abort the operation.
71 Delete The window will be deleted when the button is released. This
73 typically kills the client that owns the window.
74 Hide Makes the window invisible. While hidden, the window's name
76 appears on the bottom of the button 3 menu. Selecting that item
77 brings the window back (unhides it). This operation replaces
78 the iconification feature provided by other window managers.
79 To make 9wm exit, you have to run 9wm exit on the command line. There
81 is no ``exit'' menu item.
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85 Is not completely compatible with rio.
86 There is a currently a compiled-in limit of 32 hidden windows.
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91 9term(1), xterm(1).
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