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NAME

6       wmaker - X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look
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SYNOPSIS

9       wmaker [-options]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Window  Maker is a X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look. It tries to
13       emulate NeXT's look as much as possible, but it  deviates  from  it  as
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OPTIONS

17       -display host:display.screen
18              specify  display  to use.  On multiheaded machines, Window Maker
19              will automatically manage all screens.  If you want Window Maker
20              to  manage  only  a  specific screen, you must supply the screen
21              number you want to have managed with the -display  command  line
22              argument.  For  example, if you want Window Maker to manage only
23              screen 1, start it as:
24              wmaker -display :0.1
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26       --dont-restore
27              do not restore saved session
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29       --global_defaults_path
30              print the path where the files for the default configuration are
31              installed and exit
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33       --help print  the list of command line options supported, one per line,
34              and exit
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36       --locale locale
37              specify the locale (i18n language) to  use;  Window  Maker  will
38              also set the variable LANG which will be inherited by all appli‐
39              cations started from Window Maker
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41       --no-autolaunch
42              do not launch at start-up the applications that were  marked  in
43              the configuration as autolanched
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45       --no-clip
46              do not show the workspace Clip
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48       --no-dock
49              do not show the application Dock
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51       --no-drawer
52              disable the Drawers in the Dock
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54       --replace
55              ask  the  currently  running  window manager to let Window Maker
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58       --static
59              do not update or save automatically the configuration
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61       --version
62              display Window Maker's version number and exit
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64       --visual-id
65              specify the ID of the visual to use; see xdpyinfo(1) for a  list
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FILES

69       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
70              general Window Maker defaults.
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72       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState
73              information  about the Dock and Clip. DON'T edit this while run‐
74              ning Window Maker. It will be overwritten.
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76       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
77              Contains the name of the file to read the root menu from or  the
78              menu itself, in property list format.
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80       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes
81              Attributes  for different application classes and instances. Use
82              the Attribute Editor (right drag the  application's  title  bar,
83              select  Attributes)  instead  of  modifying  this file directly.
84              There are just a few options not available using the  Attributes
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87       /etc/WindowMaker/
88              All  the  above-mentioned  files are READ from here if not found
89              except for WMState, which is COPIED from here. No  matter  where
90              they  are  read  from,  if it's necessary to write configuration
91              changes back into this files, user's files will be written to.
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93       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
94              This script is  automatically  executed  when  Window  Maker  is
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97       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/exitscript
98              This  script is automatically executed immediately before Window
99              Maker is exited.  Note:  If  you  need  to  run  something  that
100              requires  the X server to be running from this script, make sure
101              you do not use the SHUTDOWN command from the root menu  to  exit
102              Window  Maker. Otherwise, the X server might be shut down before
103              the script is executed.
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105       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/
106              The menu file indicated in WMRootMenu is looked for here...
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108       /usr/share/WindowMaker/
109              and here, in that order. Unless, the indicated path is an  abso‐
110              lute path.
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112       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
113              Window Maker looks for pixmaps here
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115       ~/GNUstep/Library/Icons/
116              Window Maker looks for icons here
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118       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/
119              Window Maker looks for backgrounds here
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121       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Styles/
122              Window  Maker  looks  for style files here (not true... it looks
123              like it does, but you have to specify the full path anyway, it's
124              just a place to keep things nicely ordered)
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126       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/
127              Window Maker looks for theme files here (ibid)
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129       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
130              System-wide (Window Maker-specific) pixmaps are located here
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132       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Styles/
133              System wide styles are here
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135       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Themes/
136              Guess... ;-)
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ENVIRONMENT

139       GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT
140              specifies   the   initial   path  for  the  Defaults  directory.
141              "Defaults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual
142              location  of  the  databases.  If  the  variable  is not set, it
143              defaults to "~/GNUstep"
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145       GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT
146              specifies the location of the system-wide local  GNUstep  direc‐
147              tory (this is useful, for example, in those cases where the sys‐
148              tem-wide location is really a network wide  location).  If  this
149              variable is empty, GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT is looked for.
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151       GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
152              specifies  the location of the system-wide GNUstep directory. If
153              this variable is empty, it defaults to /etc/GNUstep
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SEE ALSO

156       The Window Maker User Guide
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158       The Window Maker FAQ
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160       WPrefs(1), X(7),  wxcopy(1),  wxpaste(1),  geticonset(1),  seticons(1),
161       getstyle(1),   setstyle(1),   wmsetbg(1),  wmgenmenu(1),  wmmenugen(1),
162       wdread(1), wdwrite(1)
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AUTHOR

165       Window  Maker  was  written  by  Alfredo  K.   Kojima   <kojima@window‐
166       maker.info>,  Dan  Pascu <dan@windowmaker.info> with contributions from
167       many people around the Internet.
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169       This  manual  page  was  created  by   Marcelo   E.   Magallon,   <mma‐
170       gallo@debian.org> and is maintained by the Window Maker team.
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