1wmmon(1) General Commands Manual wmmon(1)
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6 wmmon - Window Maker dockapp for monitoring system information
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10 wmmon [ OPTION ]
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14 WMMon monitors the realtime CPU load as well as the average system
15 load, and gives you some nice additional features too. It is intended
16 for docking in Window Maker.
17 It currently provides:
19 · a realtime CPU stress meter;
22 · an auto-scaled average system load meter, like xload and wmavgload;
24 · a realtime disk I/O stress meter;
26 · auto-scaled disk I/O load meter;
28 · realtime memory and swap usage meters;
30 · a display for system uptime;
32 · three user-defined commands to launch.
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37 -display display
38 This option specifies the X server to contact; see X(7x).
39 -geometry geometry
42 This option specifies the preferred position of clock; see
43 X(7x).
44 -l Lock the mode, so that it cannot be cycled by clicking on the
47 upper-left widget. You can use this to open multiple copies of
48 WMMon, each set to a different mode.
49 -i Start in disk I/O mode, which displays instantaneous disk usage
52 and average disk load.
53 -b Include buffers and cache in memory usage calculations. The
56 trend in recent years has been to not include this in memory
57 load monitors, but it can be useful information.
58 -s Start in system information mode, which displays memory usage,
61 swap usage, and uptime.
62 -h Show help information.
65 -v Print the version number.
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71 The WMMon display can be cycled between CPU, disk I/O, and system
72 information displays by clicking on the upper-left widget. This dis‐
73 plays CPU information by default.
74 WMMon can also be used to launch programs. You may click either left,
76 middle, or right mouse buttons in the average-load section of the win‐
77 dow. The pre-configured program will be launched according to the
78 mouse button clicked. (see CONFIGURATION FILE below.)
79 In order to move WMMon, drag on the outer edges. These are not sensi‐
81 tive to mouse clicks.
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85 Window Maker
86 Window Maker users should drag and drop the WMMon window on the
88 Dock. Then, right-click on the border of the window and select
89 “Settings...”. Check “Start when Window Maker is started”.
90 AfterStep
93 AfterStep users should put the following in their $HOME/.steprc
95 Wharf wmmon - MaxSwallow "wmmon" wmmon &
97 Other window managers
100 WMMon runs nicely as a 64x64 shaped icon on your desktop.
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105 WMMon can launch three user-defined commands, triggered by left, middle
106 and right mouse button clicks. You can define the commands to launch
107 in $HOME/.wmmonrc
108 left: xterm
110 middle: xload
111 right: xcalc
112 If WMMon detects a $HOME/.wmmonrc file, it will launch the appropriate
113 command when you click on the clock.
114 The system administrator can define default commands in /etc/wmmonrc.
116 The administrator may also choose to “fix” particular commands, making
117 it impossible for users to change. These commands can be defined in
118 /etc/wmmonrc.fixed, although this isn't a nice thing to do.
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122 /etc/wmmonrc
123 $HOME/.wmmonrc
124 /etc/wmmonrc.fixed
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128 WMMon was written by Martijn Pieterse and Antoine Nulle.
129 This manual page was written by Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org> for the
131 Debian system (but may be used by others). It is based on the documen‐
132 tation provided by the original program.
133 This manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
135 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
136 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
137 option) any later version.
138WMMON 1.0b2 May 1998 wmmon(1)