1Window Maker(1x)                                              Window Maker(1x)
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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       --no-cpp
18              disable preprocessing of configuration files
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20       --no-dock
21              do not show the application Dock
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23       --no-clip
24              do not show the workspace Clip
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26       -display host:display.screen
27              specify  display  to use.  On multiheaded machines, Window Maker
28              will automatically manage all screens.  If you want Window Maker
29              to  manage  only  a  specific screen, you must supply the screen
30              number you want to have managed with the -display  command  line
31              argument.  For  example, if you want Window Maker to manage only
32              screen 1, start it as: wmaker -display :0.1
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34       --version
35              display version number and exit
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37       --visual-id
38              specify the ID of the visual to use. See xdpyinfo(1x) for a list
39              of visuals available in your display.
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41       --help print a brief help message
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FILES

44       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
45              general Window Maker defaults.
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47       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState
48              information  about the Dock and Clip. DON'T edit this while run‐
49              ning Window Maker. It will be overwritten.
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51       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
52              Contains the name of the file to read the root menu from or  the
53              menu itself, in property list format.
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55       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes
56              Attributes  for different application classes and instances. Use
57              the Attribute Editor (right drag the  application's  title  bar,
58              select  Attributes)  instead  of  modifying  this file directly.
59              There are just a few options not available using the  Attributes
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62       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Defaults/
63              All  the  above-mentioned  files are READ from here if not found
64              except for WMState, which is COPIED from here. No  matter  where
65              they  are  read  from,  if  it's necesary to write configuration
66              changes back into this files, user's files will be written to.
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68       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
69              This script is  automatically  executed  when  Window  Maker  is
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72       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/exitscript
73              This  script is automatically executed immediately before Window
74              Maker is exited.  Note:  If  you  need  to  run  something  that
75              requires  the X server to be running from this script, make sure
76              you do not use the SHUTDOWN command from the root menu  to  exit
77              Window  Maker. Otherwise, the X server might be shut down before
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80       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/
81              The menu file indicated in WMRootMenu is looked for here...
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83       /etc/X11/WindowMaker/
84              and here, in that order. Unless, the indicated path is an  abso‐
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87       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
88              Window Maker looks for pixmaps here
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90       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/
91              Window Maker looks for backgrounds here
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93       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Styles/
94              Window  Maker  looks  for style files here (not true... it looks
95              like it does, but you have to specify the full path anyway, it's
96              just a place to keep things nicely ordered)
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98       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/
99              Window Maker looks for theme files here (ibid)
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101       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
102              System wide pixmaps are located here...
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104       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
105              and here.
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107       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Styles/
108              System wide styles are here
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110       /usr/share/WindowMaker/Themes/
111              Guess... ;-)
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ENVIRONMENT

114       GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT
115              specifies   the   initial   path  for  the  Defaults  directory.
116              "Defaults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual
117              location  of  the  databases.  If  the  varialbe  is not set, it
118              defaults to "~/GNUstep"
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120       GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT
121              specifies the location of the system-wide local  GNUstep  direc‐
122              tory (this is useful, for example, in those cases where the sys‐
123              tem-wide location is really a network wide  location).  If  this
124              variable is empty, GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT is looked for.
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126       GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
127              specifies  the location of the system-wide GNUstep directory. If
128              this variable is empty, it defaults to /etc/GNUstep
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SEE ALSO

131       The Window Maker User Guide
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133       The Window Maker FAQ
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135       X(1x),   wdwrite(1x),   wxcopy(1x),    geticonset(1x),    seticons(1x),
136       wmaker(1x), wxpaste(1x), getstyle(1x), setstyle(1x), wmsetbg(1x)
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AUTHOR

139       Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@windowmaker.org>,
140       Dan Pascu <dan@windowmaker.org> with  contributions  from  many  people
141       around the Internet.
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143       This   manual   page   was   written  by  Marcelo  E.  Magallon,  <mma‐
144       gallo@debian.org>.
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