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6 wmaker - X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look
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9 wmaker [-options]
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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
14 necessary.
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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
25 --dont-restore
27 do not restore saved session
28 --global_defaults_path
30 print the path where the files for the default configuration are
31 installed and exit
32 --help print the list of command line options supported, one per line,
34 and exit
35 --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
40 --no-autolaunch
42 do not launch at start-up the applications that were marked in
43 the configuration as autolanched
44 --no-clip
46 do not show the workspace Clip
47 --no-dock
49 do not show the application Dock
50 --no-drawer
52 disable the Drawers in the Dock
53 --replace
55 ask the currently running window manager to let Window Maker
56 take his place
57 --static
59 do not update or save automatically the configuration
60 --version
62 display Window Maker's version number and exit
63 --visual-id
65 specify the ID of the visual to use; see xdpyinfo(1) for a list
66 of visuals available in your display
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69 ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
70 general Window Maker defaults.
71 ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState
73 information about the Dock and Clip. DON'T edit this while run‐
74 ning Window Maker. It will be overwritten.
75 ~/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.
79 ~/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
85 Editor.
86 /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.
92 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
94 This script is automatically executed when Window Maker is
95 started.
96 ~/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 re‐
100 quires 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.
104 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/
106 The menu file indicated in WMRootMenu is looked for here...
107 /usr/share/WindowMaker/
109 and here, in that order. Unless, the indicated path is an abso‐
110 lute path.
111 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
113 Window Maker looks for pixmaps here
114 ~/GNUstep/Library/Icons/
116 Window Maker looks for icons here
117 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/
119 Window Maker looks for backgrounds here
120 ~/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)
125 ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/
127 Window Maker looks for theme files here (ibid)
128 /usr/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
130 System-wide (Window Maker-specific) pixmaps are located here
131 /usr/share/WindowMaker/Styles/
133 System wide styles are here
134 /usr/share/WindowMaker/Themes/
136 Guess... ;-)
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139 WMAKER_USER_ROOT
140 specifies the initial path for the Defaults directory. "De‐
141 faults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual
142 location of the databases. If the variable is not set, it de‐
143 faults to "~/GNUstep"
144 GNUSTEP_USER_APPS
146 specifies the location of the user's GNUstep Apps directory. If
147 this variable is empty, it defaults to ~/GNUstep/Applications.
148 GNUSTEP_LOCAL_APPS
150 specifies the location of the system-wide local GNUstep Apps di‐
151 rectory (this is useful, for example, in those cases where the
152 system-wide location is really a network wide location). If this
153 variable is empty, it defaults to /usr/local/GNUstep/Local/Ap‐
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155 GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_APPS
157 specifies the location of the system-wide GNUstep Apps direc‐
158 tory. If this variable is empty, it defaults to
159 /usr/GNUstep/System/Applications.
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162 The Window Maker User Guide
163 The Window Maker FAQ
165 WPrefs(1), X(7), wxcopy(1), wxpaste(1), geticonset(1), seticons(1),
167 getstyle(1), setstyle(1), wmsetbg(1), wmgenmenu(1), wmmenugen(1),
168 wdread(1), wdwrite(1)
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171 Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima <kojima@window‐
172 maker.info>, Dan Pascu <dan@windowmaker.info> with contributions from
173 many people around the Internet.
174 This manual page was created by Marcelo E. Magallon, <mmagallo@de‐
176 bian.org> and is maintained by the Window Maker team.
177 February 2015 Window Maker(1)