9wm1
Rio-like window manager for x
Usage
9wm [-border]
[-cursor
cursor]
[-version]
[-font
fname]
[-term
termprog]
[-active
color]
[-inactive
color]
[{exit | restart}]
Overview
9wm is a window manager for X which attempts to emulate the window management policies of Plan 9's rio window manager.
9wm is click-to-type: it has a notion of the current window, which is usually on top, and always has its border darkened. Characters typed at the keyboard go to the current window, and mouse clicks outside the current window are swallowed up by 9wm. To make another window the current one, click on it with button 1. Unlike other X window managers, 9wm implements `mouse focus': mouse events are sent only to the current window.
Options
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-border -
Shrinks the size of window borders to be more like Plan9.
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-cursor cursor -
Sets the cursor to one of two custom Plan9-style cursors: v1 or blit. Use this option for maximum authenticity.
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-font fname -
Sets the font in 9wm's menu to fname, overriding the default.
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-term termprog -
Specifies an alternative program to run when the New menu item is selected.
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-active color -
Sets the color of the active window border, which defaults to black.
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-inactive color -
Sets the color of the inactive window border, which defaults to white.
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-version -
Prints the current version on standard error, then exits.
Releases
18 releases since Debian 1.1 (Buzz); the text changed 2 times.
-active since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-border since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-cursor since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-font since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-inactive since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-term since Debian 9 (Stretch);
-version since Debian 9 (Stretch).