XmIsMotifWMRunning(3)

XmIsMotifWMRunning3

A function that determines whether the window manager is running

Usage

#include <Xm/Xm.h>
Boolean XmIsMotifWMRunning(
Widget shell);

Overview

XmIsMotifWMRunning lets a user know whether the Motif Window Manager is running on a screen that contains a specific widget hierarchy. This function first sees whether the _MOTIF_WM_INFO property is present on the root window of the shell's screen. If it is, its window field is used to query for the presence of the specified window as a child of root.

shell

Specifies the shell whose screen will be tested for mwm's presence.

Return

Returns True if MWM is running.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 8–13
  2. Arch

From openmotif 2.3.8-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.