mwm(1x)

mwm1x

The m*tif window manager

Usage

mwm [-toolkitoption ...] [-debug] [-xrm resourcestring ] [-multiscreen] [-name name ] [-screens [name [name [...]] ] [-version] [-V]

Overview

mwm is a window manager that adheres largely to the Motif mwm specification.

Options

In addition to the standard X Toolkit command line options (see X(1)), mwm accepts the following options:

-xrm resourcestring

Set resource

-display display

Specifies display to be used

-debug

Enable debugging. This includes synchronous sending of requests to the X server.

-multiscreen

Use multiple screens.

-name name

Make mwm retrieve its resources using the given name

-screens [name [name [...]]

Manage multiple screens. Not yet supported

-version

Print version information to stderr.

Files

/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc

The system wide configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.

~/.mwmrc

Per user configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.

X Resources

mwm supports a number of resources. It departs from the Motif mwm specification in that all window decorations have separate resources.

The resources are documented in the app defaults file for mwm, /etc/X11/app-defaults/Mwm.

Copying

See the file COPYING which accompanies this distribution of mwm.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0–5.0
  2. 6.0–7

Authors

The LessTif project, http://www.lesstif.org/. This manpage was put together by Ray Dassen <[email protected]>.

From lesstif-bin 1:0.95.2-1.1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.