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NAME

       wmaker - X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look


SYNOPSIS

       wmaker [-options]


DESCRIPTION

       Window Maker is a X11 window manager with a NEXTSTEP look. It tries to
       emulate NeXT's look as much as possible, but it deviates from it as
       necessary.


OPTIONS

       -display host:display.screen
              specify display to use.  On multiheaded machines, Window Maker
              will automatically manage all screens.  If you want Window Maker
              to manage only a specific screen, you must supply the screen
              number you want to have managed with the -display command line
              argument. For example, if you want Window Maker to manage only
              screen 1, start it as:
              wmaker -display :0.1

       --dont-restore
              do not restore saved session

       --global_defaults_path
              print the path where the files for the default configuration are
              installed and exit

       --help print the list of command line options supported, one per line,
              and exit

       --locale locale
              specify the locale (i18n language) to use; Window Maker will
              also set the variable LANG which will be inherited by all
              applications started from Window Maker

       --no-autolaunch
              do not launch at start-up the applications that were marked in
              the configuration as autolanched

       --no-clip
              do not show the workspace Clip

       --no-dock
              do not show the application Dock

       --no-drawer
              disable the Drawers in the Dock

       --no-polling
              disable the periodic check on the configuration file to reload
              it automatically

       --replace
              ask the currently running window manager to let Window Maker
              take his place

       --static
              do not update or save automatically the configuration

       --version
              display Window Maker's version number and exit

       --visual-id
              specify the ID of the visual to use; see xdpyinfo(1) for a list
              of visuals available in your display


FILES

       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
              general Window Maker defaults.

       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState
              information about the Dock and Clip. DON'T edit this while
              running Window Maker. It will be overwritten.

       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
              Contains the name of the file to read the root menu from or the
              menu itself, in property list format.

       ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes
              Attributes for different application classes and instances. Use
              the Attribute Editor (right drag the application's title bar,
              select Attributes) instead of modifying this file directly.
              There are just a few options not available using the Attributes
              Editor.

       /usr/local/etc/WindowMaker/Defaults/
              All the above-mentioned files are READ from here if not found
              except for WMState, which is COPIED from here. No matter where
              they are read from, if it's necessary to write configuration
              changes back into this files, user's files will be written to.

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
              This script is automatically executed when Window Maker is
              started.

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/exitscript
              This script is automatically executed immediately before Window
              Maker is exited.  Note: If you need to run something that
              requires the X server to be running from this script, make sure
              you do not use the SHUTDOWN command from the root menu to exit
              Window Maker. Otherwise, the X server might be shut down before
              the script is executed.

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/
              The menu file indicated in WMRootMenu is looked for here...

       /etc/X11/WindowMaker/
              and here, in that order. Unless, the indicated path is an
              absolute path.

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
              Window Maker looks for pixmaps here

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds/
              Window Maker looks for backgrounds here

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Styles/
              Window Maker looks for style files here (not true... it looks
              like it does, but you have to specify the full path anyway, it's
              just a place to keep things nicely ordered)

       ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Themes/
              Window Maker looks for theme files here (ibid)

       /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
              System-wide (Window Maker-specific) pixmaps are located here

       /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Styles/
              System wide styles are here

       /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Themes/
              Guess... ;-)


ENVIRONMENT

       GNUSTEP_USER_ROOT
              specifies the initial path for the Defaults directory.
              "Defaults/" is appended to this variable to determine the actual
              location of the databases. If the variable is not set, it
              defaults to "~/GNUstep"

       GNUSTEP_LOCAL_ROOT
              specifies the location of the system-wide local GNUstep
              directory (this is useful, for example, in those cases where the
              system-wide location is really a network wide location). If this
              variable is empty, GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT is looked for.

       GNUSTEP_SYSTEM_ROOT
              specifies the location of the system-wide GNUstep directory. If
              this variable is empty, it defaults to /etc/GNUstep


SEE ALSO

       The Window Maker User Guide

       The Window Maker FAQ

       WPrefs(1), X(7), wxcopy(1), wxpaste(1), geticonset(1), seticons(1),
       getstyle(1), setstyle(1), wmsetbg(1), wmgenmenu(1), wmmenugen(1),
       wdread(1), wdwrite(1)


AUTHOR

       Window Maker was written by Alfredo K. Kojima
       <kojima@windowmaker.info>, Dan Pascu <dan@windowmaker.info> with
       contributions from many people around the Internet.

       This manual page was created by Marcelo E. Magallon,
       <mmagallo@debian.org> and is maintained by the Window Maker team.

                                 February 2015                 Window Maker(1)

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