WINMAN

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: November 15, 1989
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NAME

winman - simple window manager

SYNOPSIS

winman

DESCRIPTION

winman is a very simple window manager. It provides the basic window manipulation commands to move, resize, circulate, and iconify window. It also allows you to designate a keyboard focos window, and to exec a new xterm.

winman is designed as an example of Xlib programming, demonstrating some of the features of Xlib that are used only by window managers, such as how to draw rubber-band boxes, perform server grabs, etc.

winman maps a permanent menu which it refuses to allow the user to hide (because there is no way to bring it back into view).

AUTHOR

Adrian Nye of O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.

BUGS

One font, one size, no command-line options, no color handling, no configurability, etc., etc. Also, the menu can be confused and disabled by rapidly clicking multiple buttons in several panes in quick succession. This rarely occurs in use.

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