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

       --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.

       /etc/GNUstep/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...

       /usr/share/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/Icons/
              Window Maker looks for icons 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/share/WindowMaker/Pixmaps/
              System-wide (Window Maker-specific) pixmaps are located here

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

       /usr/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)