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.

       Please note this manpage has been modified to reflect changes in the Debian installation of Window Maker.

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

       --no-cpp
              disable preprocessing of configuration files

       --no-dock
              do not show the application Dock

       --no-clip
              do not show the workspace Clip

       --no-autolaunch
              do not autolaunch applications

       --dont-restore
              do not restore saved session

       --locale locale
              specify the locale to use

       --create-stdcmap
              create the standard colormap hint in PseudoColor visuals

       --visual-id
              visual id of visual to use

       --static
              do not update or save configurations

       --version
              display version number and exit

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

       --help print a brief help message

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...

       /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/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 varialbe 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

       X(1x),  wdwrite(1x),  wxcopy(1x),  geticonset(1x),  seticons(1x),  wmaker(1x), wxpaste(1x), getstyle(1x),
       setstyle(1x), wmsetbg(1x)

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 written by Marcelo E. Magallon, <mmagallo@debian.org>.

                                                  January 1999                                  Window Maker(1x)