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NAME

       xwit - window interface tool: pop or iconify this xterm window or named windows

SYNOPSIS

       xwit [-display display] [-sync] [-pop] [-focus] [-iconify] [-unmap]
            [-raise] [-lower] [-opposite] [-[un]circulate]
            [-resize w h] [-rows r] [-columns c] [-[r]move x y]
            [-[r]warp x y] [-colormap colormapid] [-[no]save]
            [-name name] [-iconname name]
            [-bitmap file] [-mask file] [-[r]iconmove x y]
            [-[no]backingstore] [-[no]saveunder]
            [-[no]keyrepeat keycode ... keycode - keycode ...]
            [-id windowid] [-root] [-current] [-select] [-all] [-names initialsubstring...]

DESCRIPTION

       xwit  is  an X window interface tool.  By default when used with no arguments in an xterm it de-iconifies
       and raises the window.  You can specify a different function to do, such as iconifying  the  window,  and
       apply  it  to  several windows whose name begins with one of the given strings, or a particular window id
       given, or the window id found in the environment variable WINDOWID (which is set by xterm for the program
       it runs), or the window under the mouse cursor.

OPTIONS

       -display
              is followed by the display to open.

       -sync  causes all X requests to be performed synchronously.

       -property property
              causes  the  specified  property  to be used instead of the windows name (which is WM_NAME).  Some
              possible values are: WM_CLASS, WM_COMMAND, WM_ICON_NAME, WM_CLIENT_MACHINE.

       -pop   is the default action.  It need only be given if it is wanted as well as some other function.

       -focus will give the input focus to the specified window.

       -iconify
              will iconify the windows instead of popping them.

       -unmap will iconify windows by unmapping with a non ICCCM compliant window manager.  (Beware, this option
              is not usually what you want).

       -raise raise windows (but do not map them if unmapped).

       -lower lower windows.

       -opposite
              toggle the stacking of windows from top to bottom among any overlapping windows.

       -circulate
              circulate a window's subwindows forward. Use this with -root.

       -uncirculate
              circulate a window's subwindows backward. Use this with -root.

       -resize w h
              resize windows to the given pixel size.

       -rows r
              resize windows to the given number of rows.

       -columns c
              resize windows to the given number of columns.

       -move x y
              move  windows  to  the  given  absolute  position relative to its parent.  (If the x or y value is
              negative it is taken relative to the right or bottom edge of the parent.)

       -rmove x y
              move windows by the given relative amount.

       -warp x y
              move the cursor to the given position relative to the specified window.  Add -root to warp  to  an
              absolute position.

       -rwarp x y
              move the cursor by the given relative amount.

       -colormap colormapid
              install the given colormap into the given window.  -save -nosave immediately enable or disable the
              screen saver.

       -name name
              set the WM_NAME property to the given string.

       -iconname name
              set the WM_ICON_NAME property to the given string.

       -bitmap file
              use the given bitmap file as the icon bitmap for the window.

       -mask file
              use the given bitmap file as the icon mask for the window.

       -iconmove x y
              move icons to the given absolute position.  (Will not work with some window managers.)

       -riconmove x y
              move icons by the given relative amount.  (Will not work with some window managers.)

       -backingstore -bs -nobackingstore -nobs
              enable or disable backing store for the window.

       -saveunder -su -nosaveunder -nosu
              enable or disable saveunders for the window.

       -keyrepeat -nokeyrepeat
              is followed by a list of keycodes (decimal numbers, see xmodmap(1)).  A range can be specified  as
              a  lower  number,  ``-'', and upper number as three separate arguments.  The individual setting of
              auto-repeat for those keycodes is set on or off.  The global setting of  auto-repeat  can  be  set
              with xset(1).  When off, no keys will repeat.

       -print will  print the id, the coordinates, the depth and the name of all selected windows.  If -property
              is given, that one will be printed instead of the name.

       Window Selection
              If no window is specified, $WINDOWID will be used if set; otherwise the window  under  the  cursor
              will be selected.

       -id    is followed by a single window number, in decimal; or, if it begins with 0x, in hexadecimal.

       -root  selects the root window.

       -current
              selects the window under the cursor (default if no window specified and $WINDOWID not set).

       -select
              allows the user to interactively select a window with the mouse.

       -all   is equivalent to -names '', as easier to remember.

       -names if  given  must  be the last option and is followed by a list of strings.  All windows that have a
              name that begins exactly like one of the strings will be acted upon.  If -property is given,  this
              property  is  used  instead  of  the  name.  By using a null string (-names ''), all names will be
              matched.

EXAMPLES

       To de-iconify and pop ``this'' xterm and warp the cursor into it:

                 xwit -pop -warp 50 50

       To interactively select an xterm, and resize it to 34 rows and 80 columns:

                 xwit -select -rows 34 -columns 80

       To gently agitate your oclock on the screen:

                 while   xwit -rmove 0 10 -names oclock
                 do      xwit -rmove 0 -10 -names oclock
                 done

DIAGNOSTICS

       Exit status is 0 if any action is taken, 1 if no window matches the list supplied  to  -names,  2  if  an
       error occurs.

LIMITATIONS

       Since each application is supposed to request these functions of the window manager, some of them may not
       like other clients mapping and unmapping them behind their backs.   Iconification  is  requested  of  the
       window manager using the ICCCM.  Non ICCCM compliant window managers may not react correctly.

AUTHORS

       Mark M Martin, CETIA France, mmm@cetia.fr
       David DiGiacomo, david@slack.com

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Thanks  to  Andre  Delafontaine,  Norman  R. McBride, Keith Thompson, Glen R. Walker, Michael Mauch, Dima
       Barsky and Decklin Foster for bug reports, suggestions and/or patches.

                                                   2 Dec 2005                                            XWIT(1)