Ubuntu Manpage: amiwm - Amiga Workbench-like X Window Manager

NAME

       amiwm - Amiga Workbench-like X Window Manager

SYNOPSIS

       amiwm

DESCRIPTION

       amiwm is an X Window manager that tries to make your workstation look like an Amiga®

OPTIONS

       Amiwm is configurable with a $HOME/.amiwmrc-file containing some or all of the following options:

FastQuit: {yes|no}

       Specifies  whether amiwm should quit directly when the Quit menu item is selected, rather than popping up
       a requester.  (on/off or true/false can be used instead of yes/no.)

SizeBorder {right|bottom|both|none}

       Specifies which border should be enlarged when a sizegadget is present.

ForceMove {manual|auto|always}

       Enables you to move windows outside the perimeter of the root window when pressing shift, when trying  to
       drag at least 25% of the window ofscreen, or always, respectively.

IconDir path

       Specifies a directory in which amiwm will look for icons.

DefaultIcon name

       Gives the filename of the .info file to use as a default icon.  It is relative to the IconDir.

IconPalette {system|magicwb|schwartz|“filename"}

       Selects either the Workbench® default palette, or the MagicWorkbench standard palette for use with icons.
       The  third  option  is  a  16  color  palette  used  on  the  "Eric  Schwartz  Productions  CD  Archive".
       Alternatively, the filename of a PPM file representing the palette to use can be used.

ScreenFont “fontname"

       Selects a font to use for windowtitles etc.

IconFont “fontname"

       Selects a font for icontitles.

{detailpen|blockpen|textpen|shinepen|shadowpen|fillpen|filltextpen|

               backgroundpen|highlighttextpen|bardetailpen|barblockpen|
               bartrimpen} “colorname"

       Modifies the colour scheme for the window manager.

ToolItem “name" “command" “hotkey"

       Adds  an  item  in  the  Tools menu with the specified name, which executes the command when selected.  A
       string containing a single uppercase letter may be specified as the third argument, making this letter  a
       hotkey for the item.

ToolItem Separator

       Inserts a separator bar in the Tools menu.

ToolItem “name" { <tool item commands>}

       Create  ToolItem:s  in  a  submenu  with  the specified name.  It is not legal to create a submenu inside
       another submenu.

Screen [<number>] “name"

       Create a new screen with the specified name.  It will be placed below all earlier  created  screens.   To
       move  a window between two screens, iconify it and drag the icon over to the other screen.  If the second
       argument is given, this screen is placed on the corresponding X screen.

ModulePath “path(:path...)"

       Sets one or more directories where amiwm will look for module binaries.  The default is AMIWM_HOME.  Note
       that the module binaries cannot be shared amongst different architectures.

Module “name" ["initstring"]

       Start a module with the specified name.  If initstring is specified, it is sent to the module.  There are
       currently two modules shipped with amiwm; Background and Keyboard.  These  are  documented  in  the  file
       README.modules.   If  a module is limited to a single screen, like the Background module, the screen that
       was created last is used.

InterScreenGap number

       Sets the size in number of pixels of the "video DMA off" area that appears between screens when they  are
       dragged.

AutoRaise {yes|no}

       Selects whether windows will automatically be moved to the front when they are activated.

Focus {followmouse|sloppy|clicktotype}

       Sets  the  policy by which windows are given focus.  Followmouse is the default and means that the window
       that contains the mouse pointer will have focus.  Sloppy means that the window that had focus  last  will
       keep  it  when the pointer is not over a window.  ClickToType is the original AmigaOS policy in which you
       have to explicitly give focus to windows by clicking in them.

TROUBLESHOOTING

       The most likely reason for amiwm to crash is if it can't find  its  default  icon,  or  if  this  is  not
       accepted  as  a  *.info  file.   If this happens, amiwm _will_ dump core.  So make sure that either 'make
       install' runs successfully (in which case amiwm will know where its icon is), or that the  file  .amiwmrc
       contains a correct specification of the icon's location.

FILES

       $HOME/.amiwmrc
       $AMIWM_HOME/system.amiwmrc

COPYRIGHT NOTICES

       This program is distributed as freeware. The copyright remains with the author.  See the file LICENSE for
       more information.  Amiga and Workbench are registered trademarks of AMIGA International Inc.

AUTHOR

       Marcus Comstedt, marcus@lysator.liu.se

                                                   14 Mar 1998                                          amiwm(1)