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NAME

       wihack - The wmii window hack

SYNOPSIS

       wihack [-transient <window>] [-type <ewmh window type>] [-tags <tags>] <program>

DESCRIPTION

       wihack  is  a  program  which  alters the windows created by an arbitrary program. It has the name wihack
       because it is just that: a hack. It uses LD_PRELOAD to override certain Xlib calls and add properties  to
       newly created windows.

ARGUMENTS

       -transient <window>
              Marks  created  windows  as transient for a given <window>.  This causes the new window to open in
              the floating layer of the same tags as <window>.

       -type <ewmh window type>
              Sets the EWMH window type of the created window to the type given. wmii understands the  following
              types:

               dialog Opens in the floating layer.

               dock

               menu

               toolbar
                      Automatically opens in the floating layer. Does not have a window border or titlebar.

               splash Automatically floats and does not automatically receive focus.

       -tags <tags>
              The created window opens on the given tags.

BUGS

       It is a hack.

       It doesn't work for setuid programs.

       It doesn't work for non-Xlib programs.

SEE ALSO

       wmii(1)