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AEWM(1x)																  AEWM(1x)

NAME
aewm - An Exiguous Window Manager SYNOPSIS
aewm [options...] DESCRIPTION
aewm is an X11 window manager with very few features. It draws a small titlebar above top-level windows, allows you to manipulate them with the mouse, and starts other programs when the root window is clicked. That's also about all it does, so don't expect anything nifty. The titlebar contains a small box in the upper right corner. Clicking the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd buttons on the main area of the titlebar will raise, move, or lower the window, respectively. Clicking on the box will respectively hide, resize, or close the window. By default, clicking on the root window with button 1 will run aemenu(1x), and button 3 will start a new xterm(1x), and and button 2 will run aemenu --switch. aemenu (or another equivalent program) is required to unhide hidden windows; aewm does not do this itself. OPTIONS
--config file, -rc file Read configuration options from file. This overrides options which precede it in the command line. --font xfld, -fn xfld Draw window titles using the font defined by xfld. --bgcolor color, -bg color Set the background color of window frames. --fgcolor color, -fg color Set the foreground color of window frames. --bdcolor color, -bd color Set the color of window borders. --bdwidth width, -bw width Draw window borders width pixels wide. --padding width, -p width Draw width pixels of space between window borders and window titles. --new1 command, -1 cmd Run command when button 1 is clicked on the root window. --new2 command, -2 cmd Run command when button 2 is clicked on the root window. --new3 command, -3 cmd Run command when button 3 is clicked on the root window. --help, -h Print a short help message to stdout and exit. --version, -v Print version information to stdout and exit. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY Sets which X display will be managed by aewm. SEE ALSO
aeclients(1x), X(7), The Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual (from the X11R6 documentation). AUTHOR
Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> AEWM(1x)

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AECLIENTS(1x)															     AECLIENTS(1x)

NAME
aemenu, aepanel, aesession, switch-desk - programs for use with aewm(1x) SYNOPSIS
aemenu [--config|-rc <file>] [-s|--switch] aepanel [--config|-rc <file>] [-b|--bottom] aesession aedesk [-n <num>] [[+|-]<num>] DESCRIPTION
The programs listed above provide several window and session management features to complement aewm(1x). aemenu and aepanel launch pro- grams and raise existing windows (or unhide iconified ones). aemenu uses a popup menu to accomplish this (the --switch option changes the function of this menu), while aepanel stays on the screen inbetween uses (launching and switching functionality are both always available). Each program comes in both a GTK+ and a Xaw version; aemenu is actually a symlink to either aemenu-gtk or aemenu-xaw (likewise for aepanel). The list of programs to be run by both clients is read from $HOME/.aewm/clientsrc. There are two kinds of directives that may be used in this file: cmd "Description" "command" defines a command, which whill be interpreted by sh(1). menu "Title" (...) end defines a submenu. The number of submenus that can be nested within each other is limited only by stack space. Double quotes may be included within quoted strings by escaping them with a blackslash ("), and quotes may be omitted around single-word descriptions or com- mands. Blank lines and lines starting with '#' are ignored. aesession is a do-nothing program; it will simply reap any children it inherits and then sleep. By ending your $HOME/.xsession script with "exec aesession", you can exit and restart aewm(1x) without killing your X session. The author does not really expect anyone except WM hackers to find this useful. aedesk changes to a new virtual desktop, specfied by num, or sets the number of available desktops, with -n. FILES
$HOME/.aewm/clientsrc SEE ALSO
aewm(1x) AUTHORS
Decklin Foster <decklin@red-bean.com> Adam Sampson <ats@offog.org> AECLIENTS(1x)
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