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Special Forums UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers Window Manager of the ... Choice Post 302143823 by bakunin on Sunday 4th of November 2007 11:17:13 AM

11-04-2007

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I like mwm most. First, because it has (on AIX, where i work most) no "virtual screens", which i dislike. I like physical screens and can't have enough of them - a workplace with 3 screens (preferably 22" CRTs, not that TFT crap) is what it takes to make me happy. Virtual screens, though - is like having the picture of a cup on the wall instead of having a cup of coffee for real.

Second, it hasn't that many "features" like fvwm, etc.. Yes, its quite "barebone", but that means it is easily and quickly configured and not like fvwm, where you have to compose a 5000-line document just to change the colours of the window frames. Right-click-into-the-root-window to fire up the menu (which is easily constructed) is all the functionality i ever needed and will need. More would be just confusing for a simple mind like me.

Third: it is aesthetically pleasing to look at it. Maybe its me but i simply like its elegant look.

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MWM(1x) 							  LessTif Manuals							   MWM(1x)

NAME

       mwm - The M*tif Window Manager

SYNOPSIS

       mwm [-toolkitoption ...]  [-debug] [-xrm resourcestring ] [-multiscreen] [-name name ] [-screens [name [name [...]]  ] [-version] [-V]

DESCRIPTION

       mwm is a window manager that adheres largely to the Motif mwm specification.

OPTIONS

       In addition to the standard X Toolkit command line options (see X(1)), mwm accepts the following options:

       -xrm resourcestring
	    Set resource

       -display display
	    Specifies display to be used

       -debug
	    Enable debugging. This includes synchronous sending of requests to the X server.

       -multiscreen
	    Use multiple screens.

       -name name
	    Make mwm retrieve its resources using the given name

       -screens [name [name [...]]
	    Manage multiple screens.  Not yet supported

       -version
	    Print version information to stderr.

FILES

       /etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc
	      The system wide configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.
       ~/.mwmrc
	      Per user configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.

X Resources
       mwm supports a number of resources. It departs from the Motif mwm specification in that all window decorations have separate resources.

       The resources are documented in the app defaults file for mwm, /etc/X11/app-defaults/Mwm.

COPYING

       See the file COPYING which accompanies this distribution of mwm.

AUTHORS

       The LessTif project, http://www.lesstif.org/.  This manpage was put together by Ray Dassen <jdassen@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       lesstif(1) X(1), mwmrc(5)

LessTif Project 						    MARCH 2002								   MWM(1x)