gnome-wm(1)							   User Commands						       gnome-wm(1)

NAME

       gnome-wm - launch the GNOME window manager

SYNOPSIS

       gnome-wm [--default-wm wm] [--sm-client-id id]

DESCRIPTION

       gnome-wm  is  a	shell script which launches the GNOME window manager, metacity. The user may specify that another window manager should be
       launched, either by using the --default-wm option or by setting the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       --default-wm wm	       Launch the window manager wm.

       --sm-client-id id       Specify the session management ID with which the window manager should be launched.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Launching the dtwm window manager using --default-wm

       example% gnome-wm --default-wm dtwm

       Example 2: Launching the dtwm window manager using WINDOW_MANAGER

       example% WINDOW_MANAGER=dtwm gnome-wm

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment variables that affect the execution of gnome-wm: NLSPATH.

       WINDOW_MANAGER	       Used to override the configured window manager to use.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/gnome-wm       Executable for GNOME window manager

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-session 	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Volatile			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       metacity(1), gnome-session(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES

       Written by Mark McLoughlin, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.

SunOS 5.11							    9 Jan 2003							       gnome-wm(1)