10-28-2009
Determining window manager from command line
How to know what is my window manager from Linux command line?
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gnome-wm
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)