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Old 10-28-2008
Mac 101: Modify Your Windows
All Finder windows don't necessarily have to be created equally; you can have certain windows look different from others. For example, when you double-click your hard disk, you might want the Finder window to show you all the contents on your Mac in column view. But maybe you want another folder's Finder window to display its contents in icon view—and you want to hang a nice picture of your cat as the backdrop. There are plenty of things you can do to make your Finder windows more efficient or more entertaining—the choice is yours. Here are a few ways that you can modify a Finder window.

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wincommand

WinCommand(1x)						   AfterStep X11 window manager 					    WinCommand(1x)

NAME

       WinCommand - AfterStep module for choosing and manipulating windows based on patterns

CONFIGURATION OPTIONS

DESCRIPTION

       WinCommand  is  a  command  line  tool  which allows you to select windows based on their name and to then manipulate them in various ways.
       Actions currently supported are: "center", "center jump", "iconify", "jump", "kill", "move", "resize" and "sendtodesk".

DEFAULTS

       The default pattern is "", meaning all windows will be selected.

       All other default-values depend on the action you would like WinCommand to take. If more than one action is specified,  default-values  are
       set depending on the last action specified.

ACTIONS

       center

	      Place matching windows into the center of the screen.

       center jump:

	      Places first window that matches into the center of the screen and jumps to it.

       iconify:

	      Iconifies matching windows.

       jump:

	      Jumps to the first window which matches.

       kill:

	      Kills all matching windows.

       move:

	      Moves all matching windows to x/y. x and y are specified using the -x and -y flags.

       resize:

	      Resize all matching windows. The two parameters width and height are specified using the -width and -height flags.

       send_to_desk:

	      Send all matching windows to desk specified with the -new_desk flag.

OPTIONS

       -all

	      Operate on all windows which match the given pattern. This is set by default unless the action is either "jump" or "center jump".

       -alldesks

	      Windows on all desks will be taken into account. This is set by default if action is either "jump" or "center jump".

       -desk

	      Windows on the whole desk will be taken into account.

       -x/-y

	      These are required when issuing the move-command.

       -width/-height

	      These are required whenever you want to resize windows.

	      Examples WinCommand -pattern term iconify

	      This command will iconify all terminals. Since the specified pattern is a regular expression, something like this also works:

	      WinCommand -pattern "(term)|(moz)" iconify

	      This will iconify all terminals and mozilla-browser windows.

	      WinCommand -pattern xmm jump

	      will jump to your xmms. In this situation, it's far more advisable to use GWCommand though.

	      It is probably not a good idea to delete windows while windows are being arranged.

3rd Berkeley Distribution					AfterStep v.2.2.11						    WinCommand(1x)