From 40b3035803504f3afd8be66a7eb54d25a9ebc713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Cardell Widerkrantz Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:09:44 +0100 Subject: Mention hidden and mcicon. Use "monitor" instead of "physical screen". Mention $DISPLAY. --- mcwm.man | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/mcwm.man b/mcwm.man index 1ceacb7..1bb43df 100644 --- a/mcwm.man +++ b/mcwm.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH mcwm 1 "Mar 05, 2012" "" "" +.TH mcwm 1 "Mar 09, 2012" "" "" .SH NAME mcwm \- MC's Window Manager for X11. .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ mcwm \- MC's Window Manager for X11. \-i turns on icons/hidden windows. .B Please note that there is no way from mcwm to get a hidden window back! You have -to use an external program such as a panel or the 9icon script (see -below) to get the window mapped again. +to use an external program such as a panel or the mcicon or 9icon +scripts (see below) to get the window mapped again. .PP \-t urxvt will start urxvt when MODKEY + Return is pressed. Change to your prefered terminal program or something else entirely. @@ -111,16 +111,16 @@ move up. move right. .IP \(bu 2 .B y -move to upper left corner of physical screen. +move to upper left corner of monitor. .IP \(bu 2 .B u -move to upper right corner of physical screen. +move to upper right corner of monitor. .IP \(bu 2 .B b -move to lower left corner of physical screen. +move to lower left corner of monitor. .IP \(bu 2 .B n -move to lower right corner of physical screen. +move to lower right corner of monitor. .IP \(bu 2 .B Return start terminal or whatever program you have configured with -t or in @@ -133,16 +133,16 @@ window. A new press of MODKEY + Tab will bring you back to the window where you last had focus. .IP \(bu 2 .B f -fix window so it is visible on all workspaces (toggles). Press again -to unfix window. Also used to move windows between workspaces: First -fix the window, change to the workspace you want, then unfix the -window on the new workspace. +fix window so it is visible on all workspaces (toggles). Note that +this is also used to move windows between workspaces: First fix the +window, change to the workspace you want, then unfix the window on the +new workspace. .IP \(bu 2 .B i iconify (or hide) window from the display. Only usable when mcwm has been started with -i. Currently there is no way to get a hidden window -back. You have to use an external program such as a panel or the 9icon -script in the mcwm distribution. +back. You have to use an external program such as a panel or the +mcicon or 9icon script in the mcwm distribution. .IP \(bu 2 .B 0\-9 go to workspace n, 0-9. @@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ go to workspace n, 0-9. close window. .IP \(bu 2 .B , -move window to previous physical screen. +move window to previous monitor. .IP \(bu 2 .B . -move window to next physical screen. +move window to next monitor. .RE .PP Note that all functions activated from the keyboard work on the @@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ look in the config.h file, change and recompile. In the config.h file you can also define mouse button actions on the root window. By default button 3 starts the command mcmenu. You can write your own mcmenu by using, for instance, 9menu, dmenu or ratmenu. -.PP +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.B mcwm\fP obeys the $DISPLAY variable. .SH STARTING Typically the window manager is started from a script, either run by .B startx(1) @@ -198,16 +199,20 @@ exec urxvt .fi .in -4 .sp -.PP .SH SCRIPTS You may want to define a menu program for use with mcwm (see config.h). In the source distribution you can find an example as -mcmenu in the scripts directory. +mcmenu (the default menu program in config.h) in the scripts +directory. .PP Christian Neukirchen wrote a little script you can use to get iconified windows mapped again if you are running mcwm in allow icons mode (-i). You need awk, xdotool, xprop and xwininfo installed. You -can the script as scripts/9icon. +can find the script as scripts/9icon. +.PP +Inspired by Christian's work I wrote a small program, hidden(1), which +is included with mcwm. You can use hidden(1) with the -c option +together with 9menu. See scripts/mcicon for an example. .PP You might also be interested in the following shell function that might come in handy to give your terminal emulators good titles before @@ -234,5 +239,7 @@ Use it like this: .fi .in -4 .sp +.SH SEE ALSO +.B hidden(1) .SH AUTHOR Michael Cardell Widerkrantz . -- cgit v1.2.3