.TH mcwm 1 "Jul 20, 2010" "" "" .SH NAME mcwm \- MC's Window Manager for X11. .SH SYNOPSIS .B mcwm [ .B \-b ] [ .B \-t .I terminal-program ] [ .B \-f .I colour ] [ .B \-u .I colour ] [ .B \-x .I colour ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B mcwm\fP is a window manager for the X Window System. .SH OPTIONS .PP \-b means draw no window borders. .PP \-t urxvt will start urxvt when MODKEY + Return is pressed. .PP \-f colour sets border colour for focused window to a named colour, such as "red". .PP \-u colour sets border colour for unfocused windows. .PP \-x colour sets border colour for fixed windows, that is, windows that are visible on all workspaces. .SH USE Nota bene: For mcwm to be at all useful you need to know how what keys generate the Mod1 and Mod2 modifier masks. If you don't know, use .B xmodmap(1) with the \-pm option to list them. With the the default configuration, use mcwm like this. .PP Mod1 + mouse buttons: .RS .IP \(bu 2 .B 1 move .IP \(bu 2 .B 2 raise .IP \(bu 2 .B 3 resize .RE .PP Mod2 + key: .RS .IP \(bu 2 .B r raise or lower (toggles) .IP \(bu 2 .B x maximize (toggles) .IP \(bu 2 .B m maximize vertically (toggles) .IP \(bu 2 .B h move left .IP \(bu 2 .B j move down .IP \(bu 2 .B k move up .IP \(bu 2 .B l move right .IP \(bu 2 .B H resize left .IP \(bu 2 .B J resize down .IP \(bu 2 .B K resize up .IP \(bu 2 .B L resize right .IP \(bu 2 .B Return start terminal .IP \(bu 2 .B Tab go to next visible window. .IP \(bu 2 .B f fix window so it is visible on all workspaces. .IP \(bu 2 .B y move to upper left corner. .IP \(bu 2 .B u move to upper right corner. .IP \(bu 2 .B b move to lower left corner. .IP \(bu 2 .B n move to lower right corner. .IP \(bu 2 .B 0\-9 go to workspace n, 0-9. .IP \(bu 2 .B End close focused window. .RE .PP If you don't like the default key bindings, border width, et cetera, look in the config.h file, change and recompile. .PP .SH STARTING Typically the window manager is started from a script, either run by .B startx(1) or a login manager such as .B xdm(1). .PP If you start from the console, you need an .xinitrc file. Here's a complete example: .sp .in +4 .nf \&#! /bin/sh # Set nice background. xsetroot \-mod 16 16 \-fg rgb:54/6/6 \-bg grey20 # Set nice pointer cursor. xsetroot \-cursor_name plus \-fg white \-bg black # Load resources. xrdb \-load ~/.Xresources # Start window manager in the background. If it dies, X still lives. mcwm & # Start a terminal in the foreground. If this dies, X dies. urxvt .fi .in -4 .sp .SH AUTHOR Michael Cardell Widerkrantz .