9wm - rio-like Window Manager for X
9wm [
-border ] [
-cursor cursor ] [
-version
] [
-font fname ] [
-term termprog ] [
-active color ] [
-inactive color ] [
exit|
restart ]
9wm is a window manager for X which attempts to emulate the window
management policies of Plan 9's
rio window manager.
9wm is click-to-type: it has a notion of the current window, which is
usually on top, and always has its border darkened. Characters typed at the
keyboard go to the current window, and mouse clicks outside the current window
are swallowed up by
9wm. To make another window the current one, click
on it with button 1. Unlike other X window managers, 9wm implements `mouse
focus': mouse events are sent only to the current window.
- -border
- Shrinks the size of window borders to be more like
Plan9.
- -cursor cursor
- Sets the cursor to one of two custom Plan9-style cursors:
v1 or blit. Use this option for maximum authenticity.
- -font fname
- Sets the font in 9wm's menu to fname,
overriding the default.
- -term termprog
- Specifies an alternative program to run when the New
menu item is selected.
- -active color
- Sets the color of the active window border, which defaults
to black.
- -inactive color
- Sets the color of the inactive window border, which
defaults to white.
- -version
- Prints the current version on standard error, then exits.
A menu of window operations is available by pressing button 3 outside the
current window.
- New
- attempts to spawn an xterm process (unless the
-term argument is used).
All of the next operations change the cursor into a target, prompting the user
to click button 3 on one of the windows to select it for the operation. At
this stage, clicking button 1 or 2 will abort the operation.
- Resize
- The user is prompted to sweep out the new outline with
button 3.
- Move
- The user should keep the button held down after the initial
click that selected the window, and drag the window to the right place
before releasing. In either case, button 1 or 2 will abort the
operation.
- Delete
- The window will be deleted when the button is released.
This typically kills the client that owns the window.
- Hide
- Makes the window invisible. While hidden, the window's name
appears on the bottom of the button 3 menu. Selecting that item brings the
window back (unhides it). This operation replaces the iconification
feature provided by other window managers.
To make
9wm exit, you have to run
9wm exit on the command line.
There is no ``exit'' menu item.
Is not completely compatible with rio.
There is a currently a compiled-in limit of 32 hidden windows.
9term(1),
xterm(1).