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NAME
amiwm - Amiga Workbench-like X Window Manager
SYNOPSIS
amiwmDESCRIPTION
amiwm is an X Window manager that tries to make your workstation look
like an Amiga(R).
OPTIONS
Amiwm is configurable with a $HOME/.amiwmrc-file containing some or
all of the following options:
FastQuit: {yes|no} Specifies whether amiwm should quit directly when the Quit menu item
is selected, rather than popping up a requester. (on/off or
true/false can be used instead of yes/no.)
SizeBorder {right|bottom|both|none} Specifies which border should be enlarged when a sizegadget is
present.
ForceMove {manual|auto|always} Enables you to move windows outside the perimeter of the root window
when pressing shift, when trying to drag at least 25% of the window
ofscreen, or always, respectively.
IconDir path Specifies a directory in which amiwm will look for icons.
DefaultIcon name Gives the filename of the .info file to use as a default icon. It is
relative to the IconDir.
IconPalette {system|magicwb|schwartz|"
filename"} Selects either the Workbench(R) default palette, or the
MagicWorkbench standard palette for use with icons. The third option
is a 16 color palette used on the "Eric Schwartz Productions CD
Archive". Alternatively, the filename of a PPM file representing the
palette to use can be used.
ScreenFont "
fontname" Selects a font to use for windowtitles etc.
IconFont "
fontname" Selects a font for icontitles.
{detailpen|blockpen|textpen|shinepen|shadowpen|fillpen|filltextpen| backgroundpen|highlighttextpen|bardetailpen|barblockpen|
bartrimpen} "
colorname" Modifies the colour scheme for the window manager.CustomIconsOnly {yes|no} This prevent applications to display their own icons when in
iconified state. Only icons defined in amiwmrc for each apps will be
used. Because apps own icon are too different from one eachother.
They comes in various sizes and themes. Some icons will be 32x32,
while some other will be a 128x128 or even bigger .. By using this
option, You have the possibility to decide which icon should be used
for each app. If no custom icons are defined at all, the
def_tool.info will be used for all iconified apps. Format is: style {
class "myClass" icon "myIcon.info" } To find out a given program's
class, use "xlsclients -l" to list all opened applications, and then
use "xprop -id <0x0000000>" to list a given app's properties. Use
either WM_CLASS or WM_ICON_NAME strings in amiwmrc.
ShortLabelIcons {yes|no} This limit the length of the text for iconified programs. For
example, if this option is activated, an iconified program text will
be limited to 8 chars + ".." Use this option if you don't want
iconified program text to be loong strings..
TitleBarClock {yes|no} Enables a clock in the titlebar. It displays the date and time.
TitleClockFormat [<number>] time string This lets you choose a new format to display the Title Bar Clock.
The time string is formatted with the standard strftime() parameters.
The default is "%c". It has been found that "%a %b %e %Y %l:%M %p"
works well too. Number is the update interval in seconds.
ToolItem "
name" "
command" "
hotkey" Adds an item in the Tools menu with the specified name, which
executes the command when selected. A string containing a single
uppercase letter may be specified as the third argument, making this
letter a hotkey for the item.
ToolItem Separator Inserts a separator bar in the Tools menu.
ToolItem "
name" { <tool item commands>} Create ToolItem:s in a submenu with the specified name. It is not
legal to create a submenu inside another submenu.
Screen [<number>] "
name" Create a new screen with the specified name. It will be placed below
all earlier created screens. To move a window between two screens,
iconify it and drag the icon over to the other screen. If the second
argument is given, this screen is placed on the corresponding X
screen.
ModulePath "
path(:path...)" Sets one or more directories where amiwm will look for module
binaries. The default is AMIWM_HOME. Note that the module binaries
cannot be shared amongst different architectures.
Module "
name" ["initstring"] Start a module with the specified name. If initstring is specified,
it is sent to the module. There are currently two modules shipped
with amiwm; Background and Keyboard. These are documented in the
file README.modules. If a module is limited to a single screen, like
the Background module, the screen that was created last is used.
InterScreenGap number Sets the size in number of pixels of the "video DMA off" area that
appears between screens when they are dragged.
AutoRaise {yes|no} Selects whether windows will automatically be moved to the front when
they are activated.
Focus {followmouse|sloppy|clicktotype} Sets the policy by which windows are given focus. Followmouse is the
default and means that the window that contains the mouse pointer
will have focus. Sloppy means that the window that had focus last
will keep it when the pointer is not over a window. ClickToType is
the original AmigaOS policy in which you have to explicitly give
focus to windows by clicking in them.
TROUBLESHOOTING
The most likely reason for amiwm to crash is if it can't find its
default icon, or if this is not accepted as a *.info file. If this
happens, amiwm _will_ dump core. So make sure that either 'make
install' runs successfully (in which case amiwm will know where its
icon is), or that the file .amiwmrc contains a correct specification
of the icon's location.
FILES
$HOME/.amiwmrc
$AMIWM_HOME/system.amiwmrc
COPYRIGHT NOTICES
This program is distributed as freeware. The copyright remains with
the author. See the file LICENSE for more information. Amiga and
Workbench are registered trademarks of AMIGA International Inc.
AUTHOR
Marcus Comstedt,
marcus@mc.pp.se 19 Jul 2010 amiwm(1)
