Tribblix: manual page: mate-wm.1

MATE-WM(1) User Commands MATE-WM(1)

NAME

mate-wm - Start the window manager configured by the user

SYNOPSIS

mate-wm [--default-wm=WINDOWMANAGER] [--sm-client-id=ID]

DESCRIPTION

The mate-wm program starts the window manager configured by the user.
If the user has not chosen a window manager it will launch a MATE
compliant window manager.

USAGE

The user can define his preferred window manager with the
/org/mate/desktop/session/required-components/windowmanager dconf
key. The value of this key should be the name of the desktop file of
the desired window manager, without its .desktop extension. If this
key is set to mate-wm, then mate-wm will simply look for an
appropriate window manager. The user can also override the selection
of a window manager by setting the WINDOW_MANAGER environment
variable.

If the --default-wm option is used, mate-wm will use WINDOWMANAGER as
window manager if the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable is not set
and if the
/org/mate/desktop/session/required-components/windowmanager dconf key
does not define a specific window manager, or if the configured
window manager cannot be found.

The --sm-client-id option is translated to an appropriate option
depending on which window manager will be started.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported:

--default-wm=WINDOWMANAGER
Define the default window manager to start if no window
manager is configured, or if the configured window manager
cannot be found.

--sm-client-id=ID
Specify the session management ID when connecting to the
session manager.

ENVIRONMENT

mate-wm uses the value of the WINDOW_MANAGER environment variable to
let the user override the configured window manager.

BUGS

Should you encounter any bugs, they may be reported at:
http://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-session-manager/issues

AUTHORS

This Man Page has been updated for the MATE Desktop Environment by:
Adam Erdman <hekel@archlinux.info> (2014)

HISTORY

This Manual was originally written for gnome-session by:
Miguel de Icaza <miguel@helixcode.com> (2000)
Vincent Untz <vuntz@gnome.org> (2009-2010)