NAME

mwm - The M*tif Window Manager

SYNOPSIS

mwm [-toolkitoption ...] [-debug] [-xrm resourcestring ] [-multiscreen] [-name name ] [-screens [name [name [...]] ] [-version] [-V]

DESCRIPTION

mwm is a window manager that adheres largely to the Motif mwm specification.

OPTIONS

In addition to the standard X Toolkit command line options (see X(1)), mwm accepts the following options:

-xrm resourcestring: Set resource
-display display: Specifies display to be used
-debug: Enable debugging. This includes synchronous sending of requests to the X server.
-multiscreen: Use multiple screens.
-name name: Make mwm retrieve its resources using the given name
-screens [name [name [...]]: Manage multiple screens. Not yet supported
-version: Print version information to stderr.

FILES

/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc

The system wide configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.

~/.mwmrc

Per user configuration file. See mwmrc(5) for further details.

X Resources

mwm supports a number of resources. It departs from the Motif mwm specification in that all window decorations have separate resources.

The resources are documented in the app defaults file for mwm, usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Mwm .

COPYING

See the file COPYING which accompanies this distribution of mwm.

AUTHORS

The LessTif project, http://www.lesstif.org/. This manpage was put together by Ray Dassen <jdassen@debian.org>.