270 lines
6.5 KiB
Groff
270 lines
6.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $OpenBSD: cwm.1,v 1.58 2017/07/21 15:55:37 okan Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2004,2005 Marius Aamodt Eriksen <marius@monkey.org>
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.\"
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
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.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
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.\"
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.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
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.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
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.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
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.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
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.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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.\"
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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 21 2017 $
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.Dt CWM 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm cwm
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.Nd a lightweight and efficient window manager for X11
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.\" For a program: program [-abc] file ...
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.Nm cwm
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.Op Fl c Ar file
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.Op Fl d Ar display
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is a window manager for X11 which contains many features that
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concentrate on the efficiency and transparency of window management,
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while maintaining the simplest and most pleasant aesthetic.
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl c Ar file
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Specify an alternative configuration file.
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By default,
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.Nm
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loads
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.Pa ~/.cwmrc ,
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if present.
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Any error messages from lines in the configuration file will be sent to
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.Em stderr ;
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however,
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.Nm
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will continue to process the rest of the configuration file.
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.It Fl d Ar display
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Specify the display to use.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Nm
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actions are initiated either via key or mouse bindings.
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The following notations are used throughout this page:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
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.It Ic C
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Control key.
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.It Ic M
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Meta key.
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.It Ic S
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Shift key.
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.It Ic 4
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Mod4 (windows) key.
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.It Ic M1
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Left mouse button.
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.It Ic M2
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Middle mouse button.
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.It Ic M3
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Right mouse button.
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.El
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.Pp
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The default key bindings are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width "CM-EscapeXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
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.It Ic CM-Return
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Spawn a new terminal.
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.It Ic CM-Delete
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Lock the screen.
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.It Ic M-Return
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Hide current window.
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.It Ic M-Down
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Lower current window.
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.It Ic M-Up
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Raise current window.
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.It Ic M-slash
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Search for windows.
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.It Ic C-slash
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Search for applications.
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.It Ic CM-n
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Label current window.
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.It Ic M-Tab
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Cycle through currently visible windows.
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.It Ic MS-Tab
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Reverse cycle through currently visible windows.
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.It Ic CM-x
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Delete current window.
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.It Ic CM-[n]
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Toggle visibility of group n, where n is 1-9.
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.It Ic CM-a
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Toggle visibility of all groups.
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.It Ic CM-g
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Toggle group membership of current window.
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.It Ic M-Right
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Cycle through active groups.
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.It Ic M-Left
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Reverse cycle through active groups.
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.It Ic CMS-f
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Toggle freezing geometry of current window.
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.It Ic CM-s
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Toggle stickiness of current window.
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.It Ic CM-f
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Toggle full-screen mode of current window.
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.It Ic CM-m
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Toggle maximization of current window.
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.It Ic CM-equal
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Toggle vertical maximization of current window.
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.It Ic CMS-equal
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Toggle horizontal maximization of current window.
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.It Ic M-[hjkl]
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Move window by a small amount.
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.It Ic MS-[hjkl]
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Move window by a large amount; see
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.Xr cwmrc 5 .
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.It Ic CM-[hjkl]
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Resize window by a small amount.
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.It Ic CMS-[hjkl]
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Resize window by a large amount; see
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.Xr cwmrc 5 .
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.It Ic M-question
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Spawn
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.Dq exec program
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dialog.
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.It Ic M-period
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Spawn
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.Dq ssh to
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dialog.
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This parses
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.Pa $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
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to provide host auto-completion.
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.Xr ssh 1
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will be executed via the configured terminal emulator.
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.It Ic CM-w
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Spawn
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.Dq exec WindowManager
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dialog, allowing a switch to another window manager.
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.It Ic CMS-r
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Restart.
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.It Ic CMS-q
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Quit.
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.El
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.Pp
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The default mouse bindings are:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width "CM-EscapeXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
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.It Ic M-M1
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Move current window.
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.It Ic CM-M1
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Toggle group membership of current window.
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.It Ic M-M2
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Resize current window
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.It Ic M-M3
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Lower current window.
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.It Ic CMS-M3
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Hide current window.
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.El
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.Pp
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The following key bindings may be used to navigate
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search and exec dialogs:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width "[Down] or C-s or M-j" -offset indent -compact
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.It Ic [Return]
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Select item.
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.It Ic [Down], C-s No or Ic M-j
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Next item.
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.It Ic [Up], C-r No or Ic M-k
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Previous item.
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.It Ic [Backspace] No or Ic C-h
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Backspace.
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.It Ic C-u
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Clear input.
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.It Ic C-a
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List all available items.
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.It Ic [Esc]
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Cancel.
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.El
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.Sh SEARCH
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.Nm
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features the ability to search for windows by their current title,
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old titles, and by their label.
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The priority for the search results are: label, current title,
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old titles in reverse order, and finally window class name.
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.Nm
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keeps a history of the 5 previous titles of a window.
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.Pp
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When searching, the leftmost character of the result list may show a
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flag:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
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.It !
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Window is currently focused.
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.It &
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Window is hidden.
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.El
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.Sh GROUPS
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.Nm
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has the ability to group windows together, and use the groups to
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perform operations on the entire group instead of just one window.
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Together with the
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.Pa sticky
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option, this can be used to emulate virtual desktops.
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.Pp
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To edit groups, use the group selection commands to toggle membership
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of a group.
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A blue border will be shown briefly on windows added to the current group,
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and a red border will be shown on those just removed.
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.Sh MENUS
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Menus are recalled by clicking the mouse on the root window:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
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.It Ic M1
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Show list of currently defined windows.
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Selecting an item will warp to that window, unhiding it if necessary.
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.It Ic M2
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Show list of currently defined groups.
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Selecting an item will hide/unhide that group.
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.It Ic M3
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Show list of applications as defined in
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.Pa ~/.cwmrc .
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Selecting an item will spawn that application.
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.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width "DISPLAYXXX" -compact
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.It DISPLAY
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.Nm
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starts on this display unless the
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.Fl d
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option is given.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width "~/.cwmrcXX" -compact
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.It Pa ~/.cwmrc
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Default
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.Nm
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configuration file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr cwmrc 5
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Nm
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was originally inspired by evilwm, but was rewritten from scratch
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due to limitations in the evilwm codebase.
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The from-scratch rewrite borrowed some code from 9wm, however that code
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has since been removed or rewritten.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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first appeared in
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.Ox 4.2 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An -nosplit
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.Nm
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was developed by
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.An Marius Aamodt Eriksen Aq marius@monkey.org
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with contributions from
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.An Andy Adamson Aq dros@monkey.org ,
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.An Niels Provos Aq provos@monkey.org ,
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and
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.An Antti Nyk\(:anen Aq aon@iki.fi .
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Ideas, discussion with many others.
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