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the latest info can be found at
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http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~grapeape/wmfaq.html or
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http://wm.current.nu/wmfaq/
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1.1 What is Window Maker?
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1.2 Where can I get Window Maker?
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1.3 Where are the mailing list archives?
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1.4 Where is more documentation on configuring Window Maker?
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1.5 What is an App Icon?
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1.6 How can I get a question added to the FAQ?
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1.7 How do I report bugs?
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1.8 Is there an anomymous cvs server?
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2.1 Where can I get proplist.h?
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2.2 Why do no icons show up after installing Window Maker 0.15.0
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when I've followed all the directions?
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2.3 How do I get libtiff to work?
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2.4 How do I get libjpeg to work?
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2.5 How do I get libpng to work?
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2.6 How do I get libgif (or libungif) to work?
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2.7 Does wmsound work with 0.1x.x?
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2.8 Can I use WindowMaker with KDE or GNOME or CDE?
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2.9 How do I get Window Maker working with xdm in Redhat 5.[01]?
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2.10 Do I need to rerun wmaker.inst with every new version of
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2.11 When I install Window Maker, I've used wmaker.inst correctly
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and I only get aroot menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this?
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2.12 How do I get Window Maker to use more than 16 colors on my
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2.13 Using WindowMaker with Solaris 2.6 CDE
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2.14 How do I switch CDE's windowmanager to use Window Maker?
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2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaing about something
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"__register_frame_info".
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2.16 When I run wmaker it complains about something like library is
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3.1 How do I get new apps on the dock (The line of pixmaps on the
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right side of the screen by default)
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3.2 What is the difference between the Exit and Exit Session Option?
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3.3 How do I "dock" AppIcons on the Clip?
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3.4 Why do none of my Key Bindings work in Window Maker 0.1x.x
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3.5 How do I rename workspaces?
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3.6 How can I resize a window if the window is larger than my currect
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3.7 How do I "undock" AppIcons?
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3.8 I docked an application but when I run it the button is permanently
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shaded and I can't run new instances.
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3.9 When I run wmaker it complains about not being able to load any
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3.10 When I set the root background with wmsetbg by hand it works,
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but when I do that from the configuration files it doesnt!
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4.1 What are those files inside my ~/GNUstep directory?
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4.2 How do I enable the normal X sloppy focus mode?
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4.3 How do I get my auto-arrange icons to work?
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4.4 How do I get my Meta-Tab to cycle through windows correctly?
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4.5 How can I define my own Icon for a program? (instead of the Icon
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the Application Supplies?)
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4.6 How do I get a pixmap background for my appicons (those things
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4.7 How do you dock <insert program here> that doesn't have an
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appicon in the new version of Window Maker?
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4.8 How do I get x11amp to not have a title bar? (or any other
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program for that matter?)
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4.9 How do I set a pixmap background?
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4.10 Can I put pixmaps in my root menu and title bars?
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4.11 How do I get my Minimize Icon to look like the triangle I see in
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4.12 How do I get superfluous bells and whistles working?
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4.13 How do I get my oldstyle back?
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4.14 How do I get the window menu with only a two button mouse?
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4.15 How do I edit my root menu?
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4.16 How can I set dock/clip to use single click to launch applications,
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instead of double click?
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5 - Other Applications
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5.1 How do I assign gimp an appicon?
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5.2 How do I get an appicon for XEmacs 20.3+?
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5.3 Where do you get that clock program I always see on people's
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5.4 How do you dock asclock?
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5.5 How do you dock wmload?
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5.6 What other apps exist for the dock?
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5.7 How do I get an appicon for rxvt so I can dock it?
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5.8 How do I get different icons for rxvt's (or xterms) running different
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5.9 How do I launch multiple instances of XTerm from one appicon?
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5.10 How do I allow Alt+# to work in an rxvt session? (with irc for
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5.11 Window Maker breaks scilab
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5.12 Netscape icons show up in black and white
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5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't acumulate on titlebars!
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5.14 I'm using RedHat 6.0 and Netscape dies without reason.
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6.1 How do I get a normal X application to produce an appicon?
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6.2 How do I get my tcl/tk application to produce an appicon?
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6.4 Where can I get more information about WINGs?
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7 - Miscellaneous Questions
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7.1 Is there a pager for Window Maker?
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7.2 Can I have folders like in AfterStep?
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7.3 How do I use getstyle and setstyle?
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7.4 Why don't you distribute {normal diff, xdelta} patches?
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7.5 Will you add GNOME support?
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8.1 What exactly are Themes?
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8.2 How do I install a Theme?
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8.3 How do I make a Theme?
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1.1 What is Window Maker?
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Window Maker is an elegant X11 window manger that emulates the
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OpenStep desktop with some noticeable enhancements. Look at
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http://wm.current.nu/themes/my-themes.html and
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http://wm.current.nu/themes/screenshots.html
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here for example screenshots.
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1.2 Where can I get Window Maker?
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The official site to get new developmental versions from is
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ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/beta/srcs/.
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NOTE: Also see http://wm.current.nu/downloads.html for the latest
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Stable and Development versions.
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The development versions are usually very stable themselves, so if you
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want to have all the newest features, you can rather safetly go with the
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development versions. Just remember to save any unsaved data before
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you go playing around with the config files. Also, remember they are
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developmental versions, so your mileage may vary, don't get angry if they
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1.3 Where are the mailing list archives?
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Phillip Smith from Netplex, our wonderful provider of windowmaker.org, has set
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up some new lists from the domain. Please read the information on the web
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pages at http://www.windowmaker.org/lists.html for information on how to
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subscribe, the posting guidelines, and how to access the web archives.
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Many thanks to Ed Orcutt who hosted the original lists from his own machine
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for many years and Caldera who graciously allowed Ed to continue hosting
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from them when he moved to his new position with them. Ed provided a very
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valuable service for many years and we are sad to see him go.
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1.4 Where is more documentation on configuring Window Maker?
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Besides the mailing list archives, there are nice documents in
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ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/docs/, at
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http://wm.current.nu/downloads.html on my download page and at
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http://wm.current.nu/user-guide/index.htm in the online user-guide.
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1.5 What is an appicon?
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An appicon is the icon (without the tiny titlebar a minimized application icon
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of the screen while an application is running. For an example, run xterm and
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notice the icon in the corner. (Make sure that you use xterm and not a
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default older rxvt because older versions of rxvt do not properly set their
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1.6. How can I get a question added to the FAQ?
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myself <largo@current.nu> the question or post it on the Window Maker
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Mailing list, and see if enough people have the same problem.
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If you are a developer and would like to be able to edit the official FAQ on
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Chris's site, let him know at <sprout@dok.org>
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He is currently pondering writing a front end that allows everyone to add
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entries and only require a moderator approval before being posted.
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1.7. How do I report bugs?
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You can look at the BUGFORM file in your tarball of Window Maker.
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Alternatively, you can use the Window Maker Bugtracker at
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http://windowmaker.org/cgi-bin/bugs.
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export CVSROOT=":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.net-community.com:/gnustep"
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'anoncvs' is the password.
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cvs -z3 checkout -d WindowMaker wm
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To update your source tree, cd to the WindowMaker directory and type
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inside the WindowMaker directory.
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2.1 Where can I get libPropList/proplist.h?
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It was obsoleted by adding property list handling code to the WINGs library.
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2.2 Why do no icons show up after installing Window Maker >= 0.15.x
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should detect if libtiff is going to be compiled in and then it will make the
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default theme use .tiff or .xpm icons, depending if TIFF support is compiled
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As of Window Maker version 0.15.0, the default setup includes .tiff icons
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which require you to have compiled Window Maker with libtiff support, if you
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want them to be used. If you are happy with the .xpm icons, then you don't
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need libtiff. Window Maker will detect that TIFF support is not available and
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use .xpm icons instead. For some help on compiling with libtiff, look at the
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libtiff section of this FAQ.
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Rerun ./configure and make and it should work. I had previously been using
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tiff-v3.4-tar.gz instead so the library was there just not working. A note to
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2.4 How do I get libjpeg to work?
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The newest jpeg libs are availible at ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/.
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First things first. As always, make sure there are not older copies of libjpeg
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floating around on your system. By default my Slackware distribution came
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with an old libjpeg.so.1 in the /usr/X11R6/lib/ directory. This can simply be
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deleted. Or if something complains after you delete it, recompile it if you
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can to look for the new lib in the right place, or if that fails, as a last resort,
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you might add a symlink to the new lib like so:
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This is basically caused by your application having been compiled to
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dynamically use the libjpeg.so shared library. When you install a new lib and
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then try to run your program again, it expects the lib it was compiled
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against, in this case the older libjpeg.so.6.0.1 and instead finds libjpeg.so.6.0.2
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and reports the error.
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The fix is actually rather simple. Along with adding a libjpeg.so.6 symlink
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like so (just in case):
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where you installed your new lib, you simply need to recompile your app to
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2.5 How do I get libpng to work?
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http://www.cdrom.com/pub/png/pngcode.html.
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You should also get the newest zlib libs from
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http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/.
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I had a few problems with this lib as well, basically I had an old libz.so in my
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/usr/X11R6/lib/ directory which configure was finding first, and which failed the
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test, being an older lib.
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older versions of the necessary libs floating around on your system, then try
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and configure and make again.
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2.6 How do I get libgif (or libungif) to work?
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The newest libgif is availible at
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ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/giflib/.
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The newest libungif is availible at
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ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/.
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install the header file libgif.h, so although the Window Maker configure found
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the lib (libgif.so.x), when you actually try to compile, it fails when it looks for
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the header to include the make. I simply copied it from the libgif source
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directory to the system include directory. (/usr/local/include/ on my system).
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Make sure to rm config.cache and rerun ./configure before attempting to
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Also, make sure to use gnu-make for the Window Maker compile.
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2.7 Does wmsound work with 0.1x.x?
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As of Window Maker 0.15.x, sound is now included by default but requires
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the authors sound server. For more information, read the NEWS file in the
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Window Maker distribution.
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The author Anthony Quinn <southgat@frontiernet.net> has released a
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version that works with Window Maker >= 0.15.x. It is available from
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it's home page at http://www.frontiernet.net/~southgat/wmsound/
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or on Largo's site at http://wm.current.nu/files.html#wmsound
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for your convenience.
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2.8 Can I use WindowMaker with KDE or GNOME or CDE?
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environments. To use Window Maker with GNOME, you don't need to do
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anything special. To use it with CDE, read the answer for "How do I switch
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CDE's windowmanager to use Window Maker?"
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kpanel) and replace it with wmaker. Then, start WPrefs.app, go to "Mouse
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Preferences" and set the "Disable mouse actions" check box. You will
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need to restart Window Maker to make this change take effect. The
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"Disable mouse actions" change is needed to allow you to use krootwm,
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wich enables you to use kfm's desktop icons, but will prevent you from
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accessing Window Maker's Applications and Window List menus with the
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2.9 How do I get Window Maker working with xdm in Redhat 5.[01]?
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There is no need to do this. You can do it, but keep in mind, that all your
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preferences will be lost, overwritten by the defaults. You can update the
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files and add the changes yourself if you need to, but else in most cases is
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sufficient to rely on WPrefs and it will update for you the new missing
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options if they differ from the default ones.
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The way domain files are read beginning from 0.15.0 makes the need for update
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almost redundant. The user config files are merged with the global ones in
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/usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Defaults.
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So even if new options are added, they will be reflected in the user
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Only if user wishes to change the default behavior, he needs to add that
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option to the config file.
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If there ever happens to be a need for all users to rerun wmaker.inst in a
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future version, this will be noted in the NEWS file.
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2.11 When I install Window Maker, I've used wmaker.inst correctly
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and I only get aroot menu with xterm and exit. How do I fix this?
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Most likely, the problem is that Window Maker can not find a copy of the C
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pre processor in a directory such as /lib. The file /lib/cpp should be a
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symbolic link to whatever c compiler's cpp you are using. Mine reads as:
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There seems to be another common problem that exhibits this same
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behavior. If you find another solution that matches this question please
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By default, the SGI X Server uses 8-bit Pseudocolor mode.
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:0 secure /usr/bin/X11/X -bs -c -class TrueColor -depth 24
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(thanks to Rob Funk, Unix God of osu.edu)
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Assuming you installed Window Maker according to the README's that
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come with the source, all you need to run Window Maker on a Solaris box
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is an entry in the .xinitrc. Only 0.17 - 0.19 versions have been tested, but
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when you run the configure script, let it make changes to the .xinitrc file. It
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should look something like this:
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# Window Maker Default .xinitrc
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exec /usr/local/bin/wmaker
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Believe it or not, that's all that it takes. This, in fact, runs WindowMaker
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instead of OpenWindows. In order to choose WindowMaker, you simply
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choose "OpenWindows Desktop" in the "Options - Session" Menus.
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The Color schemes and settings for Window Maker are seperate from
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CDE. Tested on a SPARC 10, Solaris x86 should work also. (better,
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This tells CDE to go looking for an .xinitrc/.xsession instead of using the
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Make your .xsession/.xinitrc executable (VERY IMPORTANT, wmaker.inst did
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Things to try if it doesn't work: (somewhat fuzzy and random)
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This should do it although I did have problems sometimes initially which I
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fixed by randomly trying absolute pathes for wmaker in .xsession/.xinitrc and/or
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making the dtprofile/.xinitrc/etc executable. It helps logging in on the console
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(select from CDE login screen) and start X manually using 'X'.
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If it works that way it should work when logging into the CDE environment.
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Remember to Check your paths!
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If it doesn't work, you can also substitute some other window manager for
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wmaker in the .xinitrc and see if that works. If it does you know at least that
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.xinitrc is getting called/executed, so your WM path is wrong or not set.
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Build and install WM wherever you want, as described in Method 1. You
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doing, since I don't have root access at work :(. Then, in your .Xdefaults file in
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your home directory, add the following line:
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Dtsession*wmStartupCommand: <path to Window Maker executable>
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Then, log out, and log back in, and, unless I've forgotten a step (or this is a
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custom Nortel thing), you should be in Window Maker heaven ;).
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Difference between the methods: (according to Thomas)
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I've been told that the difference between setting the resource and Peter's
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method is that if you override the window manager with the resouce, you
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still get the CDE resources read into the resource database (so you still
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have your color settings & such from CDE), whereas with Peter's, the CDE
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resource don't get read into the database. I don't know if this is true or not,
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however. Also, another thing to note with Window Maker and HP-UX 10.20
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-- if you select "Exit Session" from the WM root menu, Window Maker and
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all of your applications are killed, but you may not be logged out. Again, this
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might be an artifact from my work environment, or the way I start Window
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Owen Stenseth <iplenergy.com> adds:
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When using this method it is possible to exit Window Maker cleanly by
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using the dtaction command. I use the following in my Window Maker menu:
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"Exit Session" EXEC dtaction ExitSession
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The only problem I have at the moment is I seem to get multiple copies of
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asclock running when I log in again.
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You can also use the normal "Exit Session" command from the WM root
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menu and place additional commands required to shutdown CDE in
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~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/exitscript
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So, if you add "dtaction ExitSession" in that file, the command to shutdown
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CDE will be automatically executed when you exit WindowMaker.
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2.15 When I run wmaker it quits complaing about something
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library it uses, then running these precompiled binaries on a system using
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libraries compiled with gcc 2.7.2.x
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You will have to compile Window Maker yourself on this system. Please read
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the INSTALL file for the instructions on how to do so.
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2.16 When I run wmaker it complains about something like expected
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2.17 How do I fix an error such as "libwraster.so.1: cannot open shared
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Like most software using GNU autoconf, Window Maker by default will install
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under the /usr/local prefix. This has the repercussion on many systems that
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the libraries that are part of Window Maker will be installed in
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/usr/local/lib, which is usually not in the default system LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
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This is why the library cannot be found.
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Under Linux, you will need to list this directory in /etc/ld.so.conf and
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run /sbin/ldconfig. Both these operations will need to be performed as the
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Under BSD, as the superuser you will need to run
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ldconfig -m /usr/local/lib
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which will merge this directory into the system library path.
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If the problem persists, you may be able to use "ldd" to track down why the
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library cannot be loaded (it will print a list of dynamic objects used by
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the executable or library listed on the command line, and where it is
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expecting to find it).
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Launch an application. If there is a little icon that pops up in the bottom
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corner of the screen, drag it over to the dock icon(s). You should see a
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whiteish square indicating when it is close enough to dock, and where it will
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be placed. To make sure this application will be there next time you start up
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windowmaker, exit windowmaker with the "exit session" option.
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3.2 What is the difference between the 'Exit' and 'Exit Session' Options?
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'Exit' exits wmaker, but leaves the other apps running, and if wmaker was
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not the last app launched in the .xinitrc the X server is not closed, until
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the last app started by .xinitrc is closed.
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'Exit session' will exit wmaker, but also will close all running apps, thus
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the X server will be closed, and your session will end.
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3.3 How do I "dock" AppIcons on the Clip?
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the clip near the dock, you may have problems docking appicons in either.
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Move the clip away first.
661
3.4 Why do none of my Key Bindings (ie: Alt+#) work in Window Maker 0.1x.x
662
----------------------------------
663
If you are using XFree86, make sure scroll lock and numlock are off or no
664
bindings will work (XFree bug). You can try using the XFree86 Numlock
665
Hack by editing the line #undef NUMLOCK_HACK in $WindowMakerdir/src/wconfig.h
666
and changing it to #define NUMLOCK_HACK.
667
As of 0.18.0, this hack functions properly.
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3.5 How do I rename workspaces?
671
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672
Right click on the "desktop" (root window) to show the menu (don't hold the
673
button down). Go to the workspaces menu and hold the Control key down
674
and click on the workspace you would like to rename and type the name.
676
If you use the clip, use the "Rename Workspace" command in the clip
680
3.6 How can I resize a window if the window is larger than my
682
----------------------------------
683
David Reviejo <dreviejo@arrakis.es> best summed up this answer:
686
Alt+Left click and drag
690
Alt+Right click and drag
691
to resize (by moving the nearest window corner)
693
Another move/resize tip: while you are moving or resizing a window,
695
can change the move/resize mode by pressing the SHIFT key."
700
3.7 How do I "undock" AppIcons?
701
----------------------------------
702
If the program is not running, just drag the icon to the middle of your
703
desktop (away from the dock and clip) and watch it disappear.
705
If the program is running, hold down Meta (usually CTRL) and drag the icon
706
off the dock. You can also right click on it and choose 'Kill', then undock as
710
3.8 I docked an application but when I run it the button is permanently
711
shaded and I can't run new instances.
712
----------------------------------
713
You probably docked the application with dockit. To fix it
714
remove the icon and use the "Emulate Application Icon" checkbox in
715
the Advanced Options section of the Attributes panel for the window.
716
Then restart the application to get the application icon you
717
must use to dock the application.
718
It can also mean that you did something you shouldn't, which is
719
changing the program that is ran from the docked icon. For example,
720
if you docked rxvt you must NOT change it to xterm, for example.
721
You also can't do any changes that might alter the contents of
722
the WM_CLASS hint for the window, like the -name parameter for
723
xterm, rxvt and other programs.
727
3.9 When I run wmaker it complains about not being able to load any fonts.
728
----------------------------------
729
Check if the locale settings are correct. If you're not sure what to
730
do, unset the LANG environment variable before running wmaker.
732
TODO: give complete explanation
736
3.10 When I set the root background with wmsetbg by hand it works,
737
but when I do that from the configuration files it doesnt!
738
----------------------------------
740
DOH! If you set the root background with wmsetbg by hand, it will obviously
741
find the image, since you have explicitly specified it by hand. But if you
742
simply put it in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker in some option like
743
WorkspaceBack, it will not find the image because Window Maker can't read
744
your mind to figure where you put the image. So, to fix it, you have to
745
either place the full path for the image in the texture specification or put
746
the path for the directory you put your background images in the PixmapPath
747
option. You can also put all your background images in places like
748
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds or
749
/usr/local/share/WindowMaker/Backgrounds
750
These directories will be listed under the "Search Path" section of WPrefs.
758
4.1 What are those files inside my ~/GNUstep directory?
759
----------------------------------
760
~/GNUstep/WindowMaker/WindowMaker
762
The main config file. This file controls options such as keybindings,
763
fonts, pixmaps, and focus modes.
766
~/GNUstep/WindowMaker/WMWindowAttributes
768
The Controls "attributes" for individual applications and appicons.
769
Options such as what icon to use are set here. For the most part, this
770
is now best accessed via a right click on a title bar of an application
771
and selecting "Attributes"
774
~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMState
776
This is the file that is automatically generated and contains the current
777
dock settings. It is not recommended to edit this file by hand.
780
~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
782
This file specifies what file to use as the root menu. In Window Maker
783
0.19.0 and higher, you can replace this file with the one called plmenu
784
in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker, and you can then use WPrefs to edit
788
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu
790
This is the file to edit to change your root menu.
792
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/plmenu
794
This is the same menu file, in property list format - WPrefs needs a
795
menu in this format if you wish to edit it using WPrefs.
800
4.2 How do I enable the normal X sloppy focus mode?
801
----------------------------------
802
In the ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker, change the following:
807
4.3 How do I get my auto-arrange icons to work?
808
----------------------------------
809
In ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker set AutoArrangeIcons=Yes; and the icons
810
should now auto-arrange.
813
4.4 How do I get my Meta-Tab to cycle through windows correctly?
814
----------------------------------
815
Make sure that these settings are true in your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker
818
CirculateRaise = Yes;
821
This will not give you MS Windows(tm) style application switching where
822
alt-tab is changes context.
824
Paul Warren <<pdw@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk>> has released a patch that will
825
give this style of Context Switching to Window Maker.
827
It is availible from http://ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk/~pdw/patches/
830
4.5 How can I define my own Icon for a program? (instead of the
831
Icon the Application Supplies?)
832
----------------------------------
833
You can right click on the titlebar of the running app and choose the
834
"Attributes..." option, then click on the "Ignore client supplied icon"
835
checkbox. Click "Apply", "Save" and close the Attributes Editor.
837
Another method is to edit ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes by hand and
838
use the AlwaysUserIcon=YES; option for the app. For example:
840
xmcd = { Icon = "Radio.xpm";
845
4.6 How do I get a Tile background for my AppIcons (those things in
847
----------------------------------
848
You need to change 1 line to your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker file.
850
IconBack = (spixmap, tile.black.xpm, white);
852
IconBack = (tpixmap, tile.black.xpm, white);
854
spixmap will scale the pixmap to fit the tile, tpixmap will tile it as is.
856
As Random@efnet says, The last parameter is the color that fills in any
857
Transparent parts of your icon.
859
IconBack takes other options too, search the NEWS file.
862
4.7 How do you dock <insert program here> that doesn't have an
863
appicon in the new version of Window Maker?
864
----------------------------------
865
There is now an option available to emulate appicons so that Window
866
Maker can dock just about anything now.
868
To dock a misbehaving application, right click on the title bar and select the
869
attributes menu. Next, select the pull down menu's "Advanced Options"
870
item. Under the ``Advanced Options'' menu, select the ``Emulate
871
Application Icon'' Option then Save, Apply and close the dialog.
873
This should allow you do dock the program normally.
875
Emulate Appicon does exactly the same thing as dockit, a small app
876
distributed with ancient versions of Window Maker before the Attribute
877
Editor existed (now depricated for the obvious reason). If Emulate Appicon
878
does not work, dockit will not work either. Such applications violate the
879
ICCCM (Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual) and are considered
880
badly coded for not setting the instance.class hints.
883
4.8 How do I get x11amp to not have a title bar? (or any other
884
program for that matter?)
885
----------------------------------
886
Right Click on the title bar and choose "Attributes". Click on Panel 2 and
887
click the the "Disable titlebar" and "Disable resizebar" options. Click
888
"Save", "Apply" and then close the Attributes panel.
890
By Default, to get back to the attributes menu once you've removed the
891
titlebar, hit the key F10 while the window is focused.
893
Here is an example entry in ~/GNUstep/WMWindowAttributes for x11amp.
903
4.9 How do I set a pixmap background?
904
----------------------------------
905
Here is the in depth explanation straight from the NEWS file:
907
wmsetbg now accepts the following options:
908
usage: wmsetbg [-options] image
917
scale image (default)
919
update Window Maker domain database
921
update <domain> database
923
colors per channel to use
927
By default, it will try to guess if dithering is needed or not and proceed
929
Using -d or -m will force it to dither or match colors.
931
Dithering for more than 15bpp is generally not needed, and will only result
932
in a slower processing.
933
Don't use dithering except when needed, because it is slower. Else rely on
934
wmsetbg which will detect if dithering is needed and use it.
937
will update the WorkspaceBack in the default database
938
domain file in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker, and let Window
939
Maker refresh the screen. Please note that this option only
940
works under Window Maker, and will have no effect under
941
other window managers, since it rely on Window Maker to
942
update the image after it reads the updated defaults
946
<domain> is same as above, but will update the domain
947
<domain> instead of the default Window Maker domain.
950
<cpc> will set the color per channel to use. Only needed for
951
PseudoColor visuals. Window Maker will automatically pass
952
the value read from the Window Maker domain database.
956
The following line is straight from your WindowMaker-0.15.x
957
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu file and should all be on one line.
959
"Images" OPEN_MENU BACKGROUNDS_DIR
960
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/Backgrounds WITH wmsetbg -u -t
962
This should give you an idea on how to add other entries for different image
963
directories. See the help info at the top of the
964
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu file for more information.
966
If you for some reason would like to set your background image with XV, for
967
instance to use an image format not yet supported by wmsetbg or to use one
968
of XV's special modes, edit the file ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/autostart
971
xv -root -quit -maxpect ~/background.jpg
973
xv -root -quit -max ~/background.jpg
975
you can also try variations of this to get different tiling and other effects
976
(where X is a number 1-9 I believe):
977
'xv -root -quit -rmodeX ~/background.jpg'
979
If you would like xv functionality in your menu, heres a nice little tip from
982
Add the following line to your ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu file. (all on
985
"More Backgrounds" OPEN_MENU /home/whoever/backgrounds xv -root -maxpect -quit
988
4.10 Can I put pixmaps in my root menu and title bars?
989
----------------------------------
990
With the release of WindowMaker-0.14.1, you can now put pixmaps
991
anywhere you would have either a gradient or a color. This means now that
993
MenuTextBack=(tpixmap, foo.xpm, acolor);
995
in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker will put the correct pixmap tiled in your
998
FTitleBack = (spixmap, foo.xpm, black);
1000
Would have the effect of streching a pixmap to fit the titlebar of the active
1002
You can use png, gif, ppm, tiff, jpeg and xpm images interchangeably in
1003
Window Maker if you have compiled in support for those formats.
1006
4.11 How do I get my Minimize Icon to look like the triangle I see in
1008
----------------------------------
1009
This involves a minor source tweak. Instructions are available at
1010
http://wm.current.nu/tips.html#titlebar_icons
1012
Example screenshot at
1013
http://wm.current.nu/themes/images/screenshots/Midnight3.jpg
1016
4.12 How do I get superfluous bells and whistles working?
1017
----------------------------------
1018
Add Superfluous=YES; to your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/Windowmaker file.
1020
This option was added as a runtime option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1.
1023
4.13 How do I get the classic NeXT(tm)-like style back?
1024
----------------------------------
1025
Add NewStyle=NO; to your ~/GNUstep/Defaults/Windowmaker file.
1027
This option was added as a runtime option in Window Maker >= 0.16.1
1030
4.14 How do I get the window menu with only a two button mouse?
1031
----------------------------------
1032
Jim Noble <jmknoble@ntrnet.net> writes:
1034
If you've got a two-button mouse under some versions of Solaris x86,
1035
there's no way (that i'm aware of) to emulate a 3-button mouse. The right
1036
button can be either MB2 or MB3, but chording doesn't work.
1038
ApplicationMenuMouseButton = Left;
1042
WindowListMouseButton = Right;
1045
in ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WindowMaker ought to allow the left button to
1046
activate the root menu, and the right button (as MB2) to activate the
1050
4.15 How do I edit my root menu?
1051
----------------------------------
1052
You can now use WPrefs.app
1053
(see http://wm.current.nu/features/configuration.html for more info)
1054
if you have the new PropList style menu, or you can manually edit the
1057
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu
1059
(or you can also manually edit the newstyle menu file)
1061
~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu
1063
and save your changes. Window Maker should detect the change and
1064
automatically update. If you are having a problem getting it to reload the
1067
touch ~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/menu
1069
(or 'touch ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMRootMenu' for the newstyle menu)
1071
to force the modification time into the future.
1074
4.16 How can I set dock/clip to use single click to launch
1075
applications, instead of double click?
1076
----------------------------------
1077
This question was officially answered as follows:
1079
You cannot do this. This is because single click is used to select
1080
app-icons, or to raise/lower the app-icon or the dock/clip. If
1081
this is impelmented then you will be unable to select or
1082
raise/lower dock/clip or app-icons, without also launching the
1083
application it represents.
1085
So don't ask for this to be implemented, because it will not
1086
be. Double click is used for a reason, is not just some weird idea
1087
we got in a morning when we wake up too early.
1089
Regardless of that, there is now an option in WPrefs, under "Expert
1090
User Preferences," which allows you to set "Launch applications and
1091
restore windows with a single click." (See the files contrib/README
1092
and contrib/single_click.diff in the source package for details.)
1094
If you set that option, a left button single click will launch or
1095
restore, rather than select, the app-icon. You can use other methods
1096
(or temporarily turn the option off again) to select app-icons or
1097
raise/lower the dock/clip. You can toggle the selected state of any
1098
app-icon via its right button menu, and there are auto-raise and
1099
keep-on-top options for the dock and clip.
1102
4.18 How do I restore the configuration app to the dock?
1103
----------------------------------]
1104
You should start it from a terminal using its full path name, which is
1105
/usr/local/GNUstep/Applications/WPrefs.app/WPrefs
1109
4.19 How do I define my own icon for a program? I don't like the one it
1111
----------------------------------
1112
Right-click the titlebar of the running application and start the Attributes
1113
Editor. Check the "Ignore client supplied icon" box. "Apply" and "Save",
1114
and close the Attributes Editor.
1116
Another method is to edit ~/GNUstep/Defaults/WMWindowAttributes by hand and
1117
use the AlwaysUserIcon=YES; option for the app. For example:
1119
xmcd = { Icon = "Radio.xpm"; AlwaysUserIcon=Yes; };
1126
5.1 How do I assign gimp an appicon?
1127
----------------------------------
1128
Window Maker now can assign Icons from within the windowmanager, to
1129
do so, right click on the title bar of an app or hit F10 while the desired app
1130
is focused, choose "Attributes...", click on the "4" Button, enter the icon file
1131
name (make sure this is in your pixmap path, or you can type in the full path
1132
without using ~/ type path names), click "Update", "Apply", "Save" and then
1133
close the Attributes Editor.
1135
You can also enter the following line in
1136
~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/WMWindowAttributes:
1138
gimp={Icon="gimp.xpm";};
1141
5.2 How do I get an appicon for XEmacs 20.3+?
1142
----------------------------------
1143
Thanks to Michael Hafner <hayfi@rz.fh-augsburg.de> for this answer.
1145
You don't need to patch the XEmacs code, just run
1147
./configure --with-session=yes (in addition to any other options you use)
1149
in your XEmacs 20.3+ sourcedir and rebuild it. Then XEmacs shows an
1150
appicon when running and you can easily dock it.
1153
5.3 Where do you get that clock program I always see on people's
1155
----------------------------------
1156
Its called asclock. It was included with each version of Window
1157
Maker until version 0.17.5, and was no longer included in
1159
You could find it in ./WindowMaker-0.xx.x/misc/asclock.tgz and it was
1160
prepatched to be able to dock. Some other (older) versions you might find
1161
on the net don't dock.
1163
Since it was pulled from the distribution (probably to save space), I've
1164
included it at http://wm.current.nu/files.html#asclock for your convenience.
1167
5.4 How do you dock asclock?
1168
----------------------------------
1169
asclock -shape -iconic -12 &
1171
Drag it from the top right corner of the clock to the dock. Right click on the
1172
icon and select autolaunch.
1173
You have to drag the appicon by clicking on the edge of the icon, because
1174
the actual pixmap belongs to the app itself, and any clicks on the pixmap
1175
are interpreted by the app rather than X or the window manager. Therefor,
1176
you need to click somewhere on the appicon where the background tile
1177
shows through (usually the edges), and drag it that way.
1180
5.5 How do you dock wmload?
1181
----------------------------------
1182
wmload -withdrawn -shape &
1184
Then dock it similar to asclock.
1187
5.6 What other apps exist for the dock?
1188
----------------------------------
1189
Several Nice applications are available:
1191
wmmixer and wmcd and wmmount
1192
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/2471/linux.htm#xapps
1194
ascd,WMRack,asmixer,asmodem, and others
1195
ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/wmaker/contrib/srcs/apps/
1197
wmavgload, wmmount, and wmload
1198
ftp://ftp.windowmaker.org/pub/wmaker/contrib/srcs/utils/
1200
wmppp-wmifs, wmtime, wmmon and other nifty apps
1201
http://windowmaker.mezaway.org/
1203
A huge index of most available dockapps is available at:
1205
http://www.bensinclair.com/dockapp/
1208
5.7 How do I get an appicon for rxvt so I can dock it?
1209
----------------------------------
1210
The default rxvt that comes with most distribtions is an outdated version of
1211
rxvt. The newest development version of rxvt is availible from
1212
ftp://ftp.math.fu-berlin.de/pub/rxvt/devel/. As of the time of this writing, the
1213
version is 2.4.7 and it natively produces an appicon without a patch.
1215
John Eikenberry has also created an rpm which is available from
1216
ftp://ftp.coe.uga.edu/users/jae/windowmaker/
1218
For your convenience, I have rxvt-2.4.7.tar.gz at
1219
http://wm.current.nu/files/rxvt-2.4.7.tar.gz for download. As of
1220
version 2.4.7, rxvt includes Window Maker support as well as John
1221
Eikenberry's NeXT scrollbar hack.
1224
5.8 How do I get different icons for rxvt's (or xterms) running
1226
----------------------------------
1227
The simplest way is to run each rxvt with a different -name parameter.
1229
For example, I want to run an rxvt for irc and one for mail. This is an
1230
example of what I'd do:
1233
rxvt -name "irc" -e "irc"
1236
rxvt -name "mail" -e "pine"
1238
This would result in each rxvt now having the instance and class of irc.Xterm
1239
and mail.Xterm respectively, so that Window Maker can now set Attributes
1240
for them individually.
1243
5.9 How do I launch multiple instances of XTerm from one appicon?
1244
----------------------------------
1245
The easiest way to accomplish this is to dock XTerm as normal. Then Go
1246
to the 'Attributes menu' -> 'Application Specific' and select 'no application
1249
You can also right-click on the docked appicon and select settings. Change
1250
the 'Application Path with arguments' section to
1254
where foo.sh is the following script
1259
This should allow unlimited XTerms without appicon clutter.
1262
5.10 How do I allow Alt+# to work in an rxvt session? (with irc for
1264
----------------------------------
1265
First, Launch a unique instance of rxvt or xterm.
1266
This can be done using the -name option of rxvt.
1269
rxvt -name foo -e irc
1271
Then, go to the Attributes menu (right click on titlebar (or hit F10) and
1272
choose 'Attributes...')
1273
Then choose 'Advanced Options' from the listbox and enable 'Don't Bind
1274
Keyboard shortcuts'.
1275
Click 'Save' and 'Apply' and you should be able to run your session without
1279
5.11 Window Maker breaks scilab
1280
----------------------------------
1282
If you refer to the problem of the "graphics" window of scilab not showing
1283
up in Window Maker, this is caused by a bug in scilab. You can see the
1284
cause of the problem by yourself, by running xprop on the graphic window:
1285
WM_NORMAL_HINTS(WM_SIZE_HINTS):
1286
user specified location: 136679205, 1074468360
1287
user specified size: 400 by 300
1288
program specified minimum size: 400 by 300
1290
Now, when scilab opens it's window, Window Maker nicely does exactly what it
1291
is told, that is, map the window at position 136679205, 1074468360 which
1292
obviously falls outside the screen no matter how big is your monitor ;)
1294
Meanwhile, the workaround for this is to open the window list menu
1295
(click on the root window with the middle mouse button) and click
1296
on the ScilabGraphic entry. The window should be brought to your
1297
reach. Then, open the window commands menu (right click on window's
1298
titlebar) and open the Attributes panel. Go to the "Advanced Options"
1299
section, check the "Keep inside screen" option and save.
1301
If you can recompile Scilab, this came from a Scilab developer:
1304
size_hints.flags = USPosition | USSize | PMinSize;
1306
size_hints.flags = /** USPosition |**/ USSize | PMinSize;
1308
in routines/xsci/jpc_SGraph.c
1311
5.12 Netscape shows black and white icons
1312
----------------------------------
1314
I have seen this happen on some systems if you run Netscape in a high
1315
colour depth (32bpp). That is a Netscape bug. Therefore, bug Netscape.
1318
5.13 Snow flakes from xsnow don't acumulate on titlebars!
1319
----------------------------------
1321
Because of the way xsnow is coded, it seems that it can't "see"
1322
windows with the SaveUnder attribute turned on. So, if snow
1323
accumulation on windows is vital for you, disable SaveUnders in
1324
WPrefs, in the advanced options section.
1327
5.14 I'm using RedHat 6.0 and Netscape dies without reason.
1328
----------------------------------
1330
Er... well, I don't know why you're looking in this Window Maker FAQ
1331
for a RedHat/Netscape problem, but anyway, the answer is in:
1333
http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support?solution&11-990511-0082&100-926468988&14-0&15-0&25-&3-&30-
1340
6.1 How do I get a normal X application to produce an appicon?
1341
----------------------------------
1342
You must define the WM_CLASS (XSetClassHint()) and the
1343
CLIENT_LEADER or XWMHints.window_group properties, which are
1344
automatically set by most applications that use Xt (Motif, Athena ...),
1345
but if you use plain Xlib you must set them by hand.
1347
Also you must make a call to XSetCommand(dpy, leader, argv, argc);
1349
Take a look at Window Maker-0.1x.x/test/test.c that is an example for
1350
writing such an app (which also have an app menu).
1353
6.2 How do I get my tcl/tk application to produce an appicon?
1354
----------------------------------
1355
Oliver Graf <ograf@fga.de> writes:
1357
The main window (normally this is called '.' [dot] in tk) should use the
1360
wm command . [concat $argv0 $argv]
1363
All child windows attached to the same app-icon should use:
1368
where .child should be replaced by the actual window path.
1370
Replace '.' with the actual main-window path and 'wm group .child .' should
1371
be added for each 'toplevel .child' call.
1375
----------------------------------
1376
WINGs Is Not GNUstep. ;)
1378
It is the Widget Library written for the widgets in Window Maker.
1380
It is currently under heavy development but several people have started
1381
writing applications in it. Its goal is to emulate the NeXT(tm)-style widgets.
1383
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~crn/wm/wings.html is the closest thing to an
1384
information center about WINGs by <crn@ozemail.com.au>.
1387
6.4 Where can I get more information about WINGs?
1388
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Nic Berstein <nic@postilion.org> has created a WINGs Developement list.
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The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for support, ideas,
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suggestions, bug reports etc. for the WINGs widget set library.
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To subscribe to this list, send a message with the word ``subscribe'' in the
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_BODY_ of the message to: <wings-request@postilion.org>.
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Miscellaneous Questions:
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7.1 Is there a pager for Window Maker?
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Not at the moment because there is not a pressing need for a pager. The
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concept of multiple desktops does exist and there are currently 3 ways to
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switch between them.
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First, the Alt+Number combination will switch between desktops. The
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Workspaces menu will also let you switch workspaces. Lastly, the Clip will
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also scroll one through workspaces.
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For those that would like to send an application to a specific workspace,
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either drag it to an edge of the desktop onto the next workspace or you can
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right click on the titlebar, choose "Move to..." and choose the appropriate
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BUT, Window Maker does support KDE and GNOME protocols, including the
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workspace management stuff, so you can use Window Maker in these
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environments and use their pagers.
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7.2 Can I have folders like in AfterStep?
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No. Window Maker does however support the collapsable Clip per desktop
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for a similar functionality.
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7.3 How do I use getstyle and setstyle?
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To capture the current Window Maker style, use the command
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getstyle > current.style
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To replace the current style, use the command
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setstyle filename.style
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7.4 Why don't you distribute {normal diff, xdelta} patches?
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Whenever possible plain diff patches are distributed. If the new version has
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new binary files, normal diff won't be able to handle them, so a patch
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package is distributed, instead. We don't use xdelta because: - most
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systems do not have xdelta installed; - xdelta is picky and require the file to
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be patched to be exactly the same as the one used to make the patch. The
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patch package scheme used is much more flexible.
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We do not distribute a simple diff with the binary files separately (and
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variations, like uuencoding the binary files) because: - it is more
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complicated and error prone to require the user to manually move the files
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to the correct places; - the current patch package scheme *does* distribute
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the binary files and diff files separately. If the user wants to install everything
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by hand, nobody will object to that; - sooner or later someone will certainly
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ask for a script to automate the file moving stuff.
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So we hacked a script (mkpatch) that automatically creates a patch
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package with the normal text diff file, a list of removed files and the binary
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files that have changed or been added, plus a script that does the patching
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automatically. If you don't like the script, you can apply the patch and move
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the files manually. Or download the whole distribution.
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7.5 Will you add GNOME or KDE support?
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Support for GNOME (and KDE) hints is included since 0.50.0. You have to
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enable them at compile-time using the appropriate arguments to ./configure.
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Please read the INSTALL file for more details.
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Note: starting with version 0.90.0, support for legacy Gnome-1.x and KDE-2.x
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was dropped in favor of NETWM support (used by both Gnome-2.x and KDE-3.x)
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8.1 What exactly are themes?
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Themes are a great aspect of Window Maker allowing a user to simply
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save the entire 'look' of their desktop in a Archive to distribute freely among
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friends, fellow users and/or the whole net in general. :)
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See the theme-HOWTO at http://wm.current.nu/themes/theme-HOWTO.html
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for an in-depth walk-through on making a Theme archive.
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8.2 How do I install a Theme?
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This should be as simple as untarring the Theme.tar.gz into one of two
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places. You can untar it to the global /usr/local/share/WindowMaker/* directory,
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and have it be accessable to all users, or you can untar it to your own
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~/GNUstep/Library/WindowMaker/ directory for your own personal use.
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Use your favorite variation of the following:
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gzip -dc "Theme.tar.gz" | tar xvf -
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*(directory may differ on some systems)
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8.3 How do I make a Theme?
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There is a neat little file called README.themes distributed with Window
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Maker that explains everything in intricate detail. You can also read
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http://wm.current.nu/themes/themepacks.html
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