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author | okan | 2008-05-18 19:33:36 +0000 |
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committer | okan | 2008-05-18 19:33:36 +0000 |
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download | cwm-560d8198cee2b519f51dbf6212e1f15cbfe97dcc.tar.gz |
- re-order and mostly re-write cwmrc(5)
- merge example config file into cwmrc(5) and remove (little good in here)
feedback from jmc@ - thanks!
ok simon@
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: cwmrc.5,v 1.4 2008/04/28 01:27:46 okan Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: cwmrc.5,v 1.5 2008/05/18 19:33:36 okan Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004,2005 Marius Aamodt Eriksen <marius@monkey.org> .\" @@ -15,153 +15,163 @@ .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .\" The following requests are required for all man pages. -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 28 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 18 2008 $ .Dt CWMRC 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm cwmrc .Nd calm window manager configuration file .Sh DESCRIPTION -The +This manual page describes the .Xr cwm 1 -window manager configuration file format. -.Sh OPTIONS -There are quite a few settings that affect the operation of -.Xr cwm 1 . -.Pp +configuration file. The following options are accepted in the configuration file: .Pp -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Ic fontname Ar font -Makes the -.Xr Xft 3 -font string -.Ar font -the default font. -.It Ic sticky Ic yes Ns \&| Ns Ic no -Set sticky group mode on. -The default behavior for new windows is to not assign any group. -This changes the default behavior to assigning the currrently selected -group to any newly created windows. -.It Ic command Ar name Ar path -Every command entry is shown in the application menu. -When it is selected, the image is executed with -.Xr execve 2 . -.Pp -The entries -.Nm term -and -.Nm lock -have a special meaning. -When they exist they point to the terminal program and screen locking -programs used by the keybindings specified above. -The defaults for these are -.Xr xterm 1 -and -.Xr xlock 1 , -respectively. +.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact .It Ic autogroup Ar group Dq windowclass .It Ic autogroup Ar group Dq windowclass,windowname -Autogroups are read upon startup and control the -automatic grouping feature, which is based on the window name and class -properties. -The group is a number between 1 and 9. +Control automatic window grouping, based on the class and/or name +properties, where +.Ar group +is a number between 1 and 9. .Pp -To obtain the name and class of a window, use -.Ql xprop WM_CLASS , -then click on the window. -The first quoted string is the window name; the second one is the -window class. +The class and name of a window may be obtained using +.Xr xprop 1 . .Pp -For example, to make all windows in the -.Xr xterm 1 -class go to the third group: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -autogroup 3 XTerm -.Ed -.It Ic ignore Ar program -Ignore programs by that name by not drawing borders around them. -For example the command -.Bd -literal -offset indent -ignore xclock -.Ed -will cause any instances of -.Xr xclock 1 -to not have borders. .It Ic bind Ar keys Ar command -Cause the creation of keyboard shortcuts. -The default shortcuts will always be created. -In case of conflict, user-defined shortcuts take precidence. -The modifier keys come first, followed by a ``-''. +Cause the creation of a keybinding, or replacement of a default +keybinding. +The modifier keys come first, followed by a +.Sq - . +.Pp The following modifiers are recognised: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -.It Pa C +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact +.It C The Control key. -.It Pa M +.It M The Meta key. -.It Pa S +.It S The Shift key. -.It Pa 2 +.It 2 The Mod2 key. -.It Pa 3 +.It 3 The Mod3 key. -.It Pa 4 +.It 4 The Mod4 key (normally the windows key). .El -The ``-'' should be followed by either a keysym name, taken from +.Pp +The +.Sq - +should be followed by either a keysym name, taken from .Pa /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h , -or a numerical keycode value enclosed in ``[]''. -The command should be either the name of a task from the -``name_to_kbfunc'' +or a numerical keycode value enclosed in +.Dq [] . +The +.Ar command +may either be the name of a task from the +.Dq name_to_kbfunc structure in .Pa conf.c , -or, alternatively it should be the commandline that is wished to be executed. -A special case is the ``unmap'' keyword, which causes any bindings using the -named shortcut to be removed. -This can be used to remove a binding which conflicts with an application. +or the commandline that is to be executed. .Pp -For example, to cause -.Ic C-M-r -to add a label to a window: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -bind CM-r "label" -.Ed +A special +.Ar command +keyword +.Dq unmap +can be used to remove the named keybinding. +This can be used to remove a binding which conflicts with an +application. .Pp -Launch an xterm running -.Xr top 1 -with C-S-Enter: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -bind CS-Return "/usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -e top" -.Ed +.It Ic command Ar name Ar path +Every +.Ar name +entry is shown in the application menu. +When selected, the defined +.Ar path +is executed with +.Xr execve 2 . +.Pp +The +.Ar name +entries +.Nm term +and +.Nm lock +have a special meaning. +They point to the terminal and screen locking programs specified by +keybindings. +The defaults are +.Xr xterm 1 +and +.Xr xlock 1 , +respectively. +.Pp +.It Ic fontname Ar font +Change the default +.Ar font +for +.Xr Xft 3 . .Pp -Remove a keybinding for Mod4-o -.Bd -literal -offset indent -bind 4-o "unmap" -.Ed .It Ic gap Ar top bottom left right -Define "gaps" at the edge of the screen, so that when a window is maximized it will not overlap this area. -This gap can be used for other applications such as +Define a +.Dq gap +in pixels at the edge of the screen, so that when a +window is maximized it will not overlap this area. +This +.Dq gap +can be used for applications such as .Xr xclock 1 , -which the user may wish to remain visible. +where the user may wish to remain visible. .Pp -.Pa top bottom left -and -.Pa right -are the sizes of each the gap in pixels. +.It Ic ignore Ar windowname +Ignore drawing borders around a window with the name +.Ar windowname . +.Pp +.It Ic sticky Ic yes Ns \&| Ns Ic no +Toggle sticky group mode. +The default behavior for new windows is to not assign any group. +By enabling sticky group mode, +.Xr cwm 1 +will assign new windows to the currently selected group. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION +.Bd -literal +# Set default Xft(3) font +fontname "sans-serif:pixelsize=14:bold" + +# Set sticky group mode on +sticky no + +# Any entry here is shown in the application menu +command firefox firefox +command xmms xmms +command top "xterm -e top" + +# Autogroup definitions +autogroup 3 "aterm,XTerm" +autogroup 3 "xterm,XTerm" + +# Ignore programs by that name by not drawing borders around them. +ignore XMMS +ignore xwi +ignore xapm +ignore xclock + +# Keybindings +bind CM-r "label" +bind CS-Return "xterm -e top" +bind 4-o "unmap" +.Ed +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width "~/.cwmrcXXX" -compact +.It Pa ~/.cwmrc +default +.Xr cwm 1 +configuration file .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cwm 1 -.Sh AUTHORS -.An -nosplit -.Pp -.Nm -was initially written by -.An Marius Aamodt Eriksen Aq marius@monkey.org -with contributions from -.An Andy Adamson Aq dros@monkey.org , -.An Niels Provos Aq provos@monkey.org , -and -.An Antti Nykänen Aq aon@iki.fi . .Sh HISTORY The .Nm |