mwmrc(5)
NAME
mwmrc - The M*tif Window Manager configuration file
DESCRIPTION
The LessTif window manager mwm supports both a global con
figuration file /etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc and a per-user
configation file ~/.mwmrc.
STRUCTURE
Each mwm configuration file consist of blocks of bindings.
Each block consists of a block type keyword, a name and a
set of entries between curly braces (`{' and '}').
An exclamation mark (`!') introduces a comment. Comments
extend to the end of the line.
Block types
- There are three types of blocks:
- Menu bindings
- Button bindings
- Key bindings
Menu bindings
- Menu bindings are introduced by the Menu keyword. The
generic form of the entries is label mnemonic accelerator function . Both mnemonic and accelerator may be empty. For example: - "Foo bar" _R Alt<Key>F5 f.restore
Button bindings
- Button bindings are introduced by the Buttons keyword.
The entries each are Button name Context Function . For
example:
- <Btn3Down> icon|frame f.post_wmenu
Key bindings
- Key bindings are very similar to button bindings. The
entries each are Key name Context Function . For example: - Alt<Key>Tab root|icon|window f.next_key
Label
- A label is either a plain string, or a bitmap. Bitmaps are
indicated as "@" followed by the filename. For example: - mailer @fortytwo.bmp
Mnemonic
- A mnemonic is an underscore ("_") followed by a single
character. For example: - _M
Accelerator
An accelerator is a key name.
Button name
- A button name is Btn followed by the number (1..5) and an
action (Up, Down, Click, Click2); for example: - Btn2Click
Context
- A context is a single string consisting of bar (`|') sepa
rated object names (root, icon, menub, minimizeb, maxi mizeb , window, title, frame, border); for example: - icon|title
Function
A function is a string starting with "f.". The functions
are: f.beep, f.circle_down, f.circle_up, f.desk, f.exec,
f.focus_color, f.focus_key, f.goto_page, f.kill, f.lower,
f.maximize, f.menu, f.minimize, f.move, f.next_cmap,
f.next_key, f.nop, f.normalize, f.normalize_and_raise,
f.pack_icons, f.pass_keys, f.post_wmenu, f.prev_cmap,
f.prev_key, f.quit_mwm, f.raise, f.raise_lower, f.refresh,
f.refresh_win, f.resize, f.restart, f.restore,
f.restore_and_raise, f.screen, f.send_msg, f.separator,
f.set_behavior, f.title, f.toggle_page, f.window_list.
EXAMPLE
For a complete example, check out /etc/X11/mwm/sys
tem.mwmrc or look at the system.mwmrc distributed with the
LessTif sources.
AUTHORS
mwm was written by the LessTif project, http://www.less
tif.org/ and others. This manpage was written by Ray
Dassen <jdassen@debian.org>.