The OSF/Motif Window Manager (mwm) is an X11 client that manages the appearance and behavior of objects on the root window. You control mwm and its management operations using a mouse, a keyboard, and a functional window frame. Additionally, mwm has a root menu to assist you in the general control of the root window.
The OSF/Motif Window Manager is the default window manager for your X Window System. It is started from $HOME/.x11start when you start X11. If
that file doesn't exist, mwm is started from
sys.x11start in
/usr/lib/X11.
The syntax for mwm is as follows:
where options are:
- -display host:display.screen
Specifies the screen to use.
- -xrm resourcestring
Specifies using the named resource on starting.
- -multiscreen
Causes mwm to manage all screens on a display. The default is to manage only a single screen.
- -name name
Uses name to retrieve resources.
- -screens name [name ...]
Gives the resource names for the screens managed by mwm. The names are separated by spaces.
The following line in .x11start in your home directory starts mwm.
The $@ passes the window manager options specified on the x11start command line.
