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<H2>NAME</H2>

mwm - The M*tif Window Manager
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>

<B>mwm</B>

<I>[-toolkitoption ...]</I>

<B>[-debug]</B>




<B>[-multiscreen]</B>






<B>[-version] [-V]</B>

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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>

<B>mwm</B>

is a window manager that adheres largely to the Motif mwm specification.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>

In addition to the standard X Toolkit command line options (see
<B><A HREF="X.html">X</A></B>(1)),

<B>mwm</B>

accepts the following options:
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<DT>-debug<DD>
Enable debugging. This includes synchronous sending of requests to the X
server.
<DT>-multiscreen<DD>
Use multiple screens.
<DT>-version<DD>
Print version information to stderr.
<DT>-V<DD>
Give verbose messages during mwmrc parsing.
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<H2>FILES</H2>

<I>/etc/X11/mwm/system.mwmrc</I>

<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
The system wide configuration file. See
<B><A HREF="mwmrc.html">mwmrc</A></B>(5)

for further details.
</DL>

<I>~/.mwmrc</I>

<DL COMPACT><DT><DD>
Per user configuration file. See
<B><A HREF="mwmrc.html">mwmrc</A></B>(5)

for further details.
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<H2>X Resources</H2>

<B>mwm</B>

supports a number of resources. It departs from the Motif mwm specification
in that all window decorations have separate resources.
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The resources are documented in the app defaults file for
<B>mwm</B>,

<I>usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/app-defaults/Mwm .</I>

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<H2>COPYING</H2>

This window manager is an offshoot of
<B><A HREF="fvwm.html">fvwm</A></B>(1x),

and as such is a derived work.
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Portions of this work were created by Rob Nation, and have the following
copyright:
<FONT SIZE=-1>This module is all original code</FONT>
by Rob Nation
Copyright 1993, Robert Nation
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You&nbsp;may&nbsp;use&nbsp;this&nbsp;code&nbsp;for&nbsp;any&nbsp;purpose,&nbsp;as&nbsp;long&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;original
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;copyright&nbsp;remains&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;source&nbsp;code&nbsp;and&nbsp;all&nbsp;documentation
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Rob Nation, in fact, derived much of fvwm from twm, which carries the
following copyright:
<FONT SIZE=-1>
</FONT>
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Copyright&nbsp;1988&nbsp;by&nbsp;Evans&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Sutherland&nbsp;Computer&nbsp;Corporation,
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Salt&nbsp;Lake&nbsp;City,&nbsp;Utah
Portions Copyright 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cambridge,&nbsp;Massachusetts
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<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All&nbsp;Rights&nbsp;Reserved

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<FONT SIZE=-1>Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its</FONT>
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the names of Evans &amp; Sutherland and M.I.T. not be
used in advertising in publicity pertaining to distribution of the software
without specific, written prior permission.
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<FONT SIZE=-1>EVANS &amp; SUTHERLAND AND M.I.T. DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS</FONT>
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS,
IN NO EVENT SHALL EVANS &amp; SUTHERLAND OR M.I.T. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM
LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE
OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
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For lesstif, all code not covered under the copyrights above (i.e., any and
all modifications made for LessTif), are copyrighted by the

Free Software foundation, and distributed under the GNU General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2>

The LessTif project,
<B><A HREF="http://www.lesstif.org/">http://www.lesstif.org/</A></B>.

This manpage was put together by Ray Dassen
<I>&lt;<A HREF="mailto:jdassen@debian.org">jdassen@debian.org</A>&gt;</I>.

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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>

<B><A HREF="X.html">X</A></B>(1),

<B><A HREF="mwmrc.html">mwmrc</A></B>(5)

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<DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">FILES</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">X Resources</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">COPYING</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">AUTHORS</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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