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selectwm(1)

selectwm1

Select a window manager at x startup

Usage

selectwm [options]

Overview

This manual page documents briefly the selectwm command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution

selectwm is a program that allows you to pick a window manager upon X startup, optionally set a default windowmanager with a timer, and optionally return you to the selection menu after the windowmanager exits. The menu can be edited from within selectwm, through a right-mouse click on the listbox.

Options

This program follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-v, --version

Show version of program.

-d, --DontSaveOnExit

Do not save configuration file on exit.

-c, --config configuration file

Specify a configuration file instead of ~/.selectwmrc.

Files

~/.selectwmrc

Default configuration file.

History

  • Debian 3.1 (Sarge): the text shown here
  • Debian 3.0 (Woody)

Bugs

None known at this time.

Author

This manual page was written by Chris Danis <[email protected]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

From selectwm 0.4.1-2 in Debian 3.1 (Sarge). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.