man wmanager (Commandes) - choose a window manager and launch it

NAME

wmanager - choose a window manager and launch it

SYNOPSIS

wmanager [OPTIONS..]

DESCRIPTION

wmanager displays a choice of the window managers listed in ~/.wmanagerrc. When one is picked, the related command is written to standard output, intended to be used by shell scripts. If the program is exited without choosing a window manager, -1 is written to standard output.

-fg COLOR
set foreground color
-bg COLOR
set background color
-bg2 COLOR
set widget background color
-di[splay] host:n.n
set X display
-dn[d], -nod[nd]
enable/disable drag & drop, probably does nothing
-g[eometry] WxH+X+Y
set window size and location
-i[conic]
start as iconified
-k[bd], -nok[bd]
enable/disable keyboard support
-na[me] CLASSNAME
set X window class
-s[cheme] SCHEME
unknown, probably does nothing useful
-ti[tle] WINDOWTITLE
set window title
-to[oltips], -not[ooltips]
enable/disable tooltips, probably does nothing

EXAMPLE

To start using wmanager, create a ~/.wmanagerrc file (generally with wmanagerrc-update), and add something like the following at the end of your ~/.xsession file:

  WM="$(wmanager -geometry +570+585)"
  ...
  exec "$WM"

See also wmanagerrc-loop for a nicer way to start wmanager.

SEE ALSO