VUEWM(1X) VUEWM(1X)
NAME
vuewm - The HP VUE Workspace Manager.
SYNOPSIS
vuewm [options]
DESCRIPTION
Vuewm is an X11 window manager based upon the Motif Window Manager
(mwm, version 1.1). Vuewm is an integral part of the Hewlett-Packard
Visual User Environment (HP VUE). It communicates with and facilitates
access to the other components in the environment.
Access to many other VUE components is provided throughout the front
panel (workspace manager). The front panel can be configured to
contain controls and indicators for tasks that you perform frequently.
These controls include file management, session management,
customization, printing, trash, help, or other functions that may be
user defined.
Workspace window management represents a significant enhancement of
mwm. Workspaces can be thought of as virtual screens. Multiple
workspaces gives you a larger, virtual screen area to place your
windows on.
Vuewm provides the same window management and limited session
management functionality as mwm. It gives you (the user or programmer)
the ability to control window size, position, state (iconic or
normal), input focus ownership, etc. It also provides session
management functions such as stopping a client.
OPTIONS
-display display
This option specifies the display to use, typically of the
form hostname:display_number.screen_number. For example,
-display oregon:2.0 specifies the first screen of the second
display of host oregon.
If no screen_number is specified, the first screen (screen
``0'') becomes the default, or VUE screen, of the display.
The front panel is available on the VUE screen. See also
X(1).
-xrm resourcestring
This option specifies a resource string to use. For example,
vuewm -xrm "vuewm*workspaceList: A B C D" specifies the
resource names (and indirectly, the number) of workspaces that
vuewm should create at runtime.
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For example, vuewm -xrm "vuewm*keyboardFocusPolicy: pointer"
specifies that vuewm should automatically set the input focus
to the window under the pointer.
You can specify multiple resources by adding one -xrm option
after another.
-multiscreen
This option causes vuewm to manage all the screens on the
display. By default, vuewm manages only the default screen of
the display. For example, vuewm -display local:0.1
-multiscreen instructs vuewm to manage all the screens on
display 0 and to place the front panel on the second screen
(i.e., screen ``1'').
-screens name [name...]
This option specifies the screens names to use for fetching
screen-based resources. If -multiscreen is not specified,
then the only the first name of the list of names will be
used. If -multiscreen is specified, all the names will be used
up to the number of screens managed. The first screen on the
display (screen 0) will use the first name, the second screen
will use the second name, and so on. If there are more screens
to manage than names in the list, the first name on the list
will be reused for the remaining screens.
If no names are specified, vuewm constructs the screen name(s)
dynamically, based on two screen characteristics:
Screen Resolution
The screen resolution may be HighRes (typically, 1280 by
1024 pixels), MedRes (typically, 1024 by 768 pixels), or
LowRes (fewer pixels).
Screen Color Type
The screen color type may be Mono (2-4 colors), LowColor
(16 colors), MedColor (64 colors), or HighColor (256
colors).
For example, at run-time vuewm constructs the screen name
HighResHighColor for an 8-plane (2^8, or 256-color) 1280x1024 HP
98550A display subsystem.
The screen name is important because it controls the number and names
of your workspaces, your color schemes and backgrounds, your menus,
your key and button bindings, and the icon box operations on a per
screen basis.
The /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Vuewm application defaults file shipped
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with vuewm includes reasonable screen settings for most screen
resolution and color types.
STARTUP
Normally, the session manager (vuesession) starts vuewm by running the
executable as /usr/bin/X11/vuewm. You can change this invocation by
modifying a vuesession resource, wmStartupCommand.
For example, the following line from the /usr/lib/X11/app-
defaults/Vuesession file causes vuewm to manage all the screens on the
display:
Vuesession*wmStartupCommand: /usr/bin/X11/vuewm -multiscreen
(By default, vuewm manages only one screen.) Using command line
options is one way of controlling the behavior of vuewm. Using
resources is another.
APPEARANCE
The following sections describe the basic default behaviors of
windows, icons, the icon box, input focus, and window stacking. The
appearance and behavior of the window manager can be altered by
changing the configuration of specific resources. Resources are
defined under the heading "X DEFAULTS."
WINDOWS
Default vuewm window frames have distinct components with associated
functions:
Title Area In addition to displaying the client's title, the title
area is used to move the window. To move the window,
place the pointer over the title area, press button 1 and
drag the window to a new location. A wire frame is moved
during the drag to indicate the new location. When the
button is released, the window is moved to the new
location.
Title Bar The title bar includes the title area, the minimize
button, the maximize button and the window menu button.
Minimize Button
To turn the window back into its icon, do a button 1 click
on the minimize button (the frame box with a small square
in it).
Maximize Button
To make the window fill the screen (or enlarge to the
largest size allowed by the configuration files), do a
button 1 click on the maximize button (the frame box with
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a large square in it).
Window Menu Button
The window menu button is the frame box with a horizontal
bar in it. To pop up the window menu, press button 1.
While pressing, drag the pointer on the menu to your
selection, then release the button when your selection is
highlighted. Alternately, you can click button 1 to pop
up the menu and keep it posted; then position the pointer
and select.
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Selection Accelerator Description
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Move Alt+F7 Allows the window to be moved with
keys or mouse.
Shift + Move Grow Apollo keyboard.
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Size Alt+F8 Allows the window to be resized.
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Minimize Alt+F9 Turns the window into an icon.
Shift + Pop Apollo keyboard.
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Maximize Alt+F10 Makes the window fill the screen.
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Lower Alt+F3 Moves window to bottom of window
stack.
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Occupy... Alt+O Display the Workspace Presence dialog
to control the presence of the client
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Occupy All Alt+Shift+O Put the client in all workspaces.
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Remove from WS Alt+Shift+F4 Remove the client from the current
workspace. (Inactive if the client is
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Close Alt+F4 Removes client from vuewm management.
Resize Border Handles
To change the size of a window, move the pointer over a
resize border handle (the cursor will change), press
button 1, and drag the window to a new size. When the
button is released, the window is resized. While dragging
is being done, a rubber-band outline is displayed to
indicate the new window size.
Matte An optional matte decoration can be added between the
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client area and the window frame. A matte is not actually
part of the window frame. There is no functionality
associated with a matte.
ICONS
Icons are small graphic representations of windows. A window can be
minimized (iconified) using the minimize button on the window frame.
Icons provide a way to reduce clutter on the screen.
Pressing mouse button 1 when the pointer is over an icon will cause
the icon's window menu to pop up. Releasing the button (press +
release without moving mouse = click) will cause the menu to stay
posted. The menu contains the following selections:
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Selection Accelerator Description
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Restore Alt+F5 Opens the
associated window.
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Move Alt+F7 Allows the icon to
be moved with keys.
Shift + Move Grow Apollo keyboard.
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Size Alt+F8 Inactive (not an
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Minimize Alt+F9 Inactive (not an
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Maximize Alt+F10 Opens the
associated window
and makes it fill
the screen.
Ctrl + Pop Apollo keyboard.
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Lower Alt+F3 Moves icon to
bottom of icon
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Occupy... Alt+O Display the
Workspace Presence
dialog to control
the presence of the
client in
workspaces.
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Occupy All Alt+Shift+O Put the client in
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Remove from WS Alt+Shift+F4 Remove the client
from the current
workspace.
(Inactive if the
client is in only
one workspace.)
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Close Alt+F4 Removes client from
vuewm management.
Double-clicking button 1 on an icon normalizes the icon into its
associated window. Double-clicking button 1 on the icon box's icon
opens the icon box and allow access to the contained icons. (In
general, double-clicking a mouse button offers a quick way to have a
function performed. Another example is double-clicking button 1 with
the pointer on the window menu button. This closes the window.)
ICON BOX
When icons begin to clutter the screen, they can be packed into an
"icon box." (To use an icon box, vuewm must be started with the icon
box configuration already set.) The icon box is a window manager
window that holds client icons. There is one icon box for each
workspace. Icons in the icon box can be manipulated with the mouse.
The following table summarizes the behavior of this interface. Button
actions apply whenever the pointer is on any part of the icon.
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Button 1 click Selects the icon.
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Button 1 double click Normalizes (opens) the associated window.
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Button 1 double click Raises an already open window
to the top of the stack.
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Button 1 drag Moves the icon.
The window menu of the icon box differs from the window menu of a
client window: The "Close" selection is replaced with the "PackIcons
Alt+Shift+F7" selection. When selected, PackIcons packs the icons in
the box to achieve neat rows with no empty slots.
If the front panel is used with the icon box in vuewm, the behavior of
the icon box can be changed. If the vuewmbox control is in the front
panel, closing the icon box will cause it to disappear from the
workspace. Pressing on the vuewmbox control will cause the icon box to
reappear if it is closed, or to be raised if it is open. In this way,
the icon box is made to appear like other clients that are connected
to controls in the front panel. (See the
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/sys.vuewmrc file for more information).
INPUT FOCUS
Vuewm supports (by default) a keyboard input focus policy of explicit
selection. This means when a window is selected to get keyboard
input, it continues to get keyboard input until the window is
withdrawn from window management, another window is explicitly
selected to get keyboard input, or the window is iconified. There are
numerous resources that control the input focus. The client window
with the keyboard input focus has the active window appearance with a
visually distinctive window frame.
The following tables summarize the keyboard input focus selection
behavior:
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Button 1 press Window / window frame Keyboard focus selection
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Button 1 press Icon Keyboard focus selection
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[Alt][Tab] Move input focus to next window in window stack.
[Next Wndw] Apollo keyboard.
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[Alt][Shift][Tab] Move input focus to previous window in window stack.
[Shift][Next Wndw] Apollo keyboard.
WINDOW STACKING
The stacking order of windows may be changed as a result of setting
the keyboard input focus, iconifying a window, or by doing a window
manager window stacking function.
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When a window is iconified, the window's icon is placed on the bottom
of the stack.
The following table summarizes the default window stacking behavior of
the window manager:
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[Alt][ESC] Put bottom window on top of stack.
[Ctrl][Pop] Apollo keyboard.
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[Alt][Shift][ESC] Put top window on bottom of stack.
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[Pop] Apollo keyboard. Put bottom
window on top of stack; put top
window on bottom of stack.
A window can also be raised to the top when it gets the keyboard input
focus (e.g., by doing a button 1 press on the window or by using
[Alt][Tab]) if this auto-raise feature is enabled with the
focusAutoRaise resource.
FRONT PANEL
The front panel is a central feature of the VUE environent. In it are
controls that connect you with useful system functions and other VUE
components. The default VUE environment comes with the pre-configured
front panel described below.
In the center of the front panel is the workspace switch which you use
to switch between workspaces. The top row of the front panel also
includes a clock, today's date, mail, system load, printer, file
management, application management, and trash. The bottom row of the
front panel provides access to terminal windows, system customization,
workspace renaming, screen locking, help, and session termination.
A control in the front panel is typically one of four types:
INDICATOR An indicator monitors the state of a file, typically your
incoming mailbox, and changes its image based on whether
the file has changed.
PUSH BUTTON A push button starts an action each time it is pushed. For
example, each time you depress the terminal button, a new
hpterm window will appear.
TOGGLE BUTTON
A toggle button is tied to one instance of a client. If a
client is not running, pressing the toggle button will
start the client. If a client is running, pressing the
toggle button will bring the client into the current
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workspace, make sure the client is in the normal (not
iconic) state, and raise it to the top of the window
stack.
VUEWM BUTTONA vuewm button has specialized behavior defined within
vuewm. Examples include the clock and calendar readouts,
the icon box button, and the workspace switch.
The front panel can be configured for custom installations. (See the
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/sys.vuewmrc file for more information).
WORKSPACES
Vuewm will create as many workspaces as are defined in the
workspaceList resource. Workspaces may be renamed dynamically from
the Workspace Manager dialog. This dialog can be called up either from
a button on the front panel or by activating a button binding or key
binding that you have defined (see f.workspace_rename).
Switching between workspaces is normally done by clicking on the
workspace switch, which is usually located centrally in the front
panel. Workspace switching can also be accomplish via key and button
bindings (see f.next_workspace and f.prev_workspace).
Windows may inhabit one or many workspaces. This can be controlled on
a per-window basis by calling up the Workspace Presence dialog. This
dialog is normally posted from the window menu, but may also be posted
with a button or key binding (see f.workspace_presence). This dialog
lets you select the workspaces you want the window to be in from a
list of available workspaces. It is also useful to see what workspaces
a window is currently in.
DYNAMIC CUSTOMIZATION
When vuewm is running as part of HP VUE, you have access to dynamic
customization of some aspect of vuewm through vuestyle. Vuestyle is
started by pressing the vuestyle button (the artist's palette) on the
front panel. Color and backdrops can be customized dynamically. Font
changes will not take effect until the next session or until vuewm is
restarted.
NOTE:
The dynamic customization of colors operates on a fixed set of color
resources allocated specifically for HP VUE. You will not be able to
dynamically customize the colors of components for which you have set
color resources explicitly (see X DEFAULTS).
X DEFAULTS
Vuewm is configured from its resource database. This database is
built from the following sources. They are listed in order of
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precedence, low to high:
app-defaults/Vuewm
RESOURCE_MANAGER root window property or $HOME/.Xdefaults
XENVIRONMENT variable or $HOME/.Xdefaults-host
vuewm -xrm and -screens command line options
Entries in the resource database may refer to other resource files for
specific types of resources. These include files that contain
bitmaps, fonts, and vuewm specific resources such as menus and
behavior specifications (i.e., button and key bindings).
Vuewm is the resource class name of vuewm and vuewm is the resource
name used by vuewm to look up resources. In the following discussion
of resource specification "Vuewm" and "vuewm" can be used
interchangeably. However, if conflicting resources are specified,
resources specified by resrouce name ("vuewm") will take precedence
over resource specified by resource class ("Vuewm").
Vuewm uses the following types of resources:
Component Appearance Resources:
These resources specify appearance attributes of window manager user
interface components. They can be applied to the appearance of window
manager menus, feedback windows (e.g., the window reconfiguration
feedback window), client window frames, and icons. Generally, these
resources are specified on a per-screen basis (the same for all
workspaces in a screen).
Specific Appearance and Behavior Resources:
These resources specify vuewm appearance and behavior (e.g., window
management policies). They are not set separately for different vuewm
user interface components. Some of these resoures are global in
scope; others may be specified on a per-screen basis.
Client Specific Resources:
These vuewm resources can be set for a particular client window or
class of client windows. They specify client-specific icon and client
window frame appearance and behavior.
Resource identifiers can be either a resource name (e.g., foreground)
or a resource class (e.g., Foreground). If the value of a resource is
a filename and if the filename is prefixed by "~/", then it is
relative to the path contained in the $HOME environment variable
(generally the user's home directory). This is the only environment
variable vuewm uses directly ($XENVIRONMENT is used by the resource
manager).
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RESOURCE HIERARCHY
The resource hierarchy for vuewm takes into account the management of
multiple screens and multiple workspaces per screen. Screen resources
are subresources of vuewm. Workspace resources are subresources of
each screen name. Depending on the resource being specified, you may
need to add a screen or workspace component to the resource name to
make sure you are being specific enough.
The syntax for a workspace specific resource is:
Vuewm*screen_name*workspace_name*resource_id
If you only want to be screen specific, then the workspace_name
component should be removed. Currently, the only workspace specific
resources deal with the workspace backdrop.
COMPONENT APPEARANCE RESOURCES
The syntax for specifying component appearance resources that apply to
window manager icons, menus, and client window frames is
Vuewm*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*foreground is used to specify the foreground color
for vuewm menus, icons, and client window frames.
The syntax for specifying component appearance resources that apply to
a particular vuewm component is
Vuewm*[menu|icon|client|feedback]*resource_id
If menu is specified, the resource is applied only to vuewm menus; if
icon is specified, the resource is applied to icons; and if client is
specified, the resource is applied to client window frames. For
example, Vuewm*icon*foreground is used to specify the foreground color
for vuewm icons, Vuewm*menu*foreground specifies the foreground color
for vuewm menus, and Vuewm*client*foreground is used to specify the
foreground color for vuewm client window frames.
The appearance of the title area of a client window frame (including
window management buttons) can be separately configured. The syntax
for configuring the title area of a client window frame is:
Vuewm*client*title*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*client*title*foreground specifies the foreground
color for the title area. Defaults for title area resources are based
on the values of the corresponding client window frame resources.
The appearance of menus can be configured based on the name of the
menu. The syntax for specifying menu appearance by name is:
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Vuewm*menu*menu_name*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*menu*my_menu*foreground specifies the foreground
color for the menu named my_menu.
The following component appearance resources that apply to all window
manager parts can be specified:
Component Appearance Resources - All Window Manager Parts
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background Background color varies*
backgroundPixmap BackgroundPixmap string** varies*
bottomShadowColor Foreground color varies*
bottomShadowPixmap BottomShadowPixmap string** varies*
fontList FontList string*** "fixed"
foreground Foreground color varies*
saveUnder SaveUnder T/F F
topShadowColor Background color varies*
topShadowPixmap TopShadowPixmap string** varies*
*The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
**Pixmap image name. See XmInstallImage(3X). ***X11 R3 Font
description.
background (class Background)
This resource specifies the background color. Any legal X
color may be specified. The default value is chosen based on
the visual type of the screen.
backgroundPixmap (class BackgroundPixmap)
This resource specifies the background Pixmap of the vuewm
decoration when the window is inactive (does not have the
keyboard focus). The default value is chosen based on the
visual type of the screen.
bottomShadowColor (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow color. This color is
used for the lower and right bevels of the window manager
decoration. Any legal X color may be specified. The default
value is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
bottomShadowPixmap (class BottomShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow Pixmap. This Pixmap
is used for the lower and right bevels of the window manager
decoration. The default is chosen based on the visual type of
the screen.
fontList (class Font)
This resource specifies the font used in the window manager
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decoration. The character encoding of the font should match
the character encoding of the strings that are used. The
default is "fixed."
foreground (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the foreground color. The default is
chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
saveUnder (class SaveUnder)
This is used to indicate whether "save unders" are used for
vuewm components. For this to have any effect, save unders
must be implemented by the X server. If save unders are
implemented, the X server will save the contents of windows
obscured by windows that have the save under attribute set.
If the saveUnder resource is True, vuewm will set the save
under attribute on the window manager frame of any client that
has it set. If saveUnder is False, save unders will not be
used on any window manager frames. The default value is
False.
topShadowColor (class Background)
This resource specifies the top shadow color. This color is
used for the upper and left bevels of the window manager
decoration. The default is chosen based on the visual type of
the screen.
topShadowPixmap (class TopShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the top shadow Pixmap. This Pixmap is
used for the upper and left bevels of the window manager
decoration. The default is chosen based on the visual type of
the screen.
The following component appearance resources that apply to frame and
icons can be specified:
Frame and Icon Components
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activeBackground Background color varies*
activeBackgroundPixmap BackgroundPixmap string** varies*
activeBottomShadowColor Foreground color varies*
activeBottomShadowPixmap BottomShadowPixmap string** varies*
activeForeground Foreground color varies*
activeTopShadowColor Background color varies*
activeTopShadowPixmap TopShadowPixmap string** varies*
*The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen. **See
XmInstallImage(3X).
activeBackground (class Background)
This resource specifies the background color of the vuewm
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decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeBackgroundPixmap (class ActiveBackgroundPixmap)
This resource specifies the background Pixmap of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeBottomShadowColor (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow color of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeBottomShadowPixmap (class BottomShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow Pixmap of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeForeground (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the foreground color of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeTopShadowColor (class Background)
This resource specifies the top shadow color of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
activeTopShadowPixmap (class TopShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the top shadow Pixmap of the vuewm
decoration when the window is active (has the keyboard focus).
The default is chosen based on the visual type of the screen.
GLOBAL APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR RESOURCES
The specific appearance and behavior resource have been divided
according to their scope. The first set of resources can only be
specified globally. The second set can be specified on a per-screen
basis.
The syntax for specifying global appearance and behavior resources is
Vuewm*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*keyboardFocusPolicy specifies the window manager
policy for setting the keyboard focus to a particular client window.
The following specific appearance and behavior resources can be
specified on a global basis only:
Global Specific Appearance and Behavior Resources
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autoKeyFocus AutoKeyFocus T/F T
autoRaiseDelay AutoRaiseDelay millisec 500
bitmapDirectory BitmapDirectory directory /usr/include/X11/bitmaps
clientAutoPlace ClientAutoPlace T/F T
colormapFocusPolicy ColormapFocusPolicy string keyboard
configFile ConfigFile file (see description)
deiconifyKeyFocus DeiconifyKeyFocus T/F T
doubleClickTime* DoubleClickTime millisec. multiClickTime
enableWarp EnableWarp T/F T
enforceKeyFocus EnforceKeyFocus T/F T
iconAutoPlace IconAutoPlace T/F T
iconClick IconClick T/F T
interactivePlacementInteractivePlacementT/F F
keyboardFocusPolicy KeyboardFocusPolicy string explicit
lowerOnIconify LowerOnIconify T/F T
moveThreshold MoveThreshold pixels 4
multiScreen MultiScreen T/F F
passButtons PassButtons T/F F
passSelectButton PassSelectButton T/F T
positionIsFrame PositionIsFrame T/F T
positionOnScreen PositionOnScreen T/F T
quitTimeout QuitTimeout millisec. 1000
raiseKeyFocus RaiseKeyFocus T/F F
screens Screens string varies
showFeedback ShowFeedback string all
startupKeyFocus StartupKeyFocus T/F T
useFrontPanel UseFrontPanel T/F F
useMessaging UseMessaging T/F F
wMenuButtonClick WMenuButtonClick T/F T
wMenuButtonClick2 WMenuButtonClick2 T/F T
*Included for backward compatiblity. You are encouraged to use the Xt
resource multiClickTime.
autoKeyFocus (class AutoKeyFocus)
This resource is only available when the keyboard input focus
policy is explicit. If autoKeyFocus is given a value of True,
then when a window with the keyboard input focus is withdrawn
from window management or is iconified, the focus is set to
the previous window that had the focus. If the value given is
False, there is no automatic setting of the keyboard input
focus. The default value is True.
autoRaiseDelay (class AutoRaiseDelay)
This resource is only available when the focusAutoRaise
resource is True and the keyboard focus policy is pointer. The
autoRaiseDelay resource specifies the amount of time (in
milliseconds) that vuewm will wait before raising a window
after it gets the keyboard focus. The default value of this
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resource is 500 (ms).
clientAutoPlace (class ClientAutoPlace)
This resource determines the position of a window when the
window has not been given a user specified position. With a
value of True, windows are positioned with the top left
corners of the frames offset horizontally and vertically. A
value of False causes the currently configured position of the
window to be used. In either case, vuewm will attempt to
place the windows totally on-screen. The default value is
True.
colormapFocusPolicy (class ColormapFocusPolicy)
This resource indicates the colormap focus policy that is to
be used. If the resource value is explicit then a colormap
selection action is done on a client window to set the
colormap focus to that window. If the value is pointer then
the client window containing the pointer has the colormap
focus. If the value is keyboard then the client window that
has the keyboard input focus will have the colormap focus.
The default value for this resource is keyboard.
configFile (class ConfigFile)
The resource value is the path name for a vuewm resource
description file. If none is specified, then vuewm searches
the following list in order:
$HOME/.vue/$LANG/vuewmrc
$HOME/.vue/vuewmrc
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/$LANG/sys.vuewmrc
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/sys.vuewmrc
Upon encountering the first such file, vuewm stops the search
and uses it.
deiconifyKeyFocus (class DeiconifyKeyFocus)
This resource only applies when the keyboard input focus
policy is explicit. If a value of True is used, a window will
receive the keyboard input focus when it is normalized
(deiconified). True is the default value.
iconAutoPlace (class IconAutoPlace)
This resource indicates whether icons are automatically placed
on the screen by vuewm, or are placed by the user. Users may
specify an initial icon position and may move icons after
initial placement; however, vuewm will adjust the user-
specified position to fit into an invisible grid. When icons
are automatically placed, vuewm places them into the grid
using a scheme set with the iconPlacement resource. If the
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iconAutoPlace resource has a value of True, then vuewm does
automatic icon placement. A value of False allows user
placement. The default value of this resource is True.
iconClick (class IconClick)
When this resource is given the value of True, the system menu
is posted and left posted when an icon is clicked. The
default value is True.
interactivePlacement (class InteractivePlacement)
This resource controls the initial placement of new windows on
the screen. If the value is True, then the pointer shape
changes before a new window is placed on the screen to
indicate to the user that a position should be selected for
the upper-left hand corner of the window. If the value is
False, then windows are placed according to the initial window
configuration attributes. The default value of this resource
is False.
keyboardFocusPolicy (class KeyboardFocusPolicy)
If set to pointer, the keyboard focus policy is to have the
keyboard focus set to the client window that contains the
pointer (the pointer could also be in the client window
decoration that vuewm adds). If set to explicit, the policy
is to have the keyboard focus set to a client window when the
user presses button 1 with the pointer on the client window or
any part of the associated vuewm decoration. The default
value for this resource is explicit.
lowerOnIconify (class LowerOnIconify)
If this resource is given the default value of True, a
window's icon appears on the bottom of the window stack when
the window is minimized (iconified). A value of False places
the icon in the stacking order at the same place as its
associated window.
moveThreshold (class MoveThreshold)
This resource is used to control the sensitivity of dragging
operations that move windows and icons. The value of this
resource is the number of pixels that the locator will be
moved with a button down before the move operation is
initiated. This is used to prevent window/icon movement when
a click or double-click is done and there is unintentional
pointer movement with the button down. The default value of
this resource is 4 (pixels).
multiScreen (class MultiScreen)
This resource, if True, enables vuewm to manage all the
screens on the display. If False, vuewm will only manage a
single screen on the display. The default value for this
resource is False.
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passButtons (class PassButtons)
This resource indicates whether or not button press events are
passed to clients after they are used to do a window manager
function in the client context. If the resource value is
False, then the button press will not be passed to the client.
If the value is True, the button press is passed to the client
window. The window manager function is done in either case.
The default value for this resource is False.
passSelectButton (class PassSelectButton)
This resource indicates whether or not the keyboard input
focus selection button press (if keyboardFocusPolicy is
explicit) is passed on to the client window or used to do a
window management action associated with the window
decorations. If the resource value is False then the button
press will not be used for any operation other than selecting
the window to be the keyboard input focus; if the value is
True, the button press is passed to the client window or used
to do a window management operation, if appropriate. The
keyboard input focus selection is done in either case. The
default value for this resource is True.
positionIsFrame (class PositionIsFrame)
This resource indicates how client window position information
(from the WM_NORMAL_HINTS property and from configuration
requests) is to be interpreted. If the resource value is True
then the information is interpreted as the position of the
vuewm client window frame. If the value is False then it is
interpreted as being the position of the client area of the
window. The default value of this resource is True.
positionOnScreen (class PositionOnScreen)
This resource is used to indicate that windows should
initially be placed (if possible) so that they are not clipped
by the edge of the screen (if the resource value is True). If
a window is larger then the size of the screen then at least
the upper left corner of the window will be on-screen. If the
resource value is False, then windows are placed in the
requested position even if totally off-screen. The default
value of this resource is True.
quitTimeout (class QuitTimeout)
This resource specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds)
that vuewm will wait for a client to update the WM_COMMAND
property after vuewm has sent the WM_SAVE_YOURSELF message.
This protocol will only be used for those clients that have a
WM_SAVE_YOURSELF atom and no WM_DELETE_WINDOW atom in the
WM_PROTOCOLS client window property. The default value of
this resource is 1000 (ms). (Refer to the f.kill function for
additional information.)
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raiseKeyFocus (class RaiseKeyFocus)
This resource specifies if the keyboard focus should be given
to window that has been raised with the f.normalize_and_raise
function. If True, then the window will get the keyboard
focus. The default value is False.
screens (class Screens)
This resource is used to provide resource names for the
screens to be managed by vuewm. The value of this resource is
a string containing a blank-separated list of names. If fewer
names are specified than there are screens on the display,
then the remaining screens will use the first name in the
list.
There is no default value for this resource. The default names
for screens are generated dynamically depending on the screen
type. The dynamic name is a concatenation of the following:
_____________________________
LowRes less than 1024x768
_____________________________
_____________________________
HighRes 1280x1024 or better
Name Description
_______________________________
_______________________________
LowColor 16 colors
_______________________________
_______________________________
HighColor more than 64 colors
For example, a 1024x768, 256-color screen would get a default
name of HighResHighColor.
showFeedback (class ShowFeedback)
This resource controls when feedback information is displayed.
It controls both window position and size feedback during move
or resize operations and initial client placement. It also
controls window manager message and dialog boxes. The value
for this resource is a list of names of the feedback options
to be enabled; the names must be separated by a space. The
names of the feedback options are shown below:
Name Description
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behavior Confirm behavior switch.
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kill Confirm the killing of vuewm with signal.
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none Show no feedback.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
quit Confirm the quitting (f.quit_mwm) of vuewm.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
restart Confirm vuewm restart.
The following command line illustrates the syntax for
showFeedback:
Vuewm*showFeedback: placement resize behavior restart
This resource specification provides feedback for initial client
placement and resize, and enables the dialog boxes to confirm the
restart and set behavior functions. It disables feedback for the
move function.
startupKeyFocus (class StartupKeyFocus)
This resource is only available when the keyboard input focus
policy is explicit. When given the default value of True, a
window gets the keyboard input focus when the window is mapped
(i.e., initially managed by the window manager).
useFrontPanel (class UseFrontPanel)
This resource enables the display of the front panel (also
called the "Workspace Manager") if True. The default value is
False.
useMessaging (class UseMessaging)
This resource controls the connection of vuewm to the
Broadcast Message Server (BMS). If set to True, vuewm will try
to connect to the BMS and will participate in inter-process
messaging with other HP VUE clients. The default value of
this resource is False.
wMenuButtonClick (class WMenuButtonClick)
This resource indicates whether a click of the mouse when the
pointer is over the window menu button will post and leave
posted the system menu. If the value given this resource is
True, then the menu will remain posted. True is the default
value for this resource.
wMenuButtonClick2 (class WMenuButtonClick2)
When this resource is given the default value of True, a
double-click action on the window menu button will do an
f.kill function.
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SCREEN APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR RESOURCES
The syntax for specifying per-screen appearance and behavior resources
is
Vuewm*screen_name*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*1*keyBindings specifies the key bindings to use for
the screen "1".
Screen Specific Appearance and Behavior Resources
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buttonBindings ButtonBindings string NULL
cleanText CleanText T/F T
fadeNormalIcon FadeNormalIcon T/F F
frameBorderWidth FrameBorderWidth pixels 5
iconBoxGeometry IconBoxGeometry string 6x1+0-0
iconBoxName IconBoxName string iconbox
iconBoxSBDisplayPolicyIconBoxSBDisplayPolicystring all
iconBoxTitle IconBoxTitle string Icons
iconDecoration IconDecoration string varies
iconImageMaximum IconImageMaximum wxh 50x50
iconImageMinimum IconImageMinimum wxh 32x32
iconPlacement IconPlacement string left bottom
iconPlacementMargin IconPlacementMargin pixels varies
keyBindings KeyBindings string Motif
limitResize LimitResize T/F T
maximumMaximumSize MaximumMaximumSize wxh (pixels)2X screen w&h
moveOpaque MoveOpaque T/F F
pushButtonClickTime PushButtonClickTime millisec. 4 x multiClickTime
resizeBorderWidth ResizeBorderWidth pixels 10
resizeCursors ResizeCursors T/F T
transientDecoration TransientDecoration string system title
transientFunctions TransientFunctions string -minimize -maximize
useBlinkingIndicator UseBlinkingIndicator T/F T
useIconBox UseIconBox T/F F
workspaceList WorkspaceList string NULL
bitmapDirectory (class BitmapDirectory)
This resource identifies a directory to be searched for
bitmaps referenced by vuewm resources. This directory is
searched if a bitmap is specified without an absolute
pathname. The default value for this resource is
"/usr/include/X11/bitmaps".
Note that all images used in the front panel are fetched using
the directory search path of XmGetPixmap(). By default, front
panel images are found in directory
/usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/Vuewm.
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buttonBindings (class ButtonBindings)
This resource identifies the set of button bindings for window
management functions. The named set of button bindings is
specified in the vuewm resource description file. These
button bindings are merged with the built-in default bindings.
The default value for this resource is NULL (i.e., no button
bindings are added to the built-in button bindings).
cleanText (classCleanText)
This resource controls the display of window manager text in
the client title and feedback windows. If the default value
of True is used, the text is drawn with a clear (no stipple)
background. This makes text easier to read on monochrome
systems where a backgroundPixmap is specified. Only the
stippling in the area immediately around the text is cleared.
If False, the text is drawn directly on top of the existing
background.
fadeNormalIcon (class FadeNormalIcon)
If this resource is given a value of True, an icon is grayed
out whenever it has been normalized (its window has been
opened). The default value is False.
frameBorderWidth (class FrameBorderWidth)
This resource specifies the width (in pixels) of a client
window frame border without resize handles. The border width
includes the 3-D shadows. The default value is 5 pixels.
iconBoxGeometry (class IconBoxGeometry)
This resource indicates the initial position and size of the
icon box. The value of the resource is a standard window
geometry string with the following syntax:
[=][widthxheight][{+-}xoffset{+-}yoffset]
If the offsets are not provided, the iconPlacement policy is
used to determine the initial placement. The units for width
and height are columns and rows. The actual screen size of
the icon box window will depend on the iconImageMaximum (size)
and iconDecoration resources. The default value for size is
(6 * iconWidth + padding) wide by (1 * iconHeight + padding)
high. The default value of the location is +0 -0.
iconBoxName (class IconBoxName)
This resource specifies the name that is used to look up icon
box resources. The default name is iconbox.
iconBoxTitle (class IconBoxTitle)
This resource specifies the name that is used in the title
area of the icon box frame. The default value is Icons.
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iconBoxSBDisplayPolicy (class IconBoxSBDisplayPolicy)
This resource is used to set the scroll bar display policy for
the icon box. The possible values for this resource are:
all Display both scroll bars.
horizontal Display only horizontal scroll bar.
vertical Display only vertical scroll bar.
If only one scroll bar is displayed, the icons in the icon box
are laid out so that all can be accessed and the scroll bar is
displayed only when needed. The default value is all.
iconDecoration (class IconDecoration)
This resource specifies the general icon decoration. The
resource value is label"(only the label part is displayed) or
image (only the image part is displayed) or label image (both
the label and image parts are displayed). A value of
activelabel can also be specified to get a label (not
truncated to the width of the icon) when the icon is selected.
The default icon decoration for icon box icons is that each
icon has a label part and an image part (label image). The
default icon decoration for stand-alone icons is that each
icon has an active label part, a label part and an image part
(activelabel label image).
iconImageMaximum (class IconImageMaximum)
This resource specifies the maximum size of the icon image.
The resource value is widthxheight (e.g., 64x64). The maximum
supported size is 128x128. The default value of this resource
is 50x50.
iconImageMinimum (class IconImageMinimum)
This resource specifies the minimum size of the icon image.
The resource value is widthxheight (e.g., 32x50). The minimum
supported size is 16x16. The default value of this resource
is 32x32.
iconPlacement (class IconPlacement)
This resource specifies the icon placement scheme to be used.
The resource value has the following syntax:
primary_layout secondary_layout
The layout values are one of the following:
top Lay the icons out top to bottom.
bottom Lay the icons out bottom to top.
left Lay the icons out left to right.
right Lay the icons out right to left.
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A horizontal (vertical) layout value should not be used for
both the primary_layout and the secondary_layout (e.g., don't
use top for the primary_layout and bottom for the
secondary_layout). The primary_layout indicates whether, when
an icon placement is done, the icon is placed in a row or a
column and the direction of placement. The secondary_layout
indicates where to place new rows or columns. For example,
top right indicates that icons should be placed top to bottom
on the screen and that columns should be added from right to
left on the screen. The default placement is left bottom
(icons are placed left to right on the screen, with the first
row on the bottom of the screen, and new rows added from the
bottom of the screen to the top of the screen).
iconPlacementMargin (class IconPlacementMargin)
This resource sets the distance between the edge of the screen
and the icons that are placed along the edge of the screen.
The value should be greater than or equal to 0. A default
value (see below) is used if the value specified is invalid.
The default value for this resource is equal to the space
between icons as they are placed on the screen (this space is
based on maximizing the number of icons in each row and
column).
keyBindings (class KeyBindings)
This resource identifies the set of key bindings for window
management functions. If specified these key bindings replace
the built-in default bindings. The named set of key bindings
is specified in vuewm resource description file. The default
value for this resource is the set of compatible key bindings.
limitResize (class LimitResize)
If this resource is True, the user is not allowed to resize a
window to greater than the maximum size. The default value
for this resource is True.
maximumMaximumSize (class MaximumMaximumSize)
This resource is used to limit the maximum size of a client
window as set by the user or client. The resource value is
widthxheight (e.g., 1024x1024) where the width and height are
in pixels. The default value of this resource is twice the
screen width and height.
moveOpaque (class MoveOpaque)
This resource is used to set the style of feedback provided
during window moves. If True, the entire window is moved as
feedback (at the cost of some degradation in performance). If
False, only a window outline is moved. The default value of
this resource is False.
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pushButtonClickTime (class PushButtonClickTime)
This resource controls the amount of time (in milliseconds)
that pushbuttons in the front panel will be disabled after
their initial press. The default value of this resource is 4
times the multiClickTime set for the window manager, or 2
seconds of wait time. The reason for the delay is to suppress
multiple application invocation from users doubleclicking on
pushbuttons.
resizeBorderWidth (class ResizeBorderWidth)
This resource specifies the width (in pixels) of a client
window frame border with resize handles. The specified border
width includes the 3-D shadows. The default is 10 (pixels).
resizeCursors (class ResizeCursors)
This is used to indicate whether the resize cursors are always
displayed when the pointer is in the window size border. If
True the cursors are shown, otherwise the window manager
cursor is shown. The default value is True.
transientDecoration (class TransientDecoration)
This controls the amount of decoration that Vuewm puts on
transient windows. The decoration specification is exactly
the same as for the clientDecoration (client specific)
resource. Transient windows are identified by the
WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property which is added by the client to
indicate a relatively temporary window. The default value for
this resource is menu title (i.e., transient windows will have
resize borders and a titlebar with a window menu button).
transientFunctions (class TransientFunctions)
This resource is used to indicate which window management
functions are applicable (or not applicable) to transient
windows. The function specification is exactly the same as
for the clientFunctions (client specific) resource. The
default value for this resource is -minimize -maximize.
useBlinkingIndicator (class UseBlinkingIndicator)
This resource enables the operation of the blinking activity
light in the front panel. If True, the blinking activity light
will flash if configured into the front panel. If False, the
light will not flash; instead, the second bitmap specified for
the vuewmbusy control will be installed in the front panel for
the wait duration. The default value is True.
useIconBox (class UseIconBox)
If this resource is given a value of True, icons are placed in
an icon box. When an icon box is not used, the icons are
placed on the root window (default value).
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workspaceList (class WorkspaceList)
This resource specifies the resource names and number of the
workspaces to create for a screen. The value of this resource
is a list of names separated by blanks. The names specified in
this resource are used to fetch resources with. Consequently,
a workspace name should not contain any of the following
characters: asterisk (*), period (.), colon (:), quote ("), or
backslash (\).
Example:
Vuewm*0*workspaceList: A B C D E F
This creates six workspaces for screen 0.
CLIENT SPECIFIC RESOURCES
The syntax for specifying client specific resources is
Vuewm[*screen_name]*client_name_or_class*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*mterm*windowMenu is used to specify the window menu
to be used with mterm clients.
The syntax for specifying client specific resources for all classes of
clients is
Vuewm*resource_id
Specific client specifications take precedence over the specifications
for all clients. For example, Vuewm*windowMenu is used to specify the
window menu to be used for all classes of clients that don't have a
window menu specified.
The syntax for specifying resource values for windows that have an
unknown name and class (i.e. the window does not have a WM_CLASS
property associated with it) is
Vuewm*defaults*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*defaults*iconImage is used to specify the icon
image to be used for windows that have an unknown name and class.
The following client specific resources can be specified:
Client Specific Resources
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clientDecoration ClientDecoration string all
clientFunctions ClientFunctions string all
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focusAutoRaise FocusAutoRaise T/F T
iconImage IconImage pathname (image)
iconImageBackground Background color icon background
iconImageBottomShadowColor Foreground color icon bottom shadow
iconImageBottomShadowPixmapBottomShadowPixmapstring* icon bottom shadow pixmap
iconImageForeground Foreground color icon foreground
iconImageTopShadowColor Background color icon top shadow color
iconImageTopShadowPixmap TopShadowPixmap string* icon top shadow pixmap
matteBackground Background color background
matteBottomShadowColor Foreground color bottom shadow color
matteBottomShadowPixmap BottomShadowPixmapstring* bottom shadow pixmap
matteForeground Foreground color foreground
matteTopShadowColor Background color top shadow color
matteTopShadowPixmap TopShadowPixmap string* top shadow pixmap
matteWidth MatteWidth pixels 0
maximumClientSize MaximumClientSize wxh fill the screen
useClientIcon UseClientIcon T/F F
windowMenu WindowMenu string string
*See XmInstallImage(3X).
clientDecoration (class ClientDecoration)
This resource controls the amount of window frame decoration.
The resource is specified as a list of decorations to specify
their inclusion in the frame. If a decoration is preceded by a
minus sign, then that decoration is excluded from the frame.
The sign of the first item in the list determines the initial
amount of decoration. If the sign of the first decoration is
minus, then vuewm assumes all decorations are present and
starts subtracting from that set. If the sign of the first
decoration is plus (or not specified), then vuewm starts with
no decoration and builds up a list from the resource.
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all Include all decorations (default value).
border Window border.
maximize Maximize button (includes title bar).
minimize Minimize button (includes title bar).
none No decorations.
resizeh Border resize handles (includes border).
menu Window menu button (includes title bar).
title Title bar (includes border).
Examples:
Vuewm*XClock*clientDecoration: -resizeh -maximize
This removes the resize handles and maximize button from
XClock windows.
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Vuewm*XClock*clientDecoration: menu minimize border
This does the same thing as above. Note that either menu or
minimize implies title.
clientFunctions (class ClientFunctions )
This resource is used to indicate which vuewm functions are
applicable (or not applicable) to the client window. The
value for the resource is a list of functions. If the first
function in the list has a minus sign in front of it, then
vuewm starts with all functions and subtracts from that set.
If the first function in the list has a plus sign in front of
it, then vuewm starts with no functions and builds up a list.
Each function in the list must be preceded by the appropriate
plus or minus sign and be separated from the next function by
a space.
The table below lists the functions available for this
resource:
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all Include all functions (default value)
none No functions
resize f.resize
move f.move
minimize f.minimize
maximize f.maximize
close f.kill
focusAutoRaise (class FocusAutoRaise)
When the value of this resource is True, clients are made
completely unobscured when they get the keyboard input focus.
If the value is False, the stacking of windows on the display
is not changed when a window gets the keyboard input focus.
The default value is True.
iconImage (class IconImage)
This resource can be used to specify an icon image for a
client (e.g., Vuewm*myclock*iconImage). The resource value is
a pathname for a bitmap file. The value of the (client
specific) useClientIcon resource is used to determine whether
or not user supplied icon images are used instead of client
supplied icon images. The default value is to display a
built-in window manager icon image.
iconImageBackground (class Background)
This resource specifies the background color of the icon image
that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The default
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value of this resource is the icon background color (i.e.,
specified by Vuewm*background or Vuewm*icon*background).
iconImageBottomShadowColor (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow color of the icon
image that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The
default value of this resource is the icon bottom shadow color
(i.e., specified by Vuewm*icon*bottomShadowColor).
iconImageBottomShadowPixmap (class BottomShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow Pixmap of the icon
image that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The
default value of this resource is the icon bottom shadow
Pixmap (i.e., specified by Vuewm*icon*bottomShadowPixmap).
iconImageForeground (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the foreground color of the icon image
that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The default
value of this resource is the icon foreground color (i.e.,
specified by Vuewm*foreground or Vuewm*icon*foreground).
iconImageTopShadowColor (class Background)
This resource specifies the top shadow color of the icon image
that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The default
value of this resource is the icon top shadow color (i.e.,
specified by Vuewm*icon*topShadowColor).
iconImageTopShadowPixmap (class TopShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the top shadow Pixmap of the icon
image that is displayed in the image part of an icon. The
default value of this resource is the icon top shadow Pixmap
(i.e., specified by Vuewm*icon*topShadowPixmap).
matteBackground (class Background)
This resource specifies the background color of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client background color (i.e., specified by
Vuewm*background or Vuewm*client*background).
matteBottomShadowColor (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow color of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client bottom shadow color (i.e., specified by
Vuewm*bottomShadowColor or Vuewm*client*bottomShadowColor).
matteBottomShadowPixmap (class BottomShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the bottom shadow Pixmap of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client bottom shadow Pixmap (i.e., specified
by Vuewm*bottomShadowPixmap or
Vuewm*client*bottomShadowPixmap).
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matteForeground (class Foreground)
This resource specifies the foreground color of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client foreground color (i.e., specified by
Vuewm*foreground or Vuewm*client*foreground).
matteTopShadowColor (class Background)
This resource specifies the top shadow color of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client top shadow color (i.e., specified by
Vuewm*topShadowColor or Vuewm*client*topShadowColor).
matteTopShadowPixmap (class TopShadowPixmap)
This resource specifies the top shadow Pixmap of the matte,
when matteWidth is positive. The default value of this
resource is the client top shadow Pixmap (i.e., specified by
Vuewm*topShadowPixmap or Vuewm*client*topShadowPixmap).
matteWidth (class MatteWidth)
This resource specifies the width of the optional matte. The
default value is 0, which effectively disables the matte.
maximumClientSize (class MaximumClientSize)
This is a size specification that indicates the client size to
be used when an application is maximized. The resource value
is specified as widthxheight. The width and height are
interpreted in the units that the client uses (e.g., for
terminal emulators this is generally characters). If this
resource is not specified then the maximum size from the
WM_NORMAL_HINTS property is used if set. Otherwise the
default value is the size where the client window with window
management borders fills the screen. When the maximum client
size is not determined by the maximumClientSize resource, the
maximumMaximumSize resource value is used as a constraint on
the maximum size.
useClientIcon (class UseClientIcon)
If the value given for this resource is True, then a client
supplied icon image will take precedence over a user supplied
icon image. The default value is False, making the user
supplied icon image have higher precedence than the client
supplied icon image.
windowMenu (class WindowMenu)
This resource indicates the name of the menu pane that is
posted when the window menu is popped up (usually by pressing
button 1 on the window menu button on the client window
frame). Menu panes are specified in the vuewm resource
description file file. Window menus can be customized on a
client class basis by specifying resources of the form
Vuewm*client_name_or_class*windowMenu (see vuewmrc(4)). The
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default value of this resource is the name of the built-in
window menu specification.
FRONT PANEL RESOURCES
The front panel is an integral part of vuewm. However, from a resource
perspective, it looks more like a client. The syntax for specifying
front panel resources is:
Vuewm[*screen_name]*front_panel_name*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*frontPanel*numberOfSwitchRows is used to specify
the number of rows of workspace buttons.
The following resources are used to configure the front panel.
Front Panel Resources
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borderWidth BorderWidth pixels 0
clientTimeoutInterval ClientTimeoutInterval millisec 20000
controlSpacing ControlSpacing pixels 0
geometry Geometry string dynamic
name Name string varies
numberOfSwitchRows NumberOfSwitchRows integer 2
rowSpacing RowSpacing pixels 0
wsButtonBorder WsButtonBorder pixels 10
wsButtonShadowThickness WsButtonShadowThickness pixels 2
wsButtonSpacing WsButtonSpacing pixels 4
waitingBlinkRate WaitingBlinkRate millisec 500
borderWidth (class BorderWidth)
This resource controls the border, or margin, between the rows
of controls and the surrounding front panel frame. The
default value is 0.
clientTimeoutInterval (class ClientTimeoutInterval)
This resource specifies the time that vuewm will wait for a
window to appear that is invoked by a front panel action. In
many cases, there is a delay between the time a control is
activated and the time a client window appears. This resource
specifies the time that vuewm will wait for the window before
assuming that the activation failed. The default value of
this resource is 60000 ms, or 60 seconds.
Typically, the activity light on the front panel blinks and a
front panel hourglass appears until either the timeout
interval has expired or the client window appears on the
screen.
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controlSpacing (class ControlSpacing)
This resource specifies the spacing between controls in
pixels, including the beveling. The default value is 0. (See
also shadowThickness.)
geometry (class Geometry)
This resource specifies the placement of the front panel on
the screen, using a simplified form of the standard window
geometry. The value is determined dynamically. The default
is to center the front panel at the bottom of the screen.
Of the standard window geometry string:
[=][widthxheight][{+-}xoffset{+-}yoffset]
--only the plus and minus forms of the xoffset and yoffset are
used. A given width or height will be ignored, because vuewm
determines the overall width and height of the front panel
from the controls within it.
For example, =-10+5 places the front panel at the upper right
of the screen, indented from the left edge by 10 pixels and
down from the top edge by 5 pixels.
Note that the top row of controls determines the overall width
of the front panel--this width will be determined by the width
of controls in the top row.
If the xoffset is positive, then the front panel will be
left-justified by the specified pixel spacing; if the xoffset
is negative, the front panel will be right-justified; if the
xoffset is -0 or +0, the front panel will be centered
horizontally.
If the yoffset is positive (including +0), the front panel
will be offset from the top of the screen by the specified
number of pixels; if the yoffset is negative (including -0),
the front panel will be offset from the bottom of the screen.
The default geometry is -0-0.
name (class Name)
This resource sets the name of the front panel. This name is
used to look up the front panel specification in the vuewmrc
file. The default value is dynamically determined based on
the screen resolution type--it may be LargeFrontPanel
(typically, 1280 by 1024 pixels), MediumFrontPanel (typically,
1024 by 768 pixels), or SmallFrontPanel.
numberOfSwitchRows (class NumberOfSwitchRows)
This resource sets the number of rows in the workspace switch.
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The default value is 2. The numberOfSwitchRows front panel
resource and the workspaceList screen resource work together
to determine the button placement within the workspace switch.
For example, together Vuewm*numberOfSwitchRows: 4 and
Vuewm*workspaceList: <name1> <name2> <name3> <name4> <name5>
<name6> <name7> <name8> specify a workspace switch having
eight workspace buttons arranged into four rows of two
buttons.
The overall size of the workspace switch (which determines the
maximum workspace button size) is set in the resource
description file.
rowSpacing (class RowSpacing)
This resource sets the spacing in pixels between rows of
controls in the front panel. The default value is 0--vuewm
stacks the controls so that there is no spacing between the
rows.
wsButtonBorder (class WsButtonBorder)
This resource sets the border width for the buttons in the
workspace switch--the margin between the rows of buttons and
the frame of the workspace switch. The default value of this
resource is 10.
This resource also controls the vertical inter-button spacing
of the workspace switch--the spacing between workspace buttons
rows is 2 less than the wsButtonBorder (but always
nonnegative).
wsButtonShadowThickness (class WsButtonShadowThickness)
This resource sets the shadow thickness (or beveling) for the
buttons in the workspace switch. The default value is 2.
wsButtonSpacing (class WsButtonSpacing)
This resource sets the horizontal spacing between the buttons
in the workspace switch. The default value is 10.
From these resource values, vuewm computes the sizes and
layout of the buttons themselves in the workspace switch.
waitingBlinkRate (class WaitingBlinkRate)
This resource sets the rate of the busy light. The time set by
this resource measures a half cycle of the busy light blink
frequency. The light is on for this amount of time before
being turned off for the same amount of time. The default
value is 500 milliseconds.
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FRONT PANEL ROW RESOURCES
The front panel is organized into one or more rows of controls. Each
row can have a name specified in the resource description file. You
can specify color sets and background patterns on a per-row basis.
The syntax for specifying front panel row resources is:
Vuewm[*screen_name]*row_name*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*Top*rowBackgroundPixmap: 75_foreground causes vuewm
to create a background for the row named Top using a 75_foreground
pattern.
The following resources are used to configure individual rows of the
front panel.
Front Panel Row Resources
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colorSetId ColorSetId integer, 1 to 8 dynamic
rowBackgroundPixmap RowBackgroundPixmap image_name NULL
colorSetId (class colorSetId)
This resource sets the color set (with background, foreground,
topshadow, and bottomshadow colors) for the specified row.
The default value for this resource is determined dynamically,
based on the color type of the screen.
rowBackgroundPixmap (class RowBackgroundPixmap)
This resource sets the background pattern to use behind the
controls in a given row. The default value is NULL, or no
background pixmap.
Note that a background pixmap will underlie all the controls
in the specified row(s).
VUEWMDATE RESOURCES
Vuewmdate is a psuedo-client that shows you the current date, like a
desk-top calendar. It is built into vuewm. The format of the date
display can include multiple lines and multiple fonts. The date format
is configurable through the use of strftime (3).
The syntax for specifying resources for vuewmdate is:
Vuewm*vuewmdate*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*vuewmdate*fontList2 is used to specify a fontList
for the first line of the vuewmdate display.
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The following resources are used to configure vuewmdate.
Vuewmdate Resources
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fontList FontList string "fixed"
fontList1 FontList string fontList
fontList2 FontList string fontList
fontList3 FontList string fontList
fontList4 FontList string fontList
fontList5 FontList string fontList
format Format string "%b%n%.1%n%a"
fontList (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use for the text in the
date display. The default value is "fixed".
fontList1 (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use in the first line of
the date display. The default value of this resource is the
value of vuewmdate's fontList resource.
fontList2 (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use in the second line of
the date display. The default value of this resource is the
value of vuewmdate's fontList resource.
fontList3 (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use in the third line of
the date display. The default value of this resource is the
value of vuewmdate's fontList resource.
fontList4 (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use in the fourth line of
the date display. The default value of this resource is the
value of vuewmdate's fontList resource.
fontList5 (class FontList)
This resource describes the font to use in the fifth line of
the date display. The default value of this resource is the
value of vuewmdate's fontList resource.
format (class Format)
This resource provides the format string for the vuewmdate
date. The format string is passed to strftime(3) for
interpretation. The character string returned from that
function is parsed for new lines and displayed appropriately
in the vuewmdate area. The default value for this resource is
"%b%n%.1d%n%a".
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WORKSPACE RESOURCES
The only workspace resource is the title resource. The title of a
workspace appears in the workspace button in the workspace switch. It
is a user-visible name for the workspace whereas the workspace name
given in the workspaceList resource is used for fetching resources.
The syntax for specifying the workspace title resource is:
Vuewm[*screen_name]*workspace_name*title
For example, Vuewm*0*A*title is used to set the title of workspace A
on screen 0. Note that workspace_name must appear elsewhere in the
workspaceList resource.
The following table describes the workspace title resource.
Workspace Title Resource
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title Title XmString varies*
*The default title is the workspace name.
title (class Title)
This resource specifies the user-visible title of a workspace.
The default value is the workspace name (as given in the
workspaceList resource).
BACKDROP RESOURCES
The backdrop resources are the only resource that can be specified on
a per-workspace basis. These resource set the backdrop bitmap image
and colors to be used for that workspace.
The syntax for specifying backdrop resources is:
Vuewm[*screen_name][*workspace_name]*backdrop*resource_id
For example, Vuewm*0*Main*backdrop*image is used to set the backdrop
bitmap image for the Main workspace on screen 0.
The following resources are used to configure vuewmdate.
Backdrop Resources
Name Class Value Type Default
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colorSetId ColorSetId integer NULL
image Image string "none"
imageBackground ImageBackground pixel varies*
imageForeground ImageForeground pixel varies*
*The default is chosen based on the display type.
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colorSetId (class ColorSetId)
This resource specifies a color set to use for the backdrop.
This is normally an integer from 1 to 8. The default value of
this resource is display dependent.
image (class Image)
This resource specifies a bitmap image to use as the backdrop.
If "none" is specified, then no backdrop image will be used.
The root window will show through. A bitmap file can be
specified, provided it is preceded by a '@' character. If the
first four letters in the base name of the bitmap file are
"deep", then vuewm will create a 3D shaft with the bitmap
image at the "bottom". Image files are fetched using the
directory search path of XmGetPixmap().
The default value for this resource is none (no image).
imageBackground (class ImageBackground)
This resource specifies a color to use as the background color
of the backdrop. If not specified, this color will default to
a pixel value that can be dynamically customized with the
color customizer, providing you are running in the HP VUE. If
this resource is specified, a color cell will be allocated
outside of any dynamically customizable set. The default
value varies based on the screen type.
imageForeground (class ImageForeground)
This resource specifies a color to use as the foreground color
of the backdrop. If not specified, this color will default to
a pixel value that can be dynamically customized with the
color customizer, providing you are running in the HP VUE. If
this resource is specified, a color cell will be allocated
outside of any dynamically customizable set. The default
value varies based on the screen type.
DIALOG RESOURCES
The titles of the Workspace Rename and Workspace Presence dialog are
settable via resources.
The syntax for setting the Workspace Rename title is:
Vuewm*screen_name*workspaceController*title
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Similarly, the syntax for setting the Workspace Presence title is:
Vuewm*screen_name*workspacePresence*title
The title subresource is described below:
Workspace Dialog Resources
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title Title XmString varies*
*The default name of the dialog: ``Workspace Rename'' or ``Workspace
Presence''.
title (class Title)
This resource specifies the title of a workspace dialog. The
default value varies based on the dialog.
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FILE
The vuewm resource description file is a supplementary resource file
that contains resource descriptions that are referred to by entries in
the defaults files (.Xdefaults, app-defaults/Vuewm). It contains
descriptions of resources that are to be used by vuewm, and that
cannot be easily encoded in the defaults files.
The following types of resources can be described in the vuewm
resource description file:
Buttons Window manager functions can be bound (associated) with
button events.
Front Panel The vuewm front panel can be configured for a custom
content or layout.
Keys Window manager functions can be bound (associated) with
key press events.
Menus Menu panes can be used for the window menu and other
menus posted with key bindings and button bindings.
Use vuewm resources (such as vuewm*windowMenu and
vuewm*frontPanelName) described on the preceding pages to select which
corresponding description to use from the resource description file.
ENVIRONMENT
Vuewm uses the environment variable $HOME specifying the user's home
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directory.
Vuewm uses the environment variable $MWMSHELL (first) or $SHELL
(second) for specifying the user's shell in carrying out f.exec
functions. (If neither variable is set, vuewm uses /bin/sh.)
Vuewm uses the environment variable $LANG to specify the location of
the resource description file and its localized message file.
FILES
$HOME/.vue/$LANG/vuewmrc
$HOME/.vue/vuewmrc
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/$LANG/sys.vuewmrc
/usr/lib/X11/vue/Vuewm/sys.vuewmrc
/usr/lib/X11/bitmaps/Vuewm/*
/usr/lib/nls/$LANG/vuewm.cat
$HOME/.Xdefaults
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Vuewm
COPYRIGHT
(c) Copyright 1989, 1990 by Open Software Foundation, Inc.
(c) Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 by Hewlett-Packard Company
All rights reserved.
ORIGIN
Hewlett-Packard Company ITO.
SEE ALSO
vuesession(1X), vuestyle(1X), X(1), VendorShell(3X), strftime(3),
XmInstallImage(3X), XmGetPixmap(3X), and vuewmrc(4X).
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