Series 300 and 500 Only

NAME

wmove − move one or more windows or their icons

SYNOPSIS

wmove [-i] [-l x,y] [window_spec...]

DESCRIPTION

This command changes the location on the display of the specified windows or their iconic representations, while keeping their sizes and other attributes intact.  See windows(1) for an explanation of window_spec. By default, if you give no window_specs, the window connected to standard input (not its icon) is moved to a default location, with its upper left corner near the upper left corner of the screen. The default location for icons is near the lower left or upper right corner of the screen, depending on your configuration.

Options are:

-i Move windows’ iconic representations (icons), not their normal forms.  See windows(1) for an explanation of icons.

-l x,y Move windows’ upper left corners to the pixel location given by x,y. If you don’t give a location, each window or icon is moved to a slightly different location.

The results of wmove may not be immediately visible if a window is:

∗ concealed
∗ located off-screen
∗ occluded by others
∗ normal and its icon is moved
∗ iconic and its normal form is moved.

EXAMPLES

wmove
Move the window connected to standard input to a default location, near the upper left corner of the screen.

wmove −il100,200 win2 win3
Move the icon form of windows “win2” and “win3” to pixel location x = 100, y = 200.

SEE ALSO

windows(1), wborder(1), wcreate(1), wdestroy(1), wdisp(1), wfont(1), wlist(1), wselect(1), wsh(1), wsize(1), wmove(3W). 

DIAGNOSTICS

The following values are returned by this command:

0 If no errors are detected. 

1 Prints a message to standard error and returns 1 if it encounters an error which prevents moving a window, including trouble while expanding a window_spec pattern. 

2 Prints a message to standard error, continues, and later returns 2 if it encounters any error while trying to move one window. 

Hewlett-Packard Company  —  May 11, 2021