NAME

pswm − POSTSCRIPT-based X11 window manager

SYNOPSIS

pswm [ −display string ] [ −helpkey keycode ] [ −init ]

DESCRIPTION

pswm is an X11 window manager for use with the X11/NeWS server.  pswm manages X11 windows using the NeWS toolkit.  This enables X11 and NeWS windows to coexist on the same screen. 

STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN

The X11/NeWS server starts pswm automatically by default.  The server provides the −init option so that pswm will execute a startup script. 

You will need to shut down pswm if you want to run a different X11 window manager.  To shut down pswm, simply send it a TERM signal using kill(1).  You must have pswm’s process id before you can do this.  You can find it by using the ps(1) command.  For example:

example% ps ax | grep pswm
 7840 p5 S     0:00 grep pswm
 7710 p6 IW    0:00 pswm -init
example% kill -TERM 7710

To restart pswm, simply run it from a shell, in the background. 

example% pswm &

OPTIONS

−display string
Causes pswm to connect to the X11 display identified by string. string has the same format as the DISPLAY environment variable.  If the −display option is present, string will override any value in the DISPLAY environment variable, if one is present. 

−helpkey keycode
Specifies the keycode of the key which is to be used as the Help key. 

−init Causes pswm to run a startup script.  pswm first tries to execute “$HOME/.openwin-init”.  If this fails, pswm will then try to execute a default startup script from “$XNEWSHOME/lib/openwin-init”. 

FILES

$HOME/.openwin-init User-customizable startup script. 

$XNEWSHOME/lib/openwin-init
Default startup script.

DIAGNOSTICS

can’t open X11 (or NeWS) connection
pswm needs to create an X11 and a NeWS connection to the same server.  It failed to make one of the required server connections. 

can’t rendezvous X11 and NeWS connections
pswm’s needs to create an X11 and a NeWS connection to the same server.  These connections ended up at different servers.  Check the DISPLAY and NEWSSERVER environment variables to make sure they indicate the same X11/NeWS server. 

another window manager is already running on this screen
You can run only one window manager at a time on a given screen.  There’s another window manager running already, so pswm can’t run. 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 1989 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. 

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its 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. 

TRADEMARKS

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc. 

X11/NeWS 1.0  —  Last change: 19 Jun 1989