WMII(1)

NAME
wmii - window manager improved 2

SYNOPSIS
wmii

DESCRIPTION

  Overview
wmii(1) is a script that launches the wmii window manager and its various utilities and makes sure that they are configured for use.

  Actions
An action is a shell script in the default setup, but it can actually be any executable file. It is executed usually by selecting it from the actions menu. You can customize an action by copying it from the global action directory /opt/local/etc/wmii-3 to $HOME/.wmii-3 and then editing the copy to fit your needs. Of course you can also create your own actions there; make sure that they are executable.

Here is a list of the default actions:

quit
    leave the window manager nicely

status
    periodically print date and load average to the bar

welcome
    display a welcome message that contains the wmii tutorial

wmiirc
    configure wmii

  Configuration
If you feel the need to change the default configuration, then customize (as described above) the wmiirc action. This action is executed at the end of the wmii(1) script and does all the work of setting up the window manager, the key bindings, the bar labels, etc.

FILES

/tmp/ns.$USER.${DISPLAY%.0}/wmii
    The wmii socket file which provides a 9P service.

/opt/local/etc/wmii-3
    Global action directory.

$HOME/.wmii-3
    User-specific action directory. Actions are first searched here.

ENVIRONMENT

HOME, USER, DISPLAY
    See the section FILES above.

The following variables are set and exported within wmii(1) and thus can be used in actions:

PATH, OLD_PATH
    wmii(1) adds the local and global actions directory to the front of the existing PATH. The original value is saved in OLD_PATH.

WMII_ADDRESS
    Socket file of wmiiwm(1). Used by wmiir(1).

SEE ALSO
wmiiwm(1), wmiimenu(1), wmiir(1)