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FAQ

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Have questions about Window Maker? If so, look no further. Below is our collection of Frequently Asked Questions and + their corresponding answers. Many of these have been adapted from the original FAQ by Chris + Green. Questions are routinely taken and added in from the mailing lists and IRC forums.

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Here are some pieces of information regarding development in Window Maker.

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Source code versioning system

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The source code for Window Maker is contained in a git repository located here. Git is very convenient for our purposes and you can find more + information about it on the mentioned link. To obtain a full-fledged copy of the repository do this:

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git clone git://repo.or.cz/wmaker-crm.git

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Submitting patches

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The source code in the above git repository follows the coding style of the linux kernel. Please take a look + + here and try to respect it when submitting patches. This is really important.

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If you want to contribute patches to Window Maker and you are not familiar with git, please take a look at the git + homepage above - it contains the kind of documentation you need to get started. You should also read the file contained + in the Window Maker repository The perfect Window Maker patch + which gives you further details about patches to Window Maker.

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If your patch is really good and important, feel free to send it to the mailing list + wmaker-dev@lists.windowmaker.org anyway in whatever form most suits you. But please consider the fact that patches sent + in odd formats induce extra work for who applies them.

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Last but not least, patches doing code cleanups are STRONGLY encouraged. Please go ahead! The risks + of introducing regressions when doing cleanups exists, but if you also follow the practice of having a patch for each + unrelated change you do, the eventuall regressions can be easily found and reverted.

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WINGs

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Window Maker uses the WINGs library for its widgets, click on that link for more information + about it.

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Documentation

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It's a fact that one of the biggest problems with today's software is lack of good documentation, or any + documentation for that matter. Programmers generally don't have a lot of time to document their work, and the things + they do document are usually oriented towards other programmers. While we can appreciate the programmers point of view, + we feel it's necessary to cater to a larger audience (i.e our users) by providing clear, concise information on how to + use our software. The sections below will bring all of these pieces of information together for you.

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Before you get started with Window Maker, you need to have an understanding of how to make use of the documentation + that comes with the source distribution. The main objective to using documentation is to understand + it, which coincidentally requires that you read it. A common mistake is for new or novice users to + overlook this information, leading them to frustration and a bad first impression. Please take a moment to peruse the + sections below, which should make the experience of learning Window Maker a more pleasant one.

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Introduction

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Window Maker is an X11 window manager originally designed to provide integration support for the + GNUstep Desktop Environment. In every way possible, it reproduces the elegant look and + feel of the NEXTSTEP user interface. It is fast, feature rich, easy to configure, and easy to use. It is also free + software, with contributions being made by programmers from around the world.

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Window Maker includes compatibility options which allow it to work with other popular desktop environments, namely + GNOME and KDE, and comes with a powerful GUI configuration editor, called WPrefs, which removes the need to edit + text-based config files by hand. It also supports running dockapps which + help on tasks such as monitoring system performance and battery usage, mounting devices or connecting to the internet + etc. Please see the features section for more specifics on what Window Maker can do, and how it compares with other + popular window managers. A screenshot of a typical Window Maker workspace is here.

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Latest stable version

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The latest stable version is 0.95.1, released on 29.01.2012. See the NEWS section for more + information.

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Installation Basics

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Downloading and Extracting

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The first necessary step is to download? the Window Maker source distribution. From this point on, we'll assume it has + been retrieved and is residing on the local hard disk. The next step is to extract it, and change into the source + directory.

+# cd /path/to/your/download
+# gunzip WindowMaker-0.xx.xx.tar.gz
+# tar -xf WindowMaker-0.xx.xx.tar
+# cd WindowMaker-0.xx.xx
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Now that things are extracted, it's time to look at the relevant pieces of documentation. Most UNIX oriented free + software packages come with a README file, and Window Maker is no exception. The README file contains a summary + overview of what the distribution is, what the various directories contain, and other general information.

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Next, we have the ChangeLog which describes a list of changes since the first version. Although it usually lists + technical advancements about the distribution, it is also useful for finding out about bug fixes and recently added + features.

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Moving along, we have the NEWS file. For now, we just want to point out its existence. It will become more useful to + novice users over time. Veteran Window Maker users will find it handy for keeping their configuration files up to date, + and learning about various changes which affect Window Maker's behavior.

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The two remaining files we need to look at are INSTALL and BUGS. The INSTALL file provides additional information + that is necessary to install Window Maker successfully. The BUGS file contains a list of known Window Maker bugs. If a + user feels they've found a bug in Window Maker, they should consult the BUGS file first. If the bug isn't listed, + proceed to the Bug Tracker and see if its there.

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Compiling

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After extracting the latest version of Window Maker using the previous instructions, the next step is to compile it. + First of all, the configure script should be run. It will test to make sure all the necessary libraries, compilers and + build tools are available on the local system. The configure script allows for various arguments to be passed to it + which relate to Window Maker's installation. For a complete list of all configurable settings, enter:

+# ./configure -help
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Three commonly used configuration options are:

+--prefix=DIR --enable-kde --enable-gnome
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The first configuration option lets Window Maker be installed into a non-default installation directory (e.g if + Window Maker cannot be installed system wide for some reason, a user can specify a path under his/her home directory). + The default installation directory is /usr/local/bin for the wmaker binary and /usr/local/GNUstep/Apps for the WPrefs + application (the WPrefs installation directory can be specified by using --with-appspath=DIR). Note that root access + will be needed later on during the installation process if the defaults were used. The second and third configuration + options will enable Window Maker to fully cooperate with KDE and GNOME respectively.

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So if a user johndoe would like to install the wmaker binary into /home/johndoe/wmaker/bin instead of the default + /usr/local/bin, and if he wishes to use Window Maker in cooperation with KDE, the following arguments would be passed + to the configure script:

+ # ./configure --prefix=/home/johndoe/wmaker --enable-kde
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After the configure script has been successfully executed, Window Maker can now be compiled with the make command; + simply enter:

+# make
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Now is a good time to get a drink while the compilation takes place. Providing the compilation goes well, the final + step is to install the binaries and other support files. This is accomplished by entering: # make install

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Note that this is the step that needs to be performed by root if the default installation directory was used, or if + a directory was specified that the running user cannot write to. If the installing user has root access, they should + first become root by issuing su - root. Otherwise, reconfigure and recompile Window Maker by specifying a + different installation directory, or kindly ask the local system administator to install it system wide.

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Once Window Maker is installed system-wide, a default configuration can be installed on a per-user basis, through + the bundled installation script, wmaker.inst. Enter wmaker.inst in a terminal emulator to + configure Window Maker for your user.

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This script copies the default Window Maker configuration to your user's home directory and sets Window Maker as the + default window manager. It is recommended to create ~/GNUstep before executing the script.

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Mailing Lists

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This page contains all of the information needed in order to subscribe or unsubscribe from the mailing lists, along + with the general guidelines that should be followed when posting messages.

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Listed below are the currently available Window Maker mailing lists. We have switched our list software over to + Enemies of Carlotta. MHonArc + enables us to provide web-based archives to our users. Selecting a link under the Name field will bring up more details + and instructions regarding that specific list.

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NAME	DESCRIPTION	Gmane Archive
wmaker-dev	Development discussion about the Window Maker window manager	wmaker-dev Archives
wmaker-user	User discussion about the Window Maker window manager	wmaker-user Archives

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The following rules of etiquette are to be followed when posting to any of the lists:

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Do not top post.
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Use of excessive quoting in E-mail replies is frowned upon.
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HTML messages and non-text attachments will be rejected.
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Do not post questions to a list without having read all of documentation + that is available to you. The Window Maker source code comes with a README, INSTALL, and NEWS file. There + is also an FAQ to read. These pieces of information are MANDATORY reading and contain answers to many + common questions. Please, do not post a question to the lists unless it can't be found in the documentation.
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Please, please, and pretty please THINK before you post. Try very hard not to intentionally + provoke others and cause flame-wars. We reserve the right to unsubscribe and ban any user that has a history of + causing trouble.
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Version 0.95.1 released

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Window Maker 0.95.1 was released on January 29th 2012.

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The last official Window Maker release was version 0.92.0 from 2006, and version 0.95.1 contains many bug fixes and + also a few new features. Window Maker 0.92.0 was already very stable, so most of the bug fixes are related to odd or + not very frequent situations. One random example is the fix which avoids a segfault when creating more than 81 + workspaces, as reported on youtube here.

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Another bug-fix of peculiar nature is this one, which happened once every + 49 days -- more precisely 2^32 milliseconds.

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A lot of effort was put into cleaning up the code, with lots of code removal and tidying things up. The following + output should give you an idea of the development in the last cycle:

+[mafra@Pilar:wmaker.git]$ git diff --shortstat wmaker-0.92.0+..wmaker-0.95.1
+ 592 files changed, 118361 insertions(+), 133342 deletions(-)
+[mafra@Pilar:wmaker.git]$ git diff --shortstat 688a56e8ab67b..wmaker-0.95.1
+ 566 files changed, 37676 insertions(+), 41817 deletions(-)
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The first shortstat is really everything, including the (huge) patch generated in this commit from 2009, which changed the old +sources to the linux kernel coding style. The second shortstat contains the summary of development after that patch. + +

New features and highlights

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This list is really very incomplete, but should give a first-order approximation to what are the new features in + this release. For a bit more of details see the NEWS file included in the sources, although it also misses a lot of + things. For the truly curious among you, reading through git log is the complete source of + information.

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Left/right window maximization, making them occupy the left/right area of the screen
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Maximus (a.k.a tiled) maximization. Maximizes windows such that it occupies the largest area without overlapping + other windows
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New mouse-resizing functionality. Windows can now be resized vertically (horizontally) using MOD+Wheel + (CTRL+Wheel)
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History and TAB completion in the run dialog
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A WPrefs option to make icons bounce when their respective applications want attention
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New applications (wmgenmenu and wmmenugen) to generate the root menu automatically by looking which applications + you have on your $PATH
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Automatic detection of configuration changes. Linux users whose kernel supports the inotify mechanism no longer can have their configuration changes + detected automatically without polling, which reduces the number of CPU wakeups
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Dockapps can now receive special treatment by setting their WM_CLASS to "DockApp"
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And many trivial things which reduce little annoyances one might have. For example, an option was added to + control whether or not Window Maker should do automatic workspace switching to satisfy a focus request from a + window located in another workspace.
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+ Info v0.95.1

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WINGs Is Not GNUstep

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While GNUstep is our ideal development framework, it's overkill for a window manager like Window Maker. We had a + need for a quick, lightweight toolkit to handle basic window manager tasks, which is how WINGs was born, and why it has + become an integral part of Window Maker's core.

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Unlike the general uses of the GNUstep development environment, the WINGs toolkit was designed as a specific + solution for Window Maker. It is not implemented in an object-oriented language, but was designed with OO schemas in + mind. It is encapsulated in objects that have various methods (functions), which in turn can be accessed like real + objects (i.e it's unknown what they contain, and they only have the interface functions to alter their data). As much + as C will allow, that is. What really matters is that it's functional and small enough for our purposes.

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Surprisingly, there have been several developers who think WINGs is mature and functional enough to write full + fledged applications with it. For developers who are interested in creating real applications, we would encourage them + to look at GNUstep instead. GNUstep is written in Objective-C, and anyone with a solid C++ background shouldn't need + more than an hour to begin programming in Objective-C. For more information on this, please visit the GNUstep Developer Documentation section.

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So, what does WINGs do for us, specifically? It contains many necessary widgets, such as the buttons, file browser, + color chooser, and text editor dialog that are all used for creating the UI. It is currently missing a few important + items, such as DnD, treeview, and application menus, but those will be integrated in future releases.

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One of the more important aspects of WINGs is that it now provides proplist functionality. proplist, short for + property list, is what Window Maker uses to generate and + maintain structured configuration files. This data is stored as plain ASCII text under a user's ~/GNUstep directory. + These files are what make up the menus, the current state and appearance of the desktop, the Dock, the Clip, and the + values set in WPrefs.

+ +

As an example, here is a short snippet from the proplist version of the default menu:

+(
+        Applications,
+        (
+                Info,
+                ("Info Panel", INFO_PANEL),
+                (Legal, LEGAL_PANEL),
+                ("System Console", EXEC, xconsole),
+                ("System Load", SHEXEC, "xosview || xload"),
+                ("Process List", EXEC, "xterm -e top"),
+                ("Manual Browser", EXEC, xman)
+        ),
+        (Run..., EXEC, "%a(Run,Type command to run:)"),
+...
+)
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+ +

As this section evolves, we will be providing more documentation on the internals of WINGs. For the time being, + developers interested in WINGs should see Alexey Voinov's WINGsman documentation project. Starters may find this tutorial, which includes a library + listing based on Voinov's work, useful. We'll try to cover some examples and/or more tutorials on how to program small + applications in WINGs in the near future. For anyone already using WINGs for a project, please contact us, as we'd like to get an idea of its popularity and practical uses, as + well as some additional material to place here.

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