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-.TH VTWM 1 "Release 5.4.7" "X11R4-6"
+.\" Copyright 1988 by Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation,
+.\" Salt Lake City, Utah
+.\" Portions Copyright 1989 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+.\" Cambridge, Massachusetts
+.\"
+.\" All Rights Reserved
+.\"
+.\" 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 permis-
+.\" sion notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the
+.\" names of Evans & Sutherland and M.I.T. not be used in advertising
+.\" in publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
+.\" specific, written prior permission.
+.\"
+.\" EVANS & SUTHERLAND AND M.I.T. DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
+.\" TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
+.\" ABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL EVANS & SUTHERLAND OR
+.\" M.I.T. BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM-
+.\" AGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA
+.\" OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+.\" TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE
+.\" OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"*********************************************************************
.\" Important note: At the time 5.4.4 was released, this manual page
.\" conformed to Sun's guidelines for manual page markup, passed
.\" in subsequent edits to preserve these important invariants!
.\"*********************************************************************
.\"=====================================================================
+.TH vtwm 1 "2005-06-28" "VTWM 5.4.7"
.SH NAME
.PP
vtwm - Virtual Tab Window Manager for the X Window System
.PP
.\"=====================================================================
-.SH SYNTAX
-.PP
-\&\fBvtwm\fP [\fB-d\fP \fIdisplay\fP] [\fB-f\fP [\fIinitfile\fP]]
-[\fB-m\fP [\fIoptions\fP]] [\fB-p\fP] [\fB-s\fP] [\fB-v\fP]
-.PP
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B vtwm
+[
+.B \-d
+.I display
+]
+[
+.B \-f
+.I initfile
+]
+[
+.B \-m
+[
+.I m4-options
+]
+]
+[
+.B \-p
+]
+[
+.B \-s
+]
+[
+.B \-v
+]
.\"=====================================================================
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
accomplishes the same thing. This is but a simple example of RE usage,
and as such doesn't demonstrate or leverage their capabilities.
.\"=====================================================================
-.SH SIGNALS
-It is possible to issue a \fBf.restart\fP via a UNIX signal, to ease
-debugging of \fBvtwm\fP resource files. To do this, send a SIGUSR1 to the
-\&\fBvtwm\fP process ID (written to \fI$HOME/vtwm.pid\fP).
-See \fBkill\fP(1) or \fBslay\fP(1).
+.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS"
+It is possible to issue an
+.B f.restart
+via a Unix signal, to ease debugging of
+.B vtwm
+resource files.
+To do this, send a
+.I SIGUSR1
+to the
+.B vtwm
+process ID (written to
+.IR $HOME/vtwm.pid ).
+See
+.BR kill (1)
+or
+.BR slay (1).
.\"=====================================================================
.SH BUGS
There are precious few safeguards against binding functions to objects
Double clicking very fast to get the constrained move function will sometimes
cause the window to move, even though the pointer is not moved.
.PP
-It is possible to "lose" windows in the virtual desktop by placing them
-in a large desktop area, then shrinking the desktop so as to remove them
-from view. They are still there, of course, but are unreachable until the
-desktop is grown sufficiently large again.
+It is possible to \(oqlose\(cq windows in the virtual desktop by placing
+them in a large desktop area, then shrinking the desktop so as to remove
+them from view.
+They are still there, of course, but are unreachable until the
.PP
-See the \fIBUGS\fP file in the distribution for others.
+See the
+.I BUGS
+file in the distribution for others.
.\"=====================================================================
.SH FILES
-.PP
-Searched for in the order shown:
-.RS 4
-.nf
-\&\fI$HOME/.vtwmrc.<screen number>\fP
-\&\fI$HOME/.vtwmrc\fP
-\&\fI$VTWMDIR/twm/system.vtwmrc\fP
-\&\fI$HOME/.twmrc.<screen number>\fP
-\&\fI$HOME/.twmrc\fP
-\&\fI$VTWMDIR/twm/system.twmrc\fP
-.fi
-.RE
-.PP
-.nf
-\&\fI$HOME/vtwm.pid\fP
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.IR $HOME/.vtwmrc. screen-number
+.TP
+.I $HOME/.vtwmrc
+.TP
+.I $VTWMETCMDIR/vtwm/system.vtwmrc
+.TP
+.IR $HOME/.twmrc. screen-number
+.TP
+.I $HOME/.twmrc
+.TP
+.I $VTWMETCMDIR/twm/system.vtwmrc
+are files
+.B vtwm
+will search for and use as its configuration file.
+They are searched for in the order shown, and the first readable file
+found is used.
+.PD 1
+.TP
+.I $HOME/vtwm.pid
+contains the ID of the user's
+.B vtwm
+process; see the description of the
+.B \-p
+option above.
.fi
.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
-.IP "\fBDISPLAY\fP" 8
-This variable is used to determine which X server to use. It is also set
-during \fBf.exec\fP so that programs come up on the proper screen.
-.IP "\fBHOME\fP" 8
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B DISPLAY
+This variable is used to determine which X server to use.
+It is also set during
+.B f.exec
+so that programs come up on the proper screen.
+.TP
+.B HOME
This variable is used as the prefix for files that begin with a tilde and
-for locating the \fBvtwm\fP startup file.
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-\&\fBbitmap\fP(5),
-\&\fBctwm\fP(1),
-\&\fBm4\fP(1),
-\&\fBmwm\fP(1),
-\&\fBpixmap\fP(5),
-\&\fBre_format\fP(7) or \fBegrep\fP(1),
-\&\fBrplayd\fP(8) and \fBrplay.helpers\fP(5),
-\&\fBtvtwm\fP(1),
-\&\fBtwm\fP(1),
-\&\fBvuewm\fP(1),
-\&\fBX\fP(1),
-\&\fBxdm\fP(1),
-\&\fBxinit\fP(1),
-\&\fBxmodmap\fP(1),
-\&\fBxrdb\fP(1),
-\&\fBXserver\fP(1)
-.\"=====================================================================
-.SH COPYRIGHT
-Portions copyright 1988 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation; portions
-copyright 1989 Hewlett-Packard Company and the Massachusetts Institute of
-Technology; portions copyright 2001 D. J. Hawkey Jr..
-.PP
-See \fBX\fP(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
+for locating the
+.B vtwm
+startup file.
.\"=====================================================================
-.SH AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+.SH "AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS"
Tom LaStrange, Solbourne Computer; Jim Fulton, MIT X Consortium;
Steve Pitschke, Stardent Computer; Keith Packard, MIT X Consortium;
Dave Payne, Apple Computer; Nick Williams <njw@athena.mit.edu>;
Tim Wiess <tim@zetaflops.net>,
acknowledging
Claude Lecommandeur, (ctwm), <lecom@sic.epfl.ch>
+.\"=====================================================================
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright 1988 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
+.br
+Copyright 1989 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+.br
+Copyright 1990 Dave Edmondson
+.br
+Copyright 1990 Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine
+.br
+Copyright 1990, 1991 Groupe Bull
+.br
+Copyright 2001 David J. Hawkey Jr.
+.PP
+See the copyright notices in the
+.B vtwm
+source distribution for copyright license statements.
+On Debian systems, these may also be found in the file
+.IR /usr/share/doc/vtwm/copyright .
+.\"=====================================================================
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR bitmap (1),
+.BR ctwm (1),
+.BR m4 (1),
+.BR mwm (1),
+.BR pixmap (1),
+.BR regex (7)
+or
+.BR egrep (1),
+.BR rplayd (8),
+.BR tvtwm (1),
+.BR twm (1),
+.BR vuewm (1),
+.BR X (1),
+.BR xdm (1),
+.BR xinit (1),
+.BR xmodmap (1),
+.BR xrdb (1),
+.BR Xserver (1)
.\"==============================[The End]==============================
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