


WinCommand(1)      AfterStep X11 window manager     WinCommand(1)


NAME
       WinCommand -  AfterStep  module  for  choosing and manipulating windows
       based on patterns


SYNOPSIS
        WinCommand [ standard options ]





CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
       WinCommand is a command line tool which allows you  to  select  windows
       based  on  their  name  and  to  then  manipulate them in various ways.
       Actions currently supported are: "center",  "center  jump",  "iconify",
       "jump", "kill", "move", "resize" and "sendtodesk".


DEFAULTS
       The default pattern is "", meaning all windows will be selected.

       All other default-values depend on the action you would like WinCommand
       to take. If more than one action is specified, default-values  are  set
       depending on the last action specified.


ACTIONS
       center  Place matching windows into the center of the screen.




       center jump:

              Places  first  window that matches into the center of the screen
              and jumps to it.




       iconify:

              Iconifies matching windows.




       jump:   Jumps to the first window which matches.







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WinCommand(1)      AfterStep X11 window manager     WinCommand(1)


       kill:   Kills all matching windows.




       move:   Moves all matching windows to x/y. x and y are specified  using
              the -x and -y flags.




       resize:

              Resize  all matching windows. The two paramters width and height
              are specified using the -width and -height flags.




       send_to_desk:

              Send all matching windows to desk specified with  the  -new_desk
              flag.



OPTIONS
       -all     Operate  on all windows which match the given pattern. This is
              set by default unless the action is  either  "jump"  or  "center
              jump".




       -alldesks

              Windows  on all desks will be taken into account. This is set by
              default if action is either "jump" or "center jump".




       -desk   Windows on the whole desk will be taken into account.




       -x/-y   These are required when issuing the move-command.




       -width/-height




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WinCommand(1)      AfterStep X11 window manager     WinCommand(1)


              These are required whenever you want to resize windows.


              Examples WinCommand -pattern term iconify

              This command will iconify all  terminals.  Since  the  specified
              pattern is a regular expression, something like this also works:

              WinCommand -pattern "(term)|(moz)" iconify

              This will iconify all terminals and mozilla-browser windows.

              WinCommand -pattern xmm jump

              will jump to your xmms. In this situation, it's far more  advis-
              able to use GWCommand though.


              It  is  probably not a good idea to delete windows while windows
              are being arranged.





































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