|
|
|
Wsm provides a way for users to group windows and applications into workspaces or rooms. Only one room or workspace is visible at one time. By only viewing windows in one workspace at a time, your desktop can be greatly reduced of clutter.
With Wsm, it is possible to have one window duplicated in multiple workspaces. These duplicates can be either references to each other, where the width, height, stacking order and other attributes are kept the same in each workspace, or they can be copies, where each instance can have a different position, size, or other attribute from its counterparts in the other workspaces. The term Link is used to refer to duplicates that each reference the same set of attributes. The term Copy is used to refer to duplicates that contain their own attribute sets independent from each other.
There are two methods of accessing all the functionality of the workspace manager. The first is through commands added by Wsm to Mwm menus. The second is through the interface provided through the initial Wsm dialog.
-fileName, -file, -f Specifies the name of the workspace
manager configuration file.
-workspaceList, -wL Specifies the list of workspaces
to use.
-backgroundList, -bL Specifies the background color
to apply to each of the workspaces.
-labelPixmapList, -labelPL
Specifies the label image to
use for each of the workspace
buttons.
-currentWorkspace, -cW Specifies the default workspace
from the list of workspaces.
-showWSDialog, -s If True, a menuBar is displayed
in the Wsm main dialog window.
The default is True.
Occupy... This will display a dialog window
allowing you to select which
workspaces the associated window
should be duplicated into.
The dialog also allows either
Link or Copy the window
to each of the selected workspaces.
Copy To All This will cause the window to be
copied to each of the workspaces.
Link To All This will cause the window to be
linked to each of the workspaces.
Remove From Workspace This will remove the window from
this workspace. If the window is
only in one workspace, then this
command will be inactive. It is
not possible to remove a window
from all workspaces using this
command.
Wsm will modify the root menu (specified by Mwm's resource rootMenu) by adding the following commands:
Switch Workspace This is a cascade menu which
will cascade to a menu containing
an entry for each workspace. Selecting
an item will cause Wsm to swith
to the corresponding workspace.
Hide Workspace Manager
(Show Workspace Manager)
This will cause the workspace to be
unmapped (mapped) and the menu item
label to be switched to
Show Workspace Manager
(Hide Workspace Manager).
The menu bar contains the following:
File
----
Save Saves the state of the workspace
manager and the information it
holds for each window.
The data is stored in the workspace
manager configuration file which, by
default, is $HOME/.wsmdb.
Save As... Prompts for the name of the file
to save the workspace manager
data into.
Quit Terminates the workspace.
Note that there may be
a slight delay before the
workspace manager fully
terminates since it does some
cleaning-up of Mwm's menus
and removes the items it added.
Workspace
---------
New Workspace Creates a new workspace and
adds to associated toggle
button to the rowcolumn.
Rename Workspaces... Displays a dialog window
you to rename each of the
workspaces. It also allows
you to enter a fully qualified
bitmap to use as the label
instead of the name.
Set Background... This displays a dialog that
allows you to specify the
background color of the workspace.
Configure Workspaces... This displays a dialog that
allows you to move windows
from one workspace to another.
In the dialog, two lists are
displayed. On top of each list
is an option menu that allows
you to select the corresponding
workspace for the windows
in the list. By selecting a
window or windows in the left
list, you can copy or move the to
the workspace specified in the
list on the right. By selecting
Remove, you can, instead,
remove them from the workspace
on the left. The buttons at the
bottom, Client and
Window, will cause either
all windows for a client to
automatically be selected,
or individual windows.
Delete Workspaces... This displays a dialog prompting
you to select the workspace(s)
you with to delete.
View
----
Hide Workspace Manager This will cause the workspace
manager to unmap. Make sure that
Wsm has inserted the command
Hide Workspace Manager
into your root menu. If not, then
you will not be able to restore
the workspace manager.
The popup menu, displayed by pressing Button3 in the workspace rowcolumn contains the following items and matches the descriptions above:
New Workspace
Rename Workspaces...
Set Background...
Configure Workspaces...
Delete Workspaces...
-------------------
Hide Workspace Manager
-------------------
Save
Save As...
-------------------
Exit
Note, by default the workspace manager does not occupy all workspaces. You should select 'Copy To All' or 'Link To All' the first time Wsm is used. After you have saved your configuration, this is no longer necessary.
Wsm supports the following resources:
fileName Specifies the name of the workspace
manager configuration file.
workspaceList Specifies the list of workspaces
to use.
backgroundList Specifies the background color
to apply to each of the workspaces.
labelPixmapList Specifies the label image to
use for each of the workspace
buttons.
currentWorkspace Specifies the default workspace
from the list of workspaces.
useMenuBar If True, a menuBar is
displayed in the Wsm main dialog
window. The default is True.
|
|
|
Created by unroff & hp-tools. © by Hans-Peter Bischof. All Rights Reserved (1997).
Last modified 21/April/97