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1 .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit!
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2 .\" @(#)$Id$
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3 .SC WMH 1
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4 .NA
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5 wmh \- window front\-end to MH
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6 .SY
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7 wmh
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8 \%[\-prompt\ string]
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9 \%[\-vmhproc\ program] \%[\-novmhproc]
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10 \%[switches\ for\ \fIvmhproc\fR]
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11 \%[\-help]
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12 .DE
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13 \fIwmh\fR is a program which implements the server side of
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14 the \fIMH\fR window management protocol
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15 and uses the Integrated Solutions Graphics Workstation desktop to maintain a
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16 multiple window interface to
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17 any program which implements the client side of the protocol.
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18 This latter program, called the \fIvmhproc\fR,
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19 is specified using the `\-vmhproc\ program' switch.
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20
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21 The upshot of all this is that one can run \fImsh\fR on an IS desktop
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22 and get a nice window interface.
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23 To do this, for example, just add the line
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24
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25 .ti +.5i
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26 mshproc: wmh
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27
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28 to your \&.mh\(ruprofile.
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29 (This takes advantage of the fact that
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30 \fImsh\fR is the default \fIvmhproc\fR for \fIwmh\fR.)
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31
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32 In order to facilitate things,
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33 if the `\-novmhproc' switch is given,
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34 and \fIwmh\fR can't run on the user's terminal
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35 (i.e., the terminal is not a desktop),
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36 the \fIvmhproc\fR is run directly without the window management protocol.
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37
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38 After initializing the protocol,
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39 \fIwmh\fR prompts the user for a command to be given to the client.
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40 Usually, this results in output being sent to one or more windows.
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41 If output to a window would cause it to scroll,
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42 \fIwmh\fR uses an elevator bar to scroll through the window.
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43 If click left is used inside the elevator bar,
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44 the user can direct \fIwmh\fR as to what portion of the output should be
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45 displayed;
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46 if click middle is used,
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47 the \*(lqpaging\*(rq menu is displayed;
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48 and,
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49 if click right is used,
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50 the window scrolls to the next page
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51 (or, the user explicitly moved to the end, the previous page).
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52
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53 The mouse can also be used while in the command window:
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54 click left does nothing;
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55 click middle brings up the \*(lqwmh\*(rq menu;
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56 and,
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57 click right shows the next message (a moby hack for timesavings).
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58 To abnormally terminate \fIwmh\fR (without core dump),
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59 use <QUIT> (usually CTRL\-\\).
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60 For instance,
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61 this does the \*(lqright\*(rq thing with \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR.
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62 .Fi
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63 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
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64 .Pr
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65 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
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66 .Sa
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67 msh(1)
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68 .De
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69 `\-prompt\ (wmh)\ '
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70 .Ds
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71 `\-vmhproc\ msh'
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72 .Co
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73 None
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74 .Bu
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75 The argument to the `\-prompt' switch must be interpreted as a single token
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76 by the shell that invokes \fIwmh\fR.
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77 Therefore,
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78 one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
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79
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80 At present,
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81 there is no way to pass signals (e.g., interrupt, quit) to the client.
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82 However,
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83 generating QUIT when \fIwmh\fR is reading a command from the terminal is
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84 sufficient to tell the client to go away quickly.
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85
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86 Acts strangely (loses peer or botches window management protocol with peer)
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87 on random occasions.
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88 .En
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