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User Commands                                         gnome-wm(1)



NAME
     gnome-wm - launch the GNOME window manager

SYNOPSIS
     gnome-wm [--default-wm wm] [--sm-client-id id]

DESCRIPTION
     gnome-wm is a shell script which launches the  GNOME  window
     manager,  metacity. The user may specify that another window
     manager should be launched, either by using the --default-wm
     option  or  by  setting the WINDOW_MANAGER environment vari-
     able.

OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     --default-wm wm         Launch the window manager wm.



     --sm-client-id id       Specify the  session  management  ID
                             with which the window manager should
                             be launched.



EXAMPLES
     Example 1: Launching  the  foowm  window  manager  using  --
     default -wm

     example% gnome-wm --default-wm foowm

     Example  2:  Launching  the  foowm  window   manager   using
     WINDOW_MANAGER

     example% WINDOW_MANAGER=foowm gnome-wm

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
     See environ(5) for descriptions of the following environment
     variables that affect the execution of gnome-wm: NLSPATH.

     WINDOW_MANAGER          Used to override the configured win-
                             dow manager to use.



EXIT STATUS
     The following exit values are returned:

     0        Application exited successfully





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     >0       Application exited with failure



FILES
     The following files are used by this application:

     /usr/bin/gnome-wm       Executable for GNOME window manager



ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:

     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | gnome/gnome-session         |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface stability         | Volatile                    |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     metacity(1), gnome-session(1), attributes(5), environ(5)

NOTES
     Written by Mark McLoughlin,  Sun  Microsystems  Inc.,  2003,
     2009.

























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