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5 wmh \- window front\-end to MH
9 \%[\-vmhproc\ program] \%[\-novmhproc]
10 \%[switches\ for\ \fIvmhproc\fR]
13 \fIwmh\fR is a program which implements the server side of
14 the \fIMH\fR window management protocol
15 and uses the Integrated Solutions Graphics Workstation desktop to maintain a
16 multiple window interface to
17 any program which implements the client side of the protocol.
18 This latter program, called the \fIvmhproc\fR,
19 is specified using the `\-vmhproc\ program' switch.
21 The upshot of all this is that one can run \fImsh\fR on an IS desktop
22 and get a nice window interface.
23 To do this, for example, just add the line
28 to your \&.mh\(ruprofile.
29 (This takes advantage of the fact that
30 \fImsh\fR is the default \fIvmhproc\fR for \fIwmh\fR.)
32 In order to facilitate things,
33 if the `\-novmhproc' switch is given,
34 and \fIwmh\fR can't run on the user's terminal
35 (i.e., the terminal is not a desktop),
36 the \fIvmhproc\fR is run directly without the window management protocol.
38 After initializing the protocol,
39 \fIwmh\fR prompts the user for a command to be given to the client.
40 Usually, this results in output being sent to one or more windows.
41 If output to a window would cause it to scroll,
42 \fIwmh\fR uses an elevator bar to scroll through the window.
43 If click left is used inside the elevator bar,
44 the user can direct \fIwmh\fR as to what portion of the output should be
46 if click middle is used,
47 the \*(lqpaging\*(rq menu is displayed;
49 if click right is used,
50 the window scrolls to the next page
51 (or, the user explicitly moved to the end, the previous page).
53 The mouse can also be used while in the command window:
54 click left does nothing;
55 click middle brings up the \*(lqwmh\*(rq menu;
57 click right shows the next message (a moby hack for timesavings).
58 To abnormally terminate \fIwmh\fR (without core dump),
59 use <QUIT> (usually CTRL\-\\).
61 this does the \*(lqright\*(rq thing with \fIbbc\fR and \fImsh\fR.
63 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
65 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
75 The argument to the `\-prompt' switch must be interpreted as a single token
76 by the shell that invokes \fIwmh\fR.
78 one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
81 there is no way to pass signals (e.g., interrupt, quit) to the client.
83 generating QUIT when \fIwmh\fR is reading a command from the terminal is
84 sufficient to tell the client to go away quickly.
86 Acts strangely (loses peer or botches window management protocol with peer)