NAME¶
wihack - The wmii window hack
SYNOPSIS¶
wihack [
-transient <window>] [
-type <ewmh
window type>] [
-tags <tags>]
<program>
DESCRIPTION¶
wihack is a program which alters the windows created by an arbitrary
program. It has the name
wihack because it is just that: a hack. It
uses LD_PRELOAD to override certain Xlib calls and add properties to newly
created windows.
ARGUMENTS¶
- -transient <window>
- Marks created windows as transient for a given <window>. This
causes the new window to open in the floating layer of the same tags as
<window>.
- -type <ewmh window type>
- Sets the EWMH window type of the created window to the type given.
wmii understands the following types:
- dialog
- Opens in the floating layer.
- dock
- menu
- toolbar
- Automatically opens in the floating layer. Does not have a window border
or titlebar.
- splash
- Automatically floats and does not automatically receive focus.
- -tags <tags>
- The created window opens on the given tags.
BUGS¶
It is a hack.
It doesn't work for setuid programs.
It doesn't work for non-Xlib programs.
SEE ALSO¶
wmii(1)