


owplaces(1)                                           owplaces(1)


NNAAMMEE
       owplaces - save information about running X clients

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       oowwppllaacceess

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       oowwppllaacceess  is  a  script for saving the status of currently
       running X clients for future use. The script calls  xxttooooll--
       ppllaacceess  included in the Linux xview distribution to do the
       actual work.  The output from xxttoooollppllaacceess is stored  as  a
       shell script called ..ooppeennwwiinn--iinniitt in the users home direc-
       tory.

       The purpose of this command is to allow the user  to  cus-
       tomize  the  desktop  to  his  wishes. The "Utilities/Save
       Workspace" menu item in the root menu  invokes  this  pro-
       gram.  The ooppeennwwiinn command will check for the existence of
       ..ooppeennwwiinn--iinniitt , and will run it to restore the  setup  the
       next time X is started.  This method can be seen as a more
       "user friendly" alternative to manually editing ..xxiinniittrrcc

DDEESSIIGGNNEERR
       Adam Stein <adam@iset.scan.mc.xerox.com>

       Linux port by <mrb@dtro.e-technik.th-darmstadt.de>

       Minor    linux    changes     by     Kenneth     Osterberg
       <lmfken@lmf.ericsson.se>

AAVVAAIILLAABBIILLIITTYY
       oowwppllaacceess  is  part of the Linux port of XView. Get it from
       ttssxx--1111..mmiitt..eedduu:://ppuubb//lliinnuuxx//bbiinnaarriieess//uussrr..bbiinn..XX1111//xxvviieeww33LL**

BBUUGGSS
       xxttoooollppllaacceess is known to hang when querying  the  state  of
       some X clients.

       XView clients provide information about their position and
       window sizes etc.  This is not generally true about all  X
       clients,  which  means  that the current session cannot be
       restored exactly in most cases. The problem can be allevi-
       ated  somewhat by manually editing ..ooppeennwwiinn--iinniitt to insert
       additional command line arguments. All such  changes  will
       of  course  be  overwritten  the next time this program is
       run.


SSEEEE AALLSSOO
       xxttoooollppllaacceess(1) ooppeennwwiinn(1)







                           04 Aug 1993                          1


