IGNW(1)

📦 version 1.7, in alpine 3.24, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0

💅 IGNW(1) — the ignw manual, but make it group chat

okay bestie, so this is ignw, short for ignore window (yes, the manual is in section 1 of the General Commands Manual, we love a classic) ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS

ignw -rs wid [...]

🌸 DESCRIPTION

So ignw does one lil thing and it does it iconically: it flips the value of a window's override_redirect attribute to either 0 or 1. That's it. That's the whole gig 💅

And what does that actually mean? It changes whether the window manager ignores the window or not. Window manager sees override_redirect and is like "hmm, am I supposed to be paying attention to this?" and now you get to decide. main character energy fr fr 👑

Your flags, babes:

  • -r — Reset wid's override_redirect value to 0, meaning you're unignoring the window. The window manager is back to seeing it, no cap.
  • -s — Set wid's override_redirect value to 1, meaning you're ignoring the window. Window manager said "not my problem" 🫶

🦋 ENVIRONMENT

ignw acts on the X display specified by the DISPLAY variable. So like, know which display you're on, bestie, because that's the one getting the vibe check 🌈

🌟 SEE ALSO

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🍓 friendly reminder that -r and -s are the whole flag situation here — there's no long-form version hiding anywhere, so don't go typing --reset and expecting a slay. It's just -r and -s, periodt.

and that's the page!! this one's from the wmutils girlies, dated December 13, 2014, living its best life in section 1 of the General Commands Manual 💖 go forth and redirect your overrides, you absolute icon 🧚‍♀️✨

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