matchbox-window-manager(1)

📦 version 1.2.3, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 matchbox-window-manager(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the manual page for matchbox-window-manager, straight out of the General Commands Manual. it's a short one, but it's iconic and we're gonna give it the full main character treatment. let's go 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

matchbox-window-manager — a window manager for resource-limited systems. no cap, that's the whole vibe. tiny machine, big energy. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

matchbox-window-manager [options]

that's it. that's the summoning ritual. you run it with some [options] and off you go. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

okay so real talk — this page lists the flags but it does not describe what any of them do. I'm not out here inventing lore, so here's every single one, exactly as written, with its argument spelled out character for character. iykyk 🫶

  • -display <string> — takes a <string>. that's all the page tells us, bestie. no explanation, just vibes 🙈
  • -theme <string> — takes a <string>. again: no description on the page, so I'm keeping my mouth shut 💀
  • -use_titlebar <yes|no> — takes yes or no. a little binary moment, we love a yes/no. ✨
  • -use_cursor <yes|no> — takes yes or no. same energy. 🎀
  • -use_lowlight <yes|no> — takes yes or no. 🌈
  • -use_dialog_mode <free|const|const-horiz> — takes one of free, const, or const-horiz. three choices, pick your fighter. 🔥
  • -use_desktop_mode <decorated|plain> — takes either decorated or plain. glam or minimal, both slay. 💜
fr fr, if you came here hoping for a paragraph on each flag — the original page just doesn't have one. what you see above is the entire menu, nothing skipped, nothing added. periodt. 💅

🌼 DESCRIPTION 🌼

so matchbox-window-manager is a window manager for the X Window System, and it's built for the non-desktop embedded girlies — think handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks, and literally anything else where the screen space, the input mechanisms, or the system resources are, like, severely limited. it's giving "small but mighty". it's giving "thriving on a budget". she was made for tight corners and she ate. 🍓🧚

👑 AUTHOR 👑

matchbox-window-manager was written by Matthew Allum <mallum@o-hand.com>. absolute legend behaviour, we stan. 💖

okay bestie that's the whole page!! 🌟 this lil beauty came from the General Commands Manual and it's dated Jul 16 2004 — yeah, she's vintage, and vintage is iconic. take care of your resource-limited systems out there, mwah 💋🦋✨

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