Ukwm(1)

💖 Ukwm 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Ukwm(1) manual page, General Commands Manual edition, and honestly? it's giving window manager realness ✨

Ukwm is a Clutter based compositing GTK2 Window Manager. no cap, that's the whole vibe. 🪟💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ukwm [--display=DISPLAY] [--replace] [--sm-client-id=ID] [--sm-disable]
[--sm-save-file=FILENAME] [--version] [--help]

like, that's the summoning spell fr fr 🪄

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page documents ukwm briefly. brief queen energy, we love that for her. 👑

ukwm is a minimal X window manager aimed at nontechnical users, and she's designed to integrate well with the GNOME desktop. she's the friend who shows up already matching your outfit, okay? 🫶

but here's the tea, and I need you to hear me: ukwm lacks some features that may be expected by traditional UNIX or other technical users. that's not a bug bestie, that's the whole point of her. so if you're a traditional UNIX user or another technical user and you're like "where is my thing", the manual says those users may want to investigate other available window managers for use with GNOME or standalone. no hard feelings, it's just not her era. 💀✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --display=DISPLAY — connect to the X display DISPLAY. she's going where you point her, periodt. 🖥️
• --replace — a window manager which is running is replaced by ukwm. and listen, the manual literally says users are encouraged to change the GNOME window manager by running the new WM with the --replace or -replace option, and subsequently saving the session. so like, hand over the crown and then save your work bestie 👑💅
• --sm-client-id=ID — specify a session management ID. her little name tag at the session party 🏷️✨
• --sm-disable — disable the session management. sometimes you just don't wanna be perceived 🙈
• --sm-save-file=FILENAME — load a session from FILENAME. loading up the whole saved vibe from a file, iconic 💾💖
• --version — print the version number. the "who even are you" check 🌈
• -?, --help — show summary of options. the little cheat sheet, we love a cheat sheet 🍓

🦋 CONFIGURATION 🦋

your ukwm configuration can be found under Preferences->Windows and Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts on the menu-panel. cute, clicky, no terminal required ✨

but if you're feeling advanced, advanced configuration can be achieved directly through gsettings. go off, tech bestie, I see you 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• ukwm-message(1) — yes go read her too, she's part of the friend group 🫶

💜 AUTHOR 💜

so the lore is: the original manual page was written by Thom May <thom@debian.org>. then it was updated by Akira TAGOH <tagoh@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (with permission to use by others), and then updated by Luke Morton and Philip O'Brien for inclusion in ukwm. a whole collab, a whole girl group, we stan a documented origin story 😭💖

and that's the page bestie!! go forth, replace some window managers, save your session, and remember: minimal is a lifestyle 💅✨

this one's dated 11 February 2006, and it lives under Ukwm(1) — mwah, bye!! 🎀🦋💖