WMWAVE(1)
π WMWAVE β the wireless vibe check dockapp π
okay bestie, so this is the WMWAVE(1) manual page, and honestly? it's giving tiny-but-mighty. it's a User Manual situation, and we're about to read it together. grab a strawberry π.
β¨ NAME β¨
wmwave β no cap, that's literally it, that's the whole name π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
wmwave [-r time] [-v]
like⦠that's the whole summoning ritual. iconic.
π DESCRIPTION π
okay so wmwave is a WindowMaker dockapp β yes, a little dockapp, living its best tiny-square life β and what it does is display statistical information for wireless ethernet. that's the whole main character arc. it sits there, being small, showing you your wireless stats. periodt. β¨
π¦ OPTIONS π¦
-vβ shows you the version. that's it. a little "hi, here's who I am" moment. πββοΈ-r timeβ sets the update interval, and the unit is milliseconds. the default is100. so by default it's refreshing every 100ms, which is lowkey kind of obsessed with being current. β±οΈβ¨-display displayβ this one specifies the X server to contact; go peek atX(1)if you wanna know more. iykyk. π₯οΈ
π BUGS π
found a bug? not you being a detective π. please report any bugs you may find to:
dockapps@schuermann.org
fr fr, they want to know. don't be shy, bestie. π«Ά
π§ AUTHOR π§
Carsten Schuermann <carsten@schuermann.org>
we stan. π
π Homepage π
http://www.schuermann.org/~dockapps
and that's the whole page, babe β every single flag, every default, every email, nothing skipped, nothing invented. slayed. π β¨
this little manual came to you from the Linux corner of the world, dated AUGUST 1999, and yeah β it's been serving wireless stats since before some of us could walk. π«Ά bye bestie, go check your wifi π
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: wmwave 0.4-11.1+b1
- debian trixie: wmwave 0.4-11.2
- ubuntu jammy: wmwave 0.4-11.1
- ubuntu noble: wmwave 0.4-11.1build2
- ubuntu questing: wmwave 0.4-11.2
- ubuntu resolute: wmwave 0.4-11.2build1
- ubuntu stonking: wmwave 0.4-11.3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms