WCTL(3)

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🫶 WCTL(3): window management, but make it group-chat 🫶

okay so this is the WCTL(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and it’s literally about three little routines that talk to your window manager for you. They’re giving “middleman bestie” energy, no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

drawresizewindow, drawsetlabel, drawtopwindow — window management. periodt. 🎀

🛠️ SYNOPSIS 🛠️

#include <draw.h>

void drawresizewindow(Rectangle r)

int  drawsetlabel(Display *d, char *name)

void drawtopwindow(void)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

These routines interact with a window manager to set the properties of the window running the current program. They substitute for interacting directly with Plan 9 rio’s /dev/wctl. iykyk — they’re the substitute bestie for that direct /dev/wctl interaction. 🦋

  • drawresizewindow — requests that the program’s window be resized to have the width and height of the rectangle r. Only the width and height are important; the offset is ignored, so don’t stress the offset, bestie. 🌸
  • drawsetlabel — requests that the program’s window title be set to name. It’s giving rename-your-window realness. 🎀
  • drawtopwindow — requests that the program’s window be moved above all other windows and given the input focus. Main character energy: front and center, focused. 👑

📁 SOURCE 📁

/src/libdraw/wsys.c — that’s where this lives, iykyk. ⭐

later, bestie — signing off from the WCTL(3) page in the Library Functions Manual, undated in this page so no timestamp to spill, with source at /src/libdraw/wsys.c. bye and slay 🫶🌈💜

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