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NAME

       wmmon - Window Maker dockapp for monitoring system information

SYNOPSIS

       wmmon [ OPTION ]

DESCRIPTION

       WMMon  monitors  the  realtime  CPU  load as well as the average system
       load, and gives you some nice additional features too. It  is  intended
       for docking in Window Maker.

       It currently provides:

       ·   a realtime CPU stress meter;

       ·   an auto-scaled average system load meter, like xload and wmavgload;

       ·   a realtime disk I/O stress meter;

       ·   auto-scaled disk I/O load meter;

       ·   realtime memory and swap usage meters;

       ·   a display for system uptime;

       ·   three user-defined commands to launch.

OPTIONS

       -display display
              This option specifies the X server to contact; see X(7x).

       -geometry geometry
              This option specifies  the  preferred  position  of  clock;  see
              X(7x).

       -l     Lock  the  mode,  so that it cannot be cycled by clicking on the
              upper-left widget.  You can use this to open multiple copies  of
              WMMon, each set to a different mode.

       -i     Start  in disk I/O mode, which displays instantaneous disk usage
              and average disk load.

       -s     Start in system information mode, which displays  memory  usage,
              swap usage, and uptime.

       -h     Show help information.

       -v     Print the version number.

USAGE

       The  WMMon  display  can  be  cycled  between CPU, disk I/O, and system
       information displays  by  clicking  on  the  upper-left  widget.   This
       displays CPU information by default.

       WMMon  can also be used to launch programs.  You may click either left,
       middle, or right mouse buttons  in  the  average-load  section  of  the
       window.   The  pre-configured program will be launched according to the
       mouse button clicked.  (see CONFIGURATION FILE below.)

       In order to move WMMon,  drag  on  the  outer  edges.   These  are  not
       sensitive to mouse clicks.

DOCKING IN WINDOW MANAGERS

       Window Maker

              Window  Maker users should drag and drop the WMMon window on the
              Dock.  Then, right-click on the border of the window and  select
              “Settings...”.  Check “Start when Window Maker is started”.

       AfterStep

              AfterStep users should put the following in their $HOME/.steprc

                       Wharf wmmon - MaxSwallow "wmmon" wmmon &

       Other window managers

              WMMon runs nicely as a 64x64 shaped icon on your desktop.

CONFIGURATION FILE

       WMMon can launch three user-defined commands, triggered by left, middle
       and right mouse button clicks.  You can define the commands  to  launch
       in $HOME/.wmmonrc

              left: xterm
              middle: xload
              right: xcalc

       If  WMMon detects a $HOME/.wmmonrc file, it will launch the appropriate
       command when you click on the clock.

       The system administrator can define default commands  in  /etc/wmmonrc.
       The  administrator may also choose to “fix” particular commands, making
       it impossible for users to change.  These commands can  be  defined  in
       /etc/wmmonrc.fixed, although this isn’t a nice thing to do.

FILES

       /etc/wmmonrc
       $HOME/.wmmonrc
       /etc/wmmonrc.fixed

AUTHORS

       WMMon was written by Martijn Pieterse and Antoine Nulle.

       This  manual  page was written by Simon Law <sfllaw@debian.org> for the
       Debian system (but  may  be  used  by  others).  It  is  based  on  the
       documentation provided by the original program.

       This  manual is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.