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  24           <h2>Chapter 3</h2>
  25
  26           <h1>The Workspace</h1><br />
  27           <br />
  28           <br />
  29           <a name="3.1"></a>
  30
  31           <h2><a name="3.1">3.1 Working with Menus</a></h2><a name="3.1"></a> Menus provide a list of commands that you can
  32           execute.<br />
  33           <br />
  34
  35           <center>
  36             <img src="guide/images/menu.gif" border="0" width="480" height="300" alt="[An Example Menu]" />
  37           </center><br />
  38           <br />
  39           To execute a command listed in a menu, click in the corresponding item. The item will blink telling that the command is
  40           going to be executed.<br />
  41           <br />
  42           Grayed commands are disabled and cannot be executed at that moment. If you click on them nothing will happen.<br />
  43           <br />
  44           Some menu entries have a little triangular indicator at the right. Selecting these entries will open a submenu, with a
  45           new list of commands.<br />
  46           <br />
  47           You can use the keyboard to traverse and execute commands in some of the menus. First you must hit the key used to open
  48           the menu --- like F12 for the root menu --- to enable keyboard traversal of it. Then you can use the Up and Down arrow
  49           keys to change the current selected item and the Left and Right arrow keys to jump between submenus and parent menus.
  50           To execute the current selected item press Return. To close the menu or stop menu traversal, press Escape.
  51           Additionally, pressing the first letter for an menu item, will jump the current selection to that item.<br />
  52           <br />
  53           You can make frequently used menus ``stick'' to the workspace by dragging the titlebar of the menu. This will make a
  54           close button appear in the menu titlebar. If you want to close the menu, just click in that button.<br />
  55           <br />
  56           Menus are normally placed on top of other windows and cannot be obscured by them. If you want the menus to be able to
  57           be obscured by lowering them, double click the menu titlebar while holding the Meta key. Repeat this to make the menus
  58           not obscurable again.<br />
  59           <br />
  60           <br />
  61           <a name="3.1.1"></a>
  62
  63           <h3><a name="3.1.1">3.1.1 The Root Window Menu</a></h3><a name="3.1.1"></a> The <i>Root Window Menu</i> or
  64           <i>Applications Menu</i> has items that allow you to quickly launch applications and do some workspace
  65           management.<br />
  66           <br />
  67           To open this menu, click on the workspace (root window) with the 3rd mouse button or hit the key bound to it (F12 by
  68           default).<br />
  69           <br />
  70           The contents of the applications menu can be configured to hold the applications installed on your system. To learn how
  71           to configure it, read the section on application menu configuration.<br />
  72           <br />
  73           <br />
  74           <a name="3.1.2"></a>
  75
  76           <h3><a name="3.1.2">3.1.2 The Window List Menu</a></h3><a name="3.1.2"></a> Clicking in the workspace with the middle
  77           mouse button will open a menu listing all windows that currently exist, with the workspace in which the window is
  78           located to its right. The current focused window is marked by a diamond sign next to its name. Clicking in an entry in
  79           this menu will focus the window, raise it, and change to the workspace where it is located.<br />
  80           <br />
  81           <br />
  82           <br />
  83           <a name="3.2"></a>
  84
  85           <h2><a name="3.2">3.2 Working with Applications</a></h2><a name="3.2"></a> In WindowMaker the instance of a running
  86           application is represented by an application icon. Do not confuse it with the icons (miniwindows in WindowMaker)
  87           displayed by other window managers when a window is iconified. Application icons and miniwindows can be differentiated
  88           in that miniwindows have titlebars, application icons do not.<br />
  89           <br />
  90           WindowMaker identifies a group of windows as belonging to a single instance of an application through some standard
  91           hints that the application sets in its windows. Unfortunately, not all applications that exist set these hints,
  92           preventing some application-specific features from working. These hints are <b>WM.CLASS</b>,<b>WM.COMMAND</b>, and
  93           <b>WM.CLIENT.LEADER</b> or the group leader in <b>WM.HINTS</b>.<br />
  94           <br />
  95           <br />
  96           <font size="-1">Note: The information about applications contained in this section only applies to versions of
  97           WindowMaker built without the --enable-single-icon compile time option. This option is unsupported and behaviour when
  98           it's enabled will not be covered in this text.</font><br />
  99           <br />
 100           <br />
 101           <a name="3.2.1"></a>
 102
 103           <h3><a name="3.2.1">3.2.1 Hiding an Application</a></h3><a name="3.2.1"></a> If you want to close and application but
 104           intend to use it later you can <i>hide</i> it. When you hide an application all windows and miniwindows that belong to
 105           that application will be removed from the screen and hidden into its application icon.<br />
 106           <br />
 107           <br />
 108           <font face="Helvetica"><b>To hide an application</b></font>
 109
 110           <ul type="disk">
 111             <li><font face="Helvetica">Click the miniaturize button of any of the windows that belong to the application while
 112             holding the Control key.<br />
 113             <br />
 114             OR<br />
 115             <br /></font></li>
 116
 117             <li><font face="Helvetica">Press the keyboard shortcut assigned to it, which is Meta+h in the default
 118             configuration.<br />
 119             <br />
 120             OR<br />
 121             <br /></font></li>
 122
 123             <li><font face="Helvetica">User the hide command in the <a href=
 124             "chap2.php#2.2.9">window commands menu</a> brought up when the
 125             window titlebar is clicked with the right mouse button.<br />
 126             <br />
 127             OR<br />
 128             <br /></font></li>
 129
 130             <li><font face="Helvetica">Use the (Un)Hide command in the application icon commands menu brought up when the
 131             application icon is clicked with the right mouse button.</font></li>
 132           </ul><br />
 133           <br />
 134           <br />
 135           <font face="Helvetica"><b>To unhide an application</b></font>
 136
 137           <ul type="disk">
 138             <li><font face="Helvetica">Double click the application icon with the left mouse button.<br />
 139             <br />
 140             OR<br />
 141             <br /></font></li>
 142
 143             <li><font face="Helvetica">Use the (Un)Hide command in the application icon commands menu brought up when the
 144             application icon is clicked with the right mouse button.</font></li>
 145           </ul><br />
 146           <br />
 147           When you unhide an application, all it's windows and miniwindows will brought back, and you will be taken to the last
 148           workspace in which you worked with that application.<br />
 149           <br />
 150           <br />
 151
 152           <h3><b>Extra Bindings</b></h3>
 153
 154           <center>
 155             <table border="0" width="80%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 156               <tbody>
 157                 <tr>
 158                   <th align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Action</font></th>
 159
 160                   <th align="left"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Effect</font></th>
 161                 </tr>
 162
 163                 <tr>
 164                   <td colspan="2">
 165                     <hr />
 166                   </td>
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 169                 <tr>
 170                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Double-click the application
 171                   icon while holding the Meta key</font></td>
 172
 173                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhide the clicked application,
 174                   and hide all other applications that are present in the current workspace.</font></td>
 175                 </tr>
 176
 177                 <tr>
 178                   <td colspan="2">
 179                     <hr />
 180                   </td>
 181                 </tr>
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 183                 <tr>
 184                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Double-click the application
 185                   icon while holding the Shift key</font></td>
 186
 187                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhide the clicked application
 188                   in the current workspace</font></td>
 189                 </tr>
 190
 191                 <tr>
 192                   <td colspan="2">
 193                     <hr />
 194                   </td>
 195                 </tr>
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 197                 <tr>
 198                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Double-click the application
 199                   icon with the middle mouse button</font></td>
 200
 201                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhide the clicked application
 202                   and deminiaturize all its windows.</font></td>
 203                 </tr>
 204
 205                 <tr>
 206                   <td colspan="2">
 207                     <hr />
 208                   </td>
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 211                 <tr>
 212                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Double-click the window titlebar
 213                   with the right mouse button while holding the Meta key.</font></td>
 214
 215                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Hide all applications in the
 216                   current workspace except for the clicked one</font></td>
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 219                 <tr>
 220                   <td colspan="2">
 221                     <hr />
 222                   </td>
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 226           </center><br />
 227           <br />
 228           There are two other commands in the applications menu related to application hiding:<br />
 229           <br />
 230
 231           <center>
 232             <table border="0" width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
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 235                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Hide others</font></th>
 236
 237                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Hide all applications in the
 238                   current workspace, except for the currently active one.</font></td>
 239                 </tr>
 240
 241                 <tr>
 242                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Show All</font></th>
 243
 244                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhide all applications that
 245                   were hidden from the current workspace</font></td>
 246                 </tr>
 247               </tbody>
 248             </table>
 249           </center><br />
 250           <br />
 251           <br />
 252           <br />
 253           <a name="3.2.2"></a>
 254
 255           <h3><a name="3.2.2">3.2.2 The Application Icon Menu</a></h3><a name="3.2.2"></a> A menu with commands that will apply
 256           to the application can be brought up by clicking the application icon with the right mouse button.<br />
 257           <br />
 258           The commands available in this menu are:<br />
 259           <br />
 260
 261           <center>
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 265                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhide Here</font></th>
 266
 267                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Unhides the application in the
 268                   current workspace.</font></td>
 269                 </tr>
 270
 271                 <tr>
 272                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">(Un)Hide</font></th>
 273
 274                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Hides the application. Unless
 275                   the application is already hidden, in which case it will unhide the application and take you to its
 276                   workspace.</font></td>
 277                 </tr>
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 279                 <tr>
 280                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Set Icon...</font></th>
 281
 282                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Opens the icon image selection
 283                   panel for the application icon.</font></td>
 284                 </tr>
 285
 286                 <tr>
 287                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Kill</font></th>
 288
 289                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Will kill the
 290                   application.</font></td>
 291                 </tr>
 292               </tbody>
 293             </table>
 294           </center><a name="3.2.3"></a>
 295
 296           <h3><a name="3.2.3">3.2.3 The Application Dock</a></h3><a name="3.2.3"></a> The application dock is a place where you
 297           can store frequently used applications for easy and fast access. It is located, by default, on the right side of the
 298           screen.<br />
 299           <br />
 300           You can click the top icon (the one with the GNUstep logo) and drag it downward to remove most of the dock from view.
 301           You can also drag it sideways to move the entire dock from side of the screen to the other.<br />
 302           <br />
 303           A menu similar to the <a href="chap3.php#3.2.2">application icon
 304           menu</a> is brought up when you click a docked icon with the right mouse button.<br />
 305           <br />
 306           To make the dock <i>float</i> over windows (not be coverable by windows), either double-click the top dock icon while
 307           holding the Meta key, or select the "Floating Dock" option in the dock menu.<br />
 308           <br />
 309           <br />
 310           <b>Starting a docked application</b><br />
 311           <br />
 312           To start an application that is docked, double-click its icon. The icon will be briefly highlighted and the application
 313           will start.<br />
 314           <br />
 315           While an application is not running an ellipsis is present in the lower left-hand corner of the icon. This ellipsis
 316           will disappear when the application is started and reappear when the application is exited.<br />
 317           <br />
 318           While the application is running the docked icon will behave just like a normal, undocked application icon, except for
 319           some extra actions specific to the dock.<br />
 320           <br />
 321           <br />
 322           <font face="Helvetica"><b>To start a docked application:</b></font>
 323
 324           <ul type="disk">
 325             <li><font face="Helvetica">Double-click the application icon with the left mouse button.<br />
 326             <br />
 327             OR<br />
 328             <br /></font></li>
 329
 330             <li><font face="Helvetica">Use the "Launch" command in the dock menu for the icon. If the application is already
 331             running it will start another instance.<br />
 332             <br />
 333             OR<br />
 334             <br /></font></li>
 335
 336             <li><font face="Helvetica">Hold the Control key while double-clicking the icon to start another instance of the
 337             application.</font></li>
 338           </ul><br />
 339           <br />
 340           If a new instance of an already running application is started it will get a new application icon.<br />
 341           <br />
 342           <br />
 343           <b>Customizing the dock</b><br />
 344           <br />
 345           To add new applications to the dock, you can click an application icon and drag it onto the dock. When a ghost image of
 346           the icon appears you can release the mouse button and the icon will be docked.<br />
 347           <br />
 348           To reorder the docked applications, drag an icon to an empty slot and move the icons around as you want.<br />
 349           <br />
 350           To remove a docked application, drag it from the dock and release the mouse button when the ghost image disappears. To
 351           remove the icon of an application that is running, hold the Meta key while dragging it.<br />
 352           <br />
 353           <br />
 354           <b>Configuring the docked application</b><br />
 355           <br />
 356           To change the settings of a docked application, select the "Settings..." item in the dock menu for that icon. A
 357           settings panel for that icon will appear.<br />
 358           <br />
 359
 360           <center>
 361             <img src="guide/imagdockapppanel.gif" border="0" width="297" height="369" alt="[Docked Application Settings Panel]" />
 362           </center><br />
 363           <br />
 364           In the <i>Application path and arguments</i> field, the path for the application and its arguments can be changed. Note
 365           that you can't change the application that is represented in the icon or change anything that would cause the
 366           application name to be changed. For example, if the icon is for <b>xterm</b> you can't change the field's value to
 367           <b>ghostview</b>; or if the icon is for <b>xterm -name vi</b>, you can't change it to <b>xterm -name pine</b>. Also
 368           note that you cannot use shell commands, such as out put redirectors. (&gt;, &gt;&gt; etc.)<br />
 369           <br />
 370           <br />
 371           <a name="3.3"></a>
 372
 373           <h2><a name="3.3">3.3 Working with Workspaces</a></h2><a name="3.3"></a><br />
 374           <a name="3.3.1"></a>
 375
 376           <h3><a name="3.3.1">3.3.1 The Workspaces Menu</a></h3><a name="3.3.1"></a> The <i>Workspaces Menu</i> allows you to
 377           create, switch, destroy and rename workspaces.<br />
 378           <br />
 379           It has the following items:<br />
 380           <br />
 381
 382           <center>
 383             <table border="0" width="90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
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 385                 <tr>
 386                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">[New]</font></th>
 387
 388                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Creates a new workspace and
 389                   automatically switches to it</font></td>
 390                 </tr>
 391
 392                 <tr>
 393                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">[Destroy Last]</font></th>
 394
 395                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Destroys the last workspace
 396                   unless it is occupied</font></td>
 397                 </tr>
 398
 399                 <tr>
 400                   <th align="right" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">[Workspaces]</font></th>
 401
 402                   <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="Times New Roman, Times, Times Roman">Each workspace has a
 403                   corresponding item in the Workspaces menu. Clicking in one of these entries will switch from the current
 404                   workspace to the selected workspace.</font></td>
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 406               </tbody>
 407             </table>
 408           </center>The current active workspace is indicated by a small indicator at the left of the workspace item.<br />
 409           <br />
 410
 411           <center>
 412             <img src="guide/images/wsmenu.gif" border="0" width="350" height="200" alt="[Workspace Menu]" />
 413           </center><br />
 414           <br />
 415           To change the name of a workspace you must first ``stick'' the menu. Then Control click in the item corresponding to
 416           the workspace you want to rename. The item will turn into a editable text field where you can edit the workspace name.
 417           To finish editing the workspace name, press Return; to cancel it, press Escape.<br />
 418           <br />
 419           There is a limit of 16 characters on the length of the workspace name.<br />
 420           <br />
 421           <br />
 422           An example Workspace menu being edited:
 423
 424           <center>
 425             <img src="guide/images/wsmenued.gif" border="0" width="101" height="103" alt=
 426             "[Workspace Menu: Editing a Workspace name]" />
 427           </center><br />
 428           <br />
 429           <a name="3.3.2"></a>
 430
 431           <h3><a name="3.3.2">3.3.2 The workspace clip</a></h3><a name="3.3.2"></a> [This section was unavailable in the
 432           original, and thus is not here]<br />
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