wmii/rc/welcome

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#!/bin/sh
# display a welcome message that contains the wmii tutorial
xmessage -file - <<'EOF'
Welcome to wmii, the non-wimp environment of the WMI Project.
This is a small step by step tutorial, intended to make you a little bit
familiar with wmii.
Note: $MODKEY is the Alt-key by default.
Let's go!
- Start two xterms by pressing $MODKEY-t twice.
- Switch between the three windows: $MODKEY-j, $MODKEY-k
You can also use $MODKEY-Tab instead of $MODKEY-j. If you prefer the mouse,
then just click the desired window.
- Create a new column with: $MODKEY-n
- Tag the selected client with another tag: $MODKEY-Shift-2
IMPORTANT: before you do next step, note that you can select the current tag
with $MODKEY-1.
- Select the new tag: $MODKEY-2
- Select the floating area: $MODKEY-space
- Open the programs menu: $MODKEY-Control-p
Type 'xclock' and press Enter.
- Resize the xclock window: left-click on the border and, while holding the
button down, move the cursor around.
- Move the xclock window: left-click on the title bar and, while holding
the button down, move the cursor around.
- Open the actions menu: $MODKEY-Control-a
Rerun wmiirc by selecting 'wmiirc'.
- Working with mouse efficiently:
selecting a window: just click the desired window
move a window: press $MODKEY-Button1Press
and resize a window: press $MODKEY-Button3Press and resize it
(this can also be done by clicking the titlebar of the window/borders respectively)
- We'll now have a look at the internal filesystem used by wmii. Executing
wmiir read /
in the shell of the terminal will list all the files in the root directory.
Entries beginning with a d are directories.
If you are curious, you can now dig deeper into the directory trees. For instance,
wmiir read /bar/
will show you the content of the bar.
We hope that these steps gave you an idea of how wmii works. You can reread
them at any time by pressing $MODKEY-Control-a and selecting 'welcome'.
You should now take a look at the wmii(1) man page. An FAQ is available on
<http://wmii.de>.
EOF