source: x/wm/sawfish.xml@ 939cf0da

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   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY sawfish-download-http "http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sawmill/sawfish-&sawfish-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY sawfish-download-ftp  " ">
<!ENTITY sawfish-size          "1.5 MB">
<!ENTITY sawfish-buildsize     "17.5 MB">
<!ENTITY sawfish-time          "0.26 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="sawfish" xreflabel="sawfish-&sawfish-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="sawfish.html" ?>
<title>sawfish-&sawfish-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>sawfish</application></title>

<para>The <application>sawfish</application> package contains a window manager. 
This is useful for organizing and displaying windows where all window 
decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled 
through the extension language.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
url="&sawfish-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="&sawfish-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &sawfish-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
&sawfish-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
&sawfish-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>sawfish</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), 
<xref linkend="librep"/>, 
<xref linkend="rep-gtk"/>, 
<xref linkend="esound"/> and 
<xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>sawfish</application></title>

<para>Install <application>sawfish</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexec=/usr/sbin --infodir=/usr/share/info \
  --disable-themer &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--with-audiofile</option>: This command directs
<application>sawfish</application> to use 
<filename class="libraryfile">libaudiofile</filename> 
for sound manipulation.</para>

<para><option>--with-esd</option>: This command directs <application>
sawfish</application> to use the Enlightened Sound Daemon.</para>

<para><option>--disable-themer</option>: This
option prevents building the <application>sawfish</application> themer.
This program was not migrated to <application>GTK-2</application>.</para> 

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>sawfish</application></title>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para>Be sure to backup your current <filename>.xinitrc</filename>
before proceeding.</para>

<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; ~/.xinitrc &lt;&lt; "EOF"</command>
exec sawfish
<command>EOF</command></userinput></screen>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>sawfish</application> package contains 
<command>sawfish</command>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>sawfish</title>
<para><command>sawfish</command> is the extensible window manager using a 
<application>Lisp</application>-based scripting language.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>