NAME

xtmenu - Macintosh menu bar and window manipulation under X

SYNOPSIS

xtmenu [-f] [-h] [-s] [-q]

DESCRIPTION

Xtmenu affords the user a measure of program control over the X desktop appearance while running the X server. Run without options, xtmenu toggles the accessibility of Macintosh menu bar pull down items on the X desktop when running X in full screen mode, i.e. without a menu bar.

OPTIONS

Xtmenu accepts the following options:

-f This option causes the visible X desktop to hide itself and make the Finder the front application. This is equivalent to selecting "Finder" from the Application menu.

-h This option causes the visible X desktop to hide itself, exposing the Macintosh desktop. This is equivalent to selecting "Hide" from the Window Order menu.

-s When MachTen is the the foreground application and the X server is running, this option exposes the X desktop. This is equivalent to selecting the "X Server" item from the Window menu.

If the X server is not running, this option will start the X server, emulating the <Command-T> hot key server start up sequence.

-q When MachTen is the foreground application, this option closes all X client connections, terminates the X server, and removes the X desktop from the MachTen window list. This is equivalent to selecting "Close Window" from the File menu.

NOTES

Xtmenu can be very useful when bound to a "hot" key sequence recognized by your favorite window manager. For example, you can hide the X desktop when running olvwm(n) using the "Shift" and "Escape" keys by creating a $HOME/.olvwmrc file with the following entry:

Escape + Shift { Execute: "/usr/bin/X11/xtmenu -h" }

To add the same functionality to mwm(n), the $HOME/.mwmrc file is modified as follows:

Keys DefaultKeyBindings { Shift<Key>Escape root f.exec "xtmenu -h" }

SEE ALSO

XMachTen(n), Xserver(n), mwm(n), olvwmrc(n)