Windowing Environment

The .twmrc file in your account defines the appearance of the windowing environment. It also defines the function of keys and mouse buttons in the windowing environment. From inside X, the following keys and mouse buttons are in effect:

     Button          Where             Effect
     -----------     -----------       -----------------------
     Left Button   : Root Window     : Produces TwmWindows Menu
     Left Button   : Title of Window : Raises/Lowers the Window
     Left Button   : Frame of Window : Raises/Lowers the Window
     Left Button   : Icon            : Opens Window

     Middle Button : Root Window     : Produces TWM Menu
     Middle Button : Title of Window : Moves Window
     Middle Button : Frame of Window : Moves Window
     Middle Button : Icon            : Moves Icon
  
     Right Button  : Root Window     : Produces Tools Menu
     Right Button  : Title of Window : Resizes the Window
     Right Button  : Frame of Window : Resizes the Window
     Right Button  : Icon            : Opens Window

     F1 Key     : Anywhere in Window : Opens/Closes the Window
     F2 Key     : Anywhere in Window : Raises/Lowers the Window
     L5 Key     : Anywhere in Window : Raises/Lowers the Window
     L7 Key     : Anywhere in Window : Opens/Closes the Window
    L10 Key     : Anywhere in Window : Destroys the Window

Three menus are defined by .twmrc, "TWM Windows", "Tom's Window Manager", and "Tools". By placing your cursor outside of a window (or background window), a menu is brought up by pressing and holding one of the three mouse buttons. Each mouse buttons corresponds to a different menu. The left most mouse button corresponds to "TWM Windows" menu, middle button corresponds to "Tom's Window Manager" menu, and the right most button corresponds to "Tools" menu.

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