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Customizing the window manager

Creating a personal window manager configuration file

If you want to customize your window manager menus, key bindings and mouse button bindings, you can make your changes in either the /usr/lib/X11/system.pmwmrc or the /usr/lib/X11/system.mwmrc file. However, if you want to make customizations for individual users, you should add these changes to the user's personal .pmwmrc or .mwmrc file, located in the user's home directory, instead.

The .pmwmrc and .mwmrc files do not exist in $HOME by default. To create either of these files, copy the corresponding system file to .pmwmrc or .mwmrc in your home directory.

If you have created a personal window manager configuration file, you should note the following:

The window manager configuration file is a standard text file containing items of information separated by blanks, tabs, and new-line characters. The following guidelines apply to either a personal or system-wide window manager configuration file:
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