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+.TH WMNAME 1 wmname
+.SH NAME
+wmname \- prints/sets the EWMH WM name property.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B wmname
+.IR [name]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B wmname
+Prints/sets the window manager name property of the root window similar to how hostname(1) behaves.
+.B wmname
+wmname is a nice utility to fix problems with JDK versions and other broken programs assuming a reparenting window manager for instance.
+.SH AUTHORS
+Anselm R Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+.SH LICENSE
+MIT/X Consortium License. See the LICENSE file for the terms of redistribution.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR dwm (1)