[wiki] [official] Update wmii FAQ || Kris Maglione

From: <hg_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:25:08 +0000 (GMT)

changeset: 196:9170f44fb353
user: Kris Maglione <jg_AT_suckless.org>
date: Mon Dec 15 02:38:54 2008 -0500
files: wmii/faq.md
description:
Update wmii FAQ


diff -r 88a9dbbc4d06 -r 9170f44fb353 wmii/faq.md
--- a/wmii/faq.md Mon Dec 15 02:30:44 2008 -0500
+++ b/wmii/faq.md Mon Dec 15 02:38:54 2008 -0500
_AT_@ -17,10 +17,9 @@
 Further dependencies are:
 
 * `xmessage` - A standard part of most X11 installations.
-* [dmenu](/programs/dmenu.html) - A simple menu program.
 
 ### I've just installed the new snapshot but something doesn't work.
-Remove all old configuration files and install again.
+Please remove all old configuration files and install again.
 
 ### OMG, how come there's a massive border at the bottom of my terminal!?
 Your terminal has asked to only be resized in certain
_AT_@ -40,13 +39,16 @@
 table of default key bindings.
 
 ### How do I move a window to a different view?
-Just retag it. Tag it `a+b` to let it show up on both views, `a`
+Just retag it. Tag it `a+b` to let it show up on both views `a`
 and `b`. Or, you can tag with `+b` to make the window appear on the
 `b` view without removing it from existing views.
 
 ### How do I enable tabbing?
 Tabbing has been replaced with stacking. Press `$MODKEY-s` to
-set a column to stacking.
+set a column to stacking. If you want to hide the titlebars of
+collapsed windows in a stack, run
+
+ wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl colmode sel +max
 
 ### How do I get information about a specific client window?
 In general, that's the job of X applications like `xprop`,
_AT_@ -63,11 +65,9 @@
 
 ### How do I set a background image?
 Use third party tools like `wmsetbg` (from WindowMaker), `qiv`,
-`feh`, `xv`, `xloadimage`, `bsetbg` (from `blackbox`), etc. If
-the used program is not capable to set the `_XROOTPMAP_ID`
-property hint, then the background has to be set before `wmii`
-is executed. Else you can put the command after the `xsetroot`
-call in the `wmiirc` file.
+`feh`, `xv`, `xloadimage`, `bsetbg` (from `blackbox`), etc. You
+can do this from your `~/.xinitrc`, or your `rc.wmii` or
+`wmiirc` files.
 
 ### How do I define clients to be floating _and_ having a certain tag?
 You simply write a rule into your `/tagrules` file:
_AT_@ -100,7 +100,3 @@
     $MODKEY+LeftMouse moves a window.
     $MODKEY+RightMouse resizes a window.
 
-### I just installed wmii and MOD+a/p don't work.
-These shortcuts rely on dmenu and dmenu's command line options have recently changed.
-Until the rc files or dmenu is updated, you'll have to [adjust the dmenu command line](http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.wmii/2587) in your rc files manually.
-
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