With the .XWinrc configuration file it is possible to do the following:
1- To include items into the menu associated with the XWin icon which is in the Windows system tray. This feature functions in all XWin modes that have such tray icon.
2- To include items into the menu which is associated with the Windows window that XWin -multiwindow produces for each top-level X-window. That can be done both for the generic case and for particular programs.
3- To change the icon that is associated to the Windows window that XWin -multiwindow produces for each top-level X-window. Again, that can be done both for the generic case and for particular programs. The new icons associated should be Windows format icons .ico.
4- To change the style that is associated to the Windows window that -multiwindow produces for each top-level X window. Again, that can be done both for the generic case and for particular programs.
Comments are legal pretty much anywhere you can have an end-of-line; they begin with "#" or "//" and go to the end-of-line.
Quote marks in strings are optional unless the string has included spaces, or could be parsed, ambiguously, as a misplaced keyword.
There are four kinds of instructions: miscellaneous, menu, icon and style.
8 DEBUG String The String is printed to the XWin log file.
8 TRAYICON icon-specifier The TRAYICON keyword changes the icon XWin displays in the system tray area.
8 SILENTEXIT The SILENTEXIT keyword, which takes no parameters, disables the exit confirmation dialog if no clients are connected.
8 FORCEEXIT The FORCEEXIT keyword, which takes no parameters, disables the exit confirmation dialog always. Unsaved client work may be lost but this may be useful if you want no dialogs.
8 MENU Menu_Name {
Menu_Item_Line
Menu_Item_Line
...
}
This instruction defines a menu and asigns a Menu_Name to it. Menu_Item_Line are lines of any of the following types:
8 SEPARATOR
8 Item_Label EXEC Command
8 Item_Label MENU previously-defined-menu-name
8 Item_Label ALWAYSONTOP
8 Item_Label RELOAD
The Item_Label is the string that is written in the menu item.
Command is a string with the command that will be executed by /bin/sh. Here paths should be CYGWIN style (e.g. /usr/local/bin/myprogram). A string "%display%" appearing in the Command will be replaced with the proper display variable (i.e. 127.0.0.1:<display>.0).
ALWAYSONTOP sets the window to which the menu is associated to display above all others.
RELOAD causes the XWinrc file to be reloaded and icons and menus regenerated.
8 ROOTMENU previously-defined-menu-name Includes the items in the indicated menu into the menu associated with XWin that appears in the system tray.
8 DEFAULTSYSMENU previously-defined-menu-name ATSTART|ATEND Includes the items in the indicated menu into the menu associated with generic top-level X-Windows in the XWin multiwindow mode. The keywords ATSTART and ATEND indicate if such items should be included at the start or at the end of the menu.
8 SYSMENU { class-or-name-of-window defined-menu-name ATSTART|ATEND
...
}
Associates a specific menu to a specified window class or name in -multiwindow mode. The keywords ATSTART or ATEND indicate if such items should be included at the start or at the end of the menu.
(e.g. "cygwin.ico", "apple.ico", "C:\\icons\\cheese.ico", "/usr/share/icons/moon.ico")
(e.g. "c:\\windows\\system32\\shell32.dll,4", the default folder icon, "/usr/bin/cygicons-0.dll,10", the hippo icon)
(e.g. ",101" is the 1st icon in XWin)
8 ICONDIRECTORY Windows-path-to-icon-directory Defines the default directory for the file when an icon-specifier doesn't contain an absolute path. It should be a Windows style path (e.g. C:\\cygwin\\usr\\local\\icons).
8 DEFAULTICON icon-specifier Defines a replacement for the standard X icon for applications without specified icons.
8 ICONS {
class-or-name-of-window icon-specifier
...
}
Defines icon replacements windows matching the specified window class or names. If multiple name or class matches occur for a window, only the first one will be used.
8 STYLES { class-or-name-of-window style-keyword-1 style-keyword-2
...
} Associates specific styles to a specified window class or name in -multiwindow mode. If multiple class or name matches occur, for a window, only the first one will be used. The style keywords indicate the following: style-keyword-1 TOPMOST
Open the class or name above all NOTOPMOST Microsoft Windows
MAXIMIZE
Start the class or name fullscreen.
MINIMIZE
Start the class or name iconic.
BOTTOM
Open the class or name below all Windows windows.
style-keyword-2 NOTITLE
No Windows title bar, for the class or name.
OUTLINE
No Windows title bar and just a thin-line border, for the class or name.
NOFRAME
No Windows title bar or border, for the class or name. One keyword in style-keyword-1 can be used with one keyword in style-keyword-2, or any keyword can be used singly.
8 This example adds an Xterm menu item to the system tray icon MENU systray {
\t xterm EXEC "xterm -display %display% -sb -sl 999"
\t SEPARATOR
}
ROOTMENU systray
8 This example makes an oclock window frameless in -multiwindow mode STYLES {
\t oclock NOFRAME
}