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1.1     ! root        1: .TH WINDOWS 9.1
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_term
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: windows, jps, reshape \- create and initialize windows
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B windows
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I ox oy cx cy command ...
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .PP
        !            11: .B jps
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .B reshape
        !            14: [
        !            15: .B -r
        !            16: ]
        !            17: .I x y
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: For each set of arguments,
        !            20: .I windows
        !            21: makes a
        !            22: .IR mux (9.1)
        !            23: layer with rectangle
        !            24: .RI "Rect(" "ox, oy, cx, cy" ")"
        !            25: (see
        !            26: .IR types (9.5)),
        !            27: then executes the
        !            28: .I command
        !            29: therein.
        !            30: The
        !            31: .I command
        !            32: may be null ("").
        !            33: Any number of layers may be specified;  each
        !            34: .I command
        !            35: and its arguments must be given
        !            36: as a single argument to
        !            37: .I windows.
        !            38: .PP
        !            39: In windows that are not expected to be reused and do not need a
        !            40: shell, it is good practice to invoke the
        !            41: .I command
        !            42: with
        !            43: .BR exec ;
        !            44: see
        !            45: .IR sh (1).
        !            46: .PP
        !            47: .I Jps
        !            48: prints the rectangle coordinates of each window and the arguments (if
        !            49: any) with which it was down-loaded,
        !            50: to help set up the
        !            51: .IR windows
        !            52: command.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: .I Reshape
        !            55: adjusts its layer so that the display
        !            56: rectangle inside the border is
        !            57: .I x
        !            58: by
        !            59: .I y
        !            60: pixels.
        !            61: Under option
        !            62: .B -r
        !            63: it adjusts the width/height ratio to
        !            64: .I x/y,
        !            65: with the new shape as large as will fit inside the old.
        !            66: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            67: .IR mux (9.1), 
        !            68: .IR ruler (9.1)
        !            69: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            70: .I Windows
        !            71: may adjust rectangles to a minimum size or to stay within
        !            72: the usual layer bounds (8 pixels inside the screen edge).
        !            73: .br
        !            74: Layer creation can fail if there
        !            75: are no process slots or memory left in the terminal.
        !            76: .br
        !            77: .I Reshape
        !            78: clips a layer that is too big
        !            79: and does nothing if the layer is too small
        !            80: or if there is not enough memory.
        !            81: .SH BUGS
        !            82: .I Jps
        !            83: reports what has been downloaded to the 5620; usually this
        !            84: is not the same as the command that must be used in
        !            85: .I windows
        !            86: to cause the download.
        !            87: .br
        !            88: .I Reshape
        !            89: destroys the contents of the
        !            90: layer; it should work elsewhere.

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