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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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