MoveToScreen

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 20 April 2019
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NAME

MoveToScreen - move off-screen applications to screen

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/bin/MoveToScreen

MoveToScreen [ -h | -i | -u | -V ]

MoveToScreen [ --span ] [ monitor_number ]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

when using multiple screens on Windows™, sometimes applications started on other screens cannot be accessed when later only the primary monitor is used.

To move all off-screen applications to the visible screen, start MoveToScreen and all applications will be moved to that screen.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-i
install the MoveToScreen command as shortcut to the user's 'Desktop'.

-u
uninstall the MoveToScreen shortcut from the user's 'Desktop'.

-V
print program version.

--span
allow windows to span monitors.

monitor_number
monitor number where to move all the windows to. Normally the main monitor (e.g. the Notebook monitor) has the number 1.

To display/identify the assigned monitor numbers on your system: 

  Right Mouse Click on Desktop → Display settings → Identify
or 
  Right Mouse Click on Desktop → Display resolution → Identify

 

ENVIRONMENT

-

 

EXIT STATUS

0
always.

 

FILES

etc/MoveToScreen.cfg
configuration file for the MoveToScreen command. In this file the options to the MoveToScreen command can be set thru the OPTIONS=options setting.

Example: 

  #
  # MoveToScreen.cfg - Configfile for MoveToScreen
  #
  # [00] 11.02.2019 CWa   Initial Version
  #

  OPTIONS=1

The options specified on the command line are appended to those defined in the configuration file.

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), config(1m), movetoscreen.cfg(4), http://www.taenarum.com/software/Borderline.html

 

NOTES

Parts of this manpage were extracted from the documentation of borderline written by James D. Lin and modified to fit to the WA2L/WinTools package. See: http://www.taenarum.com/software/Borderline.html for more information.

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

borderline was developed by James D. Lin and integrated as MoveToScreen into WA2L/WinTools by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports related to the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
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