As soon as Window Maker is compiled with some options and gettext installed, it
is fully localizable. Check the INSTALL file.
However, localization of menus can be used without the LANG environment variable
set. Using pl menu allows to get menus in any available language without setting
this variable.
Why doing such a "thing" instead of the "right" way?
For some reasons users may want to keep the system default language instead of
defining a new localization. One of the main reason is that most software don't
exist in various languages.
Window Maker allows to turn around this problem.
It's possible to change the fonts in Window Maker, editing the Windowmaker file
or the WMGLOBAL file in ~/GNUstep/Defaults.
Once again the INSTALL file gives instructions on how to do it.
According to the fonts to be changed, the file to edit is different.
The script wsetfont is provided to do the job.
Window Maker provides the user with some useful utilities.
There is a README file concerning these scripts in the util directory.
Almost each script has it's own man page recommended reading.
These utilities mainly concern the GUI: icons, styles, fonts, menus,
backgrounds.
A few of them deserve special interest as many users don't seem to know about.
The wdwrite script, for instance, allows to write data into the configuration
files.
The setstyle (or getstyle) scripts are used to manage themes.
Wxcopy and wxpaste allow copying and pasting using X cutbuffer.
The first one makes part of the default applications menu, in the selection
item.
For KDE users, wkdemenu.pl is worth using.
From version 0.63.0, a new utility is available : wmagnify.
It allows to magnify the area under the mouse pointer.