CATWM

 /\___/\
( o   o )  Made by cat...
(  =^=  )
(        )            ... for cat!
(         )
(          ))))))________________ Cute And Tiny Window Manager

Summary

catwm is a very simple and lightweight tiling window manager. I will try to stay under 1000 SLOC.

Status

17.06.15

-Added -pedantic flag in config.mk.

-Fixed warning in config.h and config.def.h, if enabled -pedantic gcc flag.
14.04.15 -> v0.5

-Added function client_to_desktop, to move selected window to any tag.

-Trivial changes in config.def.h, config.h, and catwm.1.
13.04.15

-Prevents catwm crash, with nest if, in increase() void.

-Trivial changes in config.def.h, config.h, and catwm.1.
11.04.15

-Reactivated, header for multimedia keys.
09.04.15

-Minor changes in catwm.c
08.04.15

-Fixed possible "memory steal"

-Reactivated cleanup() void.

-Updated trivial things.
01.04.15

-Fixed stupid bug "ghost window".

-Commented cleanup() void.

-Updated trivial changes.
26.07.14 -> v0.4

-Minor changes in catwm.c

-Added a x error handler (if other wm is running in the same display)...

-Updated Makefile, in dwm's style

-Added a config.mk to custom makefile flags, etc

-Added a manpage aka catwm.1

-Installation route is changed to /usr/local/...

-Destroyed quit and bool_quit functions, are little boggus

-"Adopted" cleanup() function, from monsterwm.c
25.07.14

-Minor changes in catwm.c

-Added a x error handler (if other wm is running in the same display)...
24.07.14

-Minor changes in catwm.c
23.07.14

-Removed function client_to_desktop, more buggy o_O

-Desktops are now 10 aka 10 tags or workspaces...

-Added a quick, and dirty hack in unmapnotify, for molest resize if have, more windows with dialogs...

-Added catkill function, to close X, in dwm's style
22.07.14

-About: catwm -v,

-Removed a obsolete header,

-changed volume keybindings.
21.07.14

-Numlock not affects keyboard shotcurts.

-Multiple desktops works now ok,

-Added space to use a toolbar, ex: dzen2

-unmapnotify function, for, rares windows, ex: thunderbird, firefox...

Before this, catwm crashes, with about dialogs or new window, from these windows..
05.07.10 -> v0.3. Multiple desktops and correct some bugs
30.06.10 -> v0.2. Back again \o/
15.03.10 -> v0.2. The wm is functional -> I only use this wm!
24.02.10 -> First release, v0.1. In this release 0.1, the wm is almost functional

Modes

It allow the "normal" modes of tiling window managers:

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| Master |___|
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Horizontal tiling mode:

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|           |
|  Master   |
|-----------|
| W |   |   |
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and fullscreen mode:

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|           |
| no        |
| borders!  |
|           |
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Installation

In debian and derivatives:

# apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev

If use slackware, archlinux, headers is present now, in default installation...

Need Xlib, then:

$ nano config.h

$ make

# make install

$ make clean

Needs

[dmenu] (http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/)
[dzen] (https://github.com/robm/dzen/) "Optional"
rxvt-unicode (urxvt)

Bugs

No bugs for the moment ;) (I mean, no importants bugs ;)

Todo

Add multiple view ("desktop") >> "cutre" multihead supported

see not mine screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/VdLGm22.png
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If you have some particular request, just send me an e-mail, and I will see for it!

Here a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/836W9nk.png

License

Licensed under GNU GPL version 3, see LICENSE file for more copyright and license information.

RodrigoHahn / catwm