SXWM is a window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor. SXWM is easily configurable in the config file and is designed to be as extensible as possible.
Created by Jason Moore
The required build tools are: gcc, make
You will also require the necessary libraries glibc, libx11, xorgproto
make sxwm
make sxwmbar
You can test SXWM using make by running
make test
If you're feeling brave you can add SXWM to your .xinitrc and see just how
unfinished it is.
sxwm [--help] [--config </path/to/config>]
SXWM is capable of reading from a config file specified as a command line
argument. Use the -c or --config command line option to specify a
configuration file. There is an example config file in share/defaultconfig
which you could use as a start. It shows off the commands available.
sxwm -c ./share/defaultconfig
sxwm --config=./share/defaultconfig
Comments in the configuration file are denoted with # symbols.
# This line is a comment
run some program # This is a comment at the end of a line
Bind a key combination to an internal function with the bind operation.
bind win+1 selectTag 1
bind win+shift+q exit
Use the run and start operations to execute another program in the same or
in a new session.
run ./sxwmbar # Will stop running when you close SXWM
start another program # Will continue running after SXWM finishes