Abstract -------- wmii is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports classic and tiled window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and 9P-based[1] remote control. It consists of the wmii(1) window manager and the wmiir(1) the remote access utility. Requirements ------------ In order to build wmii you need the Xlib header files and libixp. xmessage is used by the default scripts. Libixp, if not provided, can be obtained from http://libs.suckless.org/. On debian, you should be able to obtain all dependencies by running `make deb-dep`. Python is recommended for more advanced configurations. Installation ------------ First, edit config.mk to match your local setup. To build, simply run: make To install, run the following, as root if necessary: make install On debian, you should only have to run `make deb` to create a debian package. No further configuration should be necessary. Running wmii ------------ Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start wmii using startx: until wmii; do :; done In order to connect wmii to a specific display, make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly. For example: DISPLAY=:1 wmii This will start wmii on display :1. Configuration ------------- The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the rc script wmiirc, which remotely controls the window manager and handles various events. The main wmiirc script lives in @GLOBALCONF@ while wmiirc_local goes in @LOCALCONF@. More advanced versions of wmiirc are provided in python and ruby. For more information on them, see alternative_wmiircs/README. Credits ------- The following people have contributed especially to wmii in various ways: - Christoph Wegscheider <christoph dot wegscheider at wegi dot net> - Georg Neis <gn at suckless dot org> - Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg at informatik dot uni-freiburg dot de> - Uriel <uriel99 at gmail dot com> - Scot Doyle <scot at scotdoyle dot com> - Sebastian Hartmann <seb dot wmi at gmx dot de> - Bernhard Leiner <bleiner at gmail dot com> - Jonas Domeij <jonas dot domeij at gmail dot com> - Vincent <10 dot 50 at free dot fr> - Oliver Kopp <olly at flupp dot de> - Sebastian Roth <sebastian dot roth at gmail dot com> - Nico Golde <nico at ngolde dot de> - Steve Hoffman <steveh at g2switchworks dot com> - Christof Musik <christof at senfdax dot de> - Steffen Liebergeld <perl at gmx dot org> - Tobias Walkowiak <wal at ivu dot de> - Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com> - Salvador Peiro <saoret dot one at gmail dot com> - Anthony Martin <ality at pbrane dot org> - Icarus Sparry <wmii at icarus dot freeuk dot com> - Norman Golisz <norman dot golisz at arcor dot de> - Stefano K. Lee <wizinblack at gmail dot com > - Stefan Tibus <sjti at gmx dot net> - Neptun <neptun at gmail dot com> - Daniel Wäber <_wabu at web dot de> References ---------- [1] http://9p.cat-v.org [2] http://plan9.us