xwm - a tiny XCB floating window manager A minimal viable solution that was developed with single-monitor workflows in mind. Despite the small footprint, xwm maintains extensibility and can be customized to enhance the user experience. REQUIREMENTS ============ xcb-util-keysyms, along with any default or user defined utilities: application launcher https://git.suckless.org/dmenu terminal emulator https://git.suckless.org/st internet browser https://git.suckless.org/surf COMMANDS ======== Default keys and behavior can be customized via the config.h file: Win+Button1 raise focused window to top of stack Win+Button3 raise focused window to top of stack Win+Button1+[drag] interactive window move Win+Button3+[drag] interactive window resize Win+Space run launcher menu (default: dmenu_run) Win+Enter create new terminal window (default: st) Win+b create new browser window (default: surf) Win+q kill focused window Win+Shift+q quit window manager INSTALL ======= Building and installing from source: git clone https://github.com/mcpcpc/xwm cd xwm make sudo make install Building and installing on KISS Linux: kiss b xwm kiss i xwm Build and install from Arch Linux AUR: git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/xwm.git cd kirc makepkg -si PATCHES ======= For additional features, I have provided a respository for sharing and hosting user created patches: http://github.com/mcpcpc/xwm-community EXAMPLES ======== Check your xwm installed version: xwm -v Usimg startx to run xwm: echo "exec xwm" > ~/.xinitrc startx Using imagemagick to set a wallpaper: display -window root background.png Patching xwm: patch -p0 < mypatch.patch DISCLAIMER ========== xwm ("XCB Window Manager") is an homage to the original and now-defunct "X Window Manager". Both projects are unaffiliated and do not share any common source code. CONTACT ======= For questions or issues, please contact info[at]mcpcpc[dot]com.