zsisco / maxwelm

Maxwelm is a simple window manager for small displays

maxwelm (Maximizing Window Element Manager)

maxwelm is written by Zach Sisco <[e-mail]>, 2016.

Maxwelm is a simple window manager based off of catwm, my previous window manager ShMOW, and bits of dwm and TinyWM when I get stuck. The main idea is to have a window manager suitable for small screens (and slower machines) that minimizes clutter and maximizes precious screen real estate.

####Features

• All windows are maximized on creation (like monocle mode in dwm or other tiling window managers)
• Windows can be moved and resized with the mouse or through hotkeys
• Status bar at the top of the screen displays current desktop number, focused window name, and custom status text
• Virtual desktops

####Configuration

• All configuration is done in config.h (mostly key bindings, colors, and custom commands)
• Custom status text is set by xsetroot -name $status (similar to dwm) where $status is a string variable. A sample shell script is provided -- statusbar.sh. It may use programs not installed on your machine; change it to output whatever you like.

####Dependencies

• Xlib.
• dmenu (optional).

####Installation

• $ vi config.h
• # make install clean

####Functionality and default hotkeys:

Alt + Button1, drag:   interactive window move
Alt + Button3, drag:   interactive window resize
Alt + h/j/k/l:         move window (left/down/up/right)
Alt + Shift + h/j/k/l: resize window (left/down/up/right)
Alt + m:               toggle maximize for focused window
Alt + Shift + w:       close focused window
Alt + Tab:             focus next window
Alt + Shift + Tab:     focus previous window
Alt + (0 - 9)          focus virtual desktop (0 - 9)
Alt + Shift + (0 - 9): move focused window to virtual desktop (0 - 9)
Alt + Enter:           spawn terminal
Alt + p:               spawn dmenu
Alt + Control + t:     quit maxwelm

####Screenshots