https://github.com/stumpwm/paulownia

A modern re-write of stumpwm
https://github.com/stumpwm/paulownia

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A modern re-write of stumpwm

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/stumpwm/paulownia
• Owner: stumpwm
• License: gpl-2.0
• Archived: true
• Created: 2015-09-24T10:07:24.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-23T14:59:01.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-03-26T12:13:32.596Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Common Lisp
• Size: 57.6 KB
• Stars: 90
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 5
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE

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• awesome-cl-software - Paulownia - A modern re-write of stumpwm. [GPL2]. (Applications / Window Manager)

README

        
* Paulownia is dead, long live stumpwm! This project is no longer developed.

* Codename: Paulownia

[[https://travis-ci.org/stumpwm/paulownia][https://travis-ci.org/stumpwm/paulownia.svg?branch=master]]

StumpWM's codebase while stable is showing its age.  Furthermore there

have been recent developments in the common lisp ecosystem that

stumpwm has been insulated from.  

This is an attempt to modernize the stumpwm codebase while fixing some

of stumpwm's Achilles heels. 

** Design Goals

(From achievable to lofty)

- Test driven design. Unit tests that matter

- Re-use as much code from stumpwm as possible, don't reinvent the

  wheel unless its broken

- Support for non-ascii input

- Utilize existing libraries rather than re-implementing subsets of

  existing functionality

- Tighter emacs integration

- Support for multiple backends (wayland, mir, X11)

** Technology

- [[roswell]] for building/deploying

- [[https://github.com/fukamachi/prove][prove]] for unit testing

- travis-ci for cloud CI testing

- [[https://shinmera.github.io/qtools/][qtools]] for gui components

- various packages carved out of the stumpwm codebase and re-packaged

  for quicklisp distribution

* Why Paulownia?

It seems like a strange name, stumpwm reminds me of a tree stump, the

idea behind this is to burn stumpwm to the ground and grow it back up

stronger and better than before.  If you google [[https://www.google.com/search?q=phoenix%2Btree][phoenix tree]], the top

hit is the wiki page describing the genus Paulownia. The wiki page

actually draws a lot of analogies to the goals of this project, so the

name was chosen.