https://github.com/kaugm/mmwm

Modern Minimalistic Window Manager
https://github.com/kaugm/mmwm

c dynamic manager tiling window wm x11 xcb

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Modern Minimalistic Window Manager

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/kaugm/mmwm
• Owner: kaugm
• License: other
• Created: 2020-05-22T17:41:37.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-12-03T03:56:44.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-12T02:04:58.118Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: c, dynamic, manager, tiling, window, wm, x11, xcb
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.85 MB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
# mmWM

#### Modern Minimalistic Window Manager

mmWM is a dynamic window manager that is heavily based off of FrankenWM but with many _unnecessary_ features stripped out, and others added. Its goal is to simplify your workflow with some automated window management and less, more logical hotkeys.

![mmwm thumbnail](mmwm1.png)

![mmwm thumbnail](mmwm2.png)

_Menu on desktop is [xmenu](https://github.com/phillbush/xmenu)_

mmWM is lightweight. `smem` outputs USS and PSS at 368k and 409k respectively.

#### Minimalist Approach to Basic WM Features

Standard WM features (Can be toggled On/Off): Borders, Gaps, Panel, Follow Mouse, Multiple Desktops\

No per-app rules. All windows start tiled and focused on current desktop (unless desktop is _full_)\

Simplified, fewer, and more logical keyboard shortcuts following the pattern: {MOD4 + Single Key}\

Single Tiling mode: Main window + secondary & tertiary on the side

#### Added features

Automatic switch to next open desktop when opening a new window in a _full_ desktop\

Automatic switch to previous _populated_ desktop if last window on desktop is killed\

User defined maximum allowed windows per desktop\

A _smart_ gapless mode\

Command executed when clicking on root window / desktop

#### Other features

Brightness and volume XF86Keysym support for laptop keys (see Vendorkeys branch for code addition)\

Pywal Support (Must re-add this manually. See add_pywal_support.txt)

#### TODO

BUG FIX: If a desktkop is _full_, transient windows are mapped in next available desktop, not the current one

Installation

------------

You need xcb and xcb-utils then, copy `config.def.h` as `config.h` and edit to

suit your needs.  Build and install.

    $ cp config.def.h config.h

    $ $EDITOR config.h

    $ make

    # make clean install

Dependencies:

`libxcb` `xcb-util` `xcb-util-wm` `xcb-util-keysyms`

Configuration

-------------

You can configure mmWM by editing `config.h` before compiling.\

Usage

-----

Without panel: Add the following to your `.xinitrc`

    $ exec mmwm

With Panel:\

Download a panel script from [FrankenWM's Github page](https://gist.github.com/sulami/d6a53179d6d7479e0709), make it executable, and save it somewhere.

Add the following to your `.xinitrc`

    $ exec [PATH TO BAR SCRIPT]

Thanks

------

[FrankenWM by sulami](https://github.com/sulami/FrankenWM)\

[Customized Panel Scripts by shmalebx9](https://github.com/shmalebx9)\

[2bwm by venam](https://github.com/venam/2bwm)