https://github.com/redhog/infiniteglass
Window manager with infinite desktop, infinite zoom and infinite window resolution
https://github.com/redhog/infiniteglass
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Window manager with infinite desktop, infinite zoom and infinite window resolution
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/redhog/infiniteglass
- Owner: redhog
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2018-06-17T18:42:52.000Z (about 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-05-29T20:46:07.000Z (about 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-15T07:41:41.363Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Jupyter Notebook
- Homepage: https://redhog.github.io/InfiniteGlass/
- Size: 6.18 MB
- Stars: 41
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 38
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# About
[](https://github.com/redhog/InfiniteGlass/releases/latest)
[](https://github.com/redhog/InfiniteGlass/blob/master/LICENSE)
This is a minimalistic compositing window manager for X with infinite
desktop, infinite zoom and infinite virtual window pixel resolution.
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f2KwgvxK4)
Videos:
* [2022 05 25 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf6ZVaHSHyI)
* [2020 02 18 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5XskSML7Ag)
* [2020 01 27 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbt7qtwiLiM)
* [2020 01 21 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6oQAOMXReU)
* [2019 11 09 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8f2KwgvxK4)
Features:
* Windows are glued to an infinite desktop to some coordinates and size
* Window pixel resolution is independent of their size on the desktop
* The user can zoom / pan to any view of the desktop
* There are shortcut commands to zoom to a window, and to make a window have a 1:1 resolution to the screen
* Window placement is stored between sessions
* Windows that are closed leave a ghost window in their place that can be moved, resized and deleted.
* When a window with the same name reappears, it takes the place of the ghost window if it still exists.
* Ghost windows are stored in a file between sessions.
* Window content / application state is stored between sessions for supported clients
* Applications supporting the XSM protocol can be closed and saved and later restored, in the same session or another.
* Infinitely zoomable SVG for buttons etc
* A window can display an SVG image instead of content, and the SVG will render to the current screen resolution, no matter the zoom level.
# Documentation
* Configuration
* [Key bindings](docs/KEYMAP.md)
* [Sessions](docs/SESSION.md)
* [Components](docs/COMPONENTS.md)
* [Command line](docs/COMMANDLINE.md)
* [Integrations](docs/INTEGRATIONS.md)
* [Themes](docs/THEMES.md)
* [Debugging](docs/DEBUGGING.md)
* [Protocols](docs/PROTOCOLS.md)
* [Python library](docs/LIBRARY.md)
* [References](docs/REFERENCES.md)
# Installation
Tested on: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver.
Requires OpenGL version 3.0 or higher with support for GLSL 3.30, and pretty much all modern X extensions, including their development headers. To install all dependencies:
sudo apt install -y $(cat ./dependencies.txt)
To install InfiniteGlass on your machine
sudo make install
or, if you want to be able to edit the python files in in place without rerunning the install command:
sudo make devinstall
Note that this does not differ from a the above make install with regards to how the non-python binaries are installed.
Once installed, you should be able to select InfiniteGlass among the available sessions when logging in.
# Testing
It is also possible to try the window manager inside a window using the Xephyr X server, without installing anything. To do so, simply run
make
If your Linux distribution does not have the right libraries or versions of libraries (e.g. X extensions, OpenGL version...) easily installable, you can test the same using a docker container! Just run
make run-in-docker
# Configuration
Whichever method for running it you use, the first time you run the window manager, a set of default config files will be added to your ~/.config/glass directory. These files can be safely edited, but will be re-instated if deleted.
# Unit- & integration-tests
make all
pip install nose2
nose2 -s tests -v
# License
GNU GPL v3, see the file LICENSE for details
The file xevent.c has a different, more permissible license, see the top of the file for details.
The file coastline50.geojson has a different, more permissible license, see coastline50.geojson.LICENSE for details.
The file binary_tree_bin_packer.py has a different, more permissible license, see binary_tree_bin_packer.py.LICENSE for details.