sowm/README.md

sowm

An itsy bitsy floating window manager (270~ sloc / 24kb compiled!).

• Floating only.
• Fullscreen toggle.
• Window centering.
• Mix of mouse and keyboard workflow.
• Focus with cursor.
• Rounded corners (through patch)

• Alt-Tab window focusing.
• All windows die on exit.
• No borders.
• No bar support.
• No ICCCM.
• No EMWH.
• etc etc etc

Default Keybindings

Window Management

combo	action
Mouse	focus under cursor
MOD4 + Left Mouse	move window
MOD4 + Right Mouse	resize window
MOD4 + f	maximize toggle
MOD4 + c	center window
MOD4 + q	kill window
MOD4 + 1-9	desktop swap
MOD4 + Shift +1-9	send window to desktop
MOD1 + TAB (alt-tab)	focus cycle

Programs

combo	action	program
MOD4 + Return	terminal	st
MOD4 + d	dmenu	dmenu_run
MOD4 + p	scrot	scr
MOD4 + w	wallpaper cycler	bud
XF86_AudioLowerVolume	volume down	amixer
XF86_AudioRaiseVolume	volume up	amixer
XF86_AudioMute	volume toggle	amixer
XF86_MonBrightnessUp	brightness up	bri
XF86_MonBrightnessDown	brightness down	bri

Dependencies

• xlib (usually libX11).

Installation

1. Modify config.h to suit your needs.
2. Run make to build sowm.
3. Copy it to your path or run make install.
   • DESTDIR and PREFIX are supported.

Thanks

• 2bwm
• SmallWM
• berry
• catwm
• dminiwm
• dwm
• monsterwm
• openbox
• possumwm
• swm
• tinywm