XWM(1)

📦 version 0.1.9, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 NAME 💖

xwm — a tiny XCB floating window manager 🪟✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

xwm [-v]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie, xwm is a tiny floating window manager built with the XCB protocol, and it is literally giving minimal main character energy. 💅

and like, apart from xcb-util-keysyms(1), xwm is fully third-party-tool-pilled — it leans on outside tools that you can configure or expand however you want, so it matches your vibe, not the other way around. 🫶

the default config ships with support and command aliases for surf(1) (the web browser), st(1) (the terminal emulator), and dmenu(1) (the application launcher). so it's cute and functional. no cap. 🍓

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -v — prints the current xwm version. that's it, that's the option. iconic honestly. 👑

💅 DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS 💅

so you control xwm from an attached client using a key combination: a prefix key — the 'Super' (Win) key by default — followed by a command key. think of Super as the "hey bestie, listen" button. 🎀

the default command key bindings are, and I quote:

  • Super + MouseButton1 — Raise focused window to top of stack. ⬆️
  • Super + MouseButton3 — Raise focused window to top of stack. ⬆️
  • Super-MouseButton1 + [drag] — Interactive window move. 🖐️
  • Super-MouseButton3 + [drag] — Interactive window resize. 📐
  • Super + Space — Run launcher menu (default: dmenu_run). 🚀
  • Super + Enter — Create new terminal window (default: st). 💻
  • Super + b — Create new browser window (default: surf). 🌐
  • Super + f — Full-screen focused window. 🔍
  • Super + q — Kill focused window. 💀
  • Super-Shift + q — Quite window manager. 👋

😭 BUGS 😭

No known bugs. not one. flawless behaviour, we love to see it. ✨🦋

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Michael Czigler <michaelczigler[at]mcpcpc[dot]com> 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🫶 this lil manual is brought to you from Linux, dated NOVEMBER 2020, and it's the XWM(1) page, periodt. go run a floating window manager and slay. 💖✨🎀

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