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23 .Nd window manager for X11
28 is a minimalistic window manager that tries to stay out of the way so that
29 valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff.
30 It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any
32 It was written by hackers for hackers and it strives to be small, compact and
37 starts up, it reads settings from its configuration file,
40 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
43 The following notation is used throughout this page:
45 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
59 is very simple in its use.
60 Most of the actions are initiated via key or mouse bindings.
63 section below for defaults and customizations.
64 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
66 first tries to open the user specific file,
68 If that file is unavailable,
69 it then tries to open the global configuration file
70 .Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf .
72 The format of the file is \*(Ltkeyword\*(Gt = \*(Ltsetting\*(Gt.
77 Enabling or disabling an option is done by using 1 or 0 respectively.
79 The file supports the following keywords:
81 .Bl -tag -width "title_class_enabledXXX" -offset indent -compact
83 Launch an application in a specified workspace at start-of-day.
84 Defined in the format ws[<idx>]:application, e.g. ws[2]:xterm launches and
87 Border color of the currently focussed window.
89 Border color of unfocussed windows.
91 Enable or disable status bar.
92 .It Cm bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
93 Color of the status bar border in screen
94 .It Cm bar_border_width
95 Set status bar border thickness in pixels.
96 Disable border by setting to 0
98 .It Cm bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
99 Color of the status bar window in screen
101 .It Cm bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
102 Color of the font in status bar in screen
107 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
108 such as battery life.
110 Update frequency, in seconds, of external script that populates the status bar.
112 Place the statusbar at the bottom of each region instead of the top.
114 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status bar.
116 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
117 Disable by setting to 0
118 so a custom clock could be used in the bar_action script.
120 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
121 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
122 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
124 select layout to use at start-of-day.
125 Defined in the format ws[idx]:master_grow:master_add:stack_inc:layout, e.g.
126 ws[2]:-4:0:1:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack mode and
127 shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the stack.
128 Possible layout values are
142 for more information.
143 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects.
144 One should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting with the
148 This setting is not retained at restart.
150 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the same
152 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
153 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
155 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal
156 If this value is greater than 0,
158 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
159 width above this number as the window is resized.
162 is currently supported.
165 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
166 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
168 section) to use an alternate copy of the
170 binary without the setgid bit set.
171 .It Cm title_class_enabled
172 Enable or disable displaying the window class in the status bar.
173 Enable by setting to 1
174 .It Cm title_name_enabled
175 Enable or disable displaying the window title in the status bar.
176 Enable by setting to 1
177 .It Cm window_name_enabled
178 Enable or disable displaying the window name in the status bar.
179 Enable by setting to 1
182 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
184 Using a value of follow_cursor will make the window manager focus the window
185 under the mouse when switching workspaces and creating windows.
186 .It Cm disable_border
187 Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the screen.
189 Set window border thickness in pixels.
190 Disable all borders by setting to 0
191 .It Cm program Ns Bq Ar p
192 Define new action to spawn a program
197 .It Cm bind Ns Bq Ar x
198 Bind key combo to action
203 .It Cm quirk Ns Bq Ar c:n
204 Add "quirk" for windows with class
213 Colors need to be specified per the
215 specification and fonts need to be specified per the
219 To list the available fonts in your system see
226 application can help you to show the X Logical Font Description ("XLFD") used
227 as setting in the keyword bar_font.
230 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and then
231 bind them the same as with built-in actions.
236 The default programs are described below:
238 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
241 .It Cm screenshot_all
243 .It Cm screenshot_wind
250 dmenu_run \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
253 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
255 .Dl program[<name>] = <progpath> [<arg> [... <arg>]]
258 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
260 is the desired program, and
262 is zero or more arguments to the program.
264 The following variables represent settable values in
267 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
269 and may be used in the
271 fields and will be substituted for values at the time the program is spawned:
273 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
277 .It Cm $bar_font_color
279 .It Cm $color_unfocus
283 .Bd -literal -offset indent
284 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://scrotwm.org/
285 bind[ff] = Mod+f # Now Mod+F launched firefox
288 To undo the previous:
289 .Bd -literal -offset indent
296 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
298 The current mouse bindings are described below:
300 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
308 Resize window while maintaining it centered
311 The default key bindings are described below:
313 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
314 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
323 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
325 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
339 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
348 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
365 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar n
367 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
369 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
373 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
375 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
385 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
397 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
399 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
425 Add windows to master area
427 Remove windows from master area
429 Add columns/rows to stacking area
431 Remove columns/rows from stacking area
433 Move current window to master area
435 Focus next window in workspace
437 Focus previous window in workspace
439 Focus on main window in workspace
441 Swap with next window in workspace
443 Swap with previous window in workspace
445 Toggle status bar in all workspaces
447 Delete current window in workspace
449 Destroy current window in workspace
457 Move current window to workspace
463 Switch to next workspace with a window in it
465 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it
467 Switch to last visited workspace
469 Move pointer to next region
471 Move pointer to previous region
472 .It Cm screenshot_all
473 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
477 .It Cm screenshot_wind
478 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
483 Toggle version in status bar
485 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating
492 Reinitialize physical screens
497 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
499 Maximize (map) window returned by dmenu selection.
501 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
504 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
506 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
509 is one of the actions listed above (or empty) and
511 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
512 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
513 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
515 .Bd -literal -offset indent
516 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
517 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
520 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
523 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
524 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
526 The default quirks are described below:
528 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
529 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
536 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
537 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
539 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
547 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
557 The quirks themselves are described below:
559 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
561 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
563 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
565 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
567 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
569 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
571 Remove border to allow window to use full screen size.
573 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous application
577 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
579 .Dl quirk[<class>:<name>] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
584 specify the window to which the quirk(s) apply, and
586 is one of the quirks from the list above.
588 .Bd -literal -offset indent
589 quirk[MPlayer:xv] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
590 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
597 by running xprop(1) and then clicking on the desired window.
598 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
599 .Bd -literal -offset indent
600 $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
601 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
604 Note that grepping for WM_CLASS flips class and name.
605 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
606 .Bd -literal -offset indent
607 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
612 a HUP signal will retstart it.
614 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/scrotwm.confXXX" -compact
615 .It Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf
617 user specific settings.
618 .It Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf
624 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
630 .An Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us ,
631 .An Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
633 .An Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com .
635 Currently the menu, invoked with