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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 Border color of the currently focussed window.
85 Border color of unfocussed windows.
87 Enable or disable status bar.
88 .It Cm bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
89 Color of the status bar border in screen
91 .It Cm bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
92 Color of the status bar window in screen
94 .It Cm bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
95 Color of the font in status bar in screen
100 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
101 such as battery life.
103 Update frequency, in seconds, of external script that populates the status bar.
105 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
106 Disable by setting to 0
107 so a custom clock could be used in the bar_action script.
109 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
110 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
111 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
113 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the same
115 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
116 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
118 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal
119 If this value is greater than 0,
121 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
122 width above this number as the window is resized.
125 is currently supported.
128 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
129 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
131 section) to use an alternate copy of the
133 binary without the setgid bit set.
134 .It Cm title_class_enabled
135 Enable or disable displaying the window class in the status bar.
136 Enable by setting to 1
137 .It Cm title_name_enabled
138 Enable or disable displaying the window title in the status bar.
139 Enable by setting to 1
142 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
143 .It Cm program Ns Bq Ar p
144 Define new action to spawn a program
149 .It Cm bind Ns Bq Ar x
150 Bind key combo to action
155 .It Cm quirk Ns Bq Ar c:n
156 Add "quirk" for windows with class
165 Colors need to be specified per the
167 specification and fonts need to be specified per the
172 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and then
173 bind them the same as with built-in actions.
178 The default programs are described below:
180 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
183 .It Cm screenshot_all
185 .It Cm screenshot_wind
192 dmenu_run -fn $bar_font -nb $bar_color -nf $bar_font_color -sb $bar_border -sf $bar_color
195 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
197 .Dl program[<name>] = <progpath> [<arg> [... <arg>]]
200 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
202 is the desired program, and
204 is zero or more arguments to the program.
206 The following variables represent settable values in
209 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
211 and may be used in the
213 fields and will be substituted for values at the time the program is spawned:
215 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
219 .It Cm $bar_font_color
221 .It Cm $color_unfocus
225 .Bd -literal -offset indent
226 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://scrotwm.org/
227 bind[ff] = Mod+f # Now Mod+F launched firefox
230 To undo the previous:
231 .Bd -literal -offset indent
238 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
240 The current mouse bindings are described below:
242 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
250 Resize window while maintaining it centered
253 The default key bindings are described below:
255 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
256 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
265 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
267 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
281 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
290 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
307 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar n
309 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
311 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
313 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
315 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
325 .It Cm M-S Aq Cm Delete
331 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
333 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
359 Add windows to master area
361 Remove windows from master area
363 Add columns/rows to stacking area
365 Remove columns/rows from stacking area
367 Move current window to master area
369 Focus next window in workspace
371 Focus previous window in workspace
373 Focus on main window in workspace
375 Swap with next window in workspace
377 Swap with previous window in workspace
379 Toggle status bar in all workspaces
381 Delete current window in workspace
383 Destroy current window in workspace
391 Move current window to workspace
397 Switch to next workspace with a window in it
399 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it
401 Move pointer to next region
403 Move pointer to previous region
404 .It Cm screenshot_all
405 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
409 .It Cm screenshot_wind
410 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
415 Toggle version in status bar
417 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating
424 Reinitialize physical screens
430 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
432 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
435 is one of the actions listed above (or empty) and
437 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
438 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
439 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
441 .Bd -literal -offset indent
442 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
443 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
446 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
449 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
450 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
452 The default quirks are described below:
454 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
455 .It Firefox-bin:firefox-bin
463 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
465 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
473 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
483 The quirks themselves are described below:
485 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
487 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
489 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
491 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
493 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
495 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
497 Remove border to allow window to use full screen size.
500 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
502 .Dl quirk[<class>:<name>] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
507 specify the window to which the quirk(s) apply, and
509 is one of the quirks from the list above.
511 .Bd -literal -offset indent
512 quirk[MPlayer:xv] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN # let mplayer play
513 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
520 by running xprop(1) and then clicking on the desired window.
521 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
522 .Bd -literal -offset indent
523 $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
524 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
527 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/scrotwm.confXXX" -compact
528 .It Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf
530 user specific settings.
531 .It Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf
537 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
543 .An Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us ,
544 .An Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
546 .An Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com .
548 Currently the menu, invoked with