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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 "screenshot_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 External application that gets spawned when
110 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
113 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
114 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
115 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
117 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the same
119 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
120 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
121 .It Cm screenshot_enabled
122 Enable or disable screenshot capability.
123 .It Cm screenshot_app
124 Set to the script that will take screenshots.
125 It will be called with "full" or "window" as parameter 1 to indicate what
126 screenshot action is expected.
127 The script shall handle those cases accordingly.
129 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal
130 If this value is greater than 0,
132 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
133 width above this number as the window is resized.
136 is currently supported.
139 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
140 Users may need to set spawn term to use an alternate copy of the
142 binary without the setgid bit set.
143 .It Cm title_class_enabled
144 Enable or disable displaying the window class in the status bar.
145 Enable by setting to 1
146 .It Cm title_name_enabled
147 Enable or disable displaying the window title in the status bar.
148 Enable by setting to 1
151 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
152 .It Cm bind Ns Bq Ar x
153 Bind key combo to action
158 .It Cm quirk Ns Bq Ar c:n
159 Add "quirk" for windows with class
168 Colors need to be specified per the
170 specification and fonts need to be specified per the
175 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
177 The current mouse bindings are described below:
179 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
187 Resize window while maintaining it centered
190 The default key bindings are described below:
192 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
193 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
202 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
204 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
218 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
227 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
244 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar n
246 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
248 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
250 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
252 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
262 .It Cm M-S Aq Cm Delete
268 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
270 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
290 Add windows to master area
292 Remove windows from master area
294 Add columns/rows to stacking area
296 Remove columns/rows from stacking area
298 Move current window to master area
300 Focus next window in workspace
302 Focus previous window in workspace
304 Focus on main window in workspace
306 Swap with next window in workspace
308 Swap with previous window in workspace
310 Toggle status bar in all workspaces
312 Delete current window in workspace
314 Destroy current window in workspace
322 Move current window to workspace
328 Switch to next workspace with a window in it
330 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it
332 Move pointer to next region
334 Move pointer to previous region
335 .It Cm screenshot_all
336 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
337 .It Cm screenshot_wind
338 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
340 Toggle version in status bar
342 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating
346 Reinitialize physical screens
349 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
351 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
354 is one of the actions listed above (or empty) and
356 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
357 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
358 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
360 .Bd -literal -offset indent
361 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
362 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
365 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
368 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
369 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
371 The default quirks are described below:
373 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
374 .It Firefox-bin:firefox-bin
382 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
384 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
392 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
402 The quirks themselves are described below:
404 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
406 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
408 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
410 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
412 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
414 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
416 Remove border to allow window to use full screen size.
419 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
421 .Dl quirk[<class>:<name>] = <quirk> [ | <quirk> ... ]
426 specify the window to which the quirk(s) apply, and
428 is one of the quirks from the list above.
430 .Bd -literal -offset indent
431 quirk[MPlayer:xv] = FLOAT | FULLSCREEN # let mplayer play
432 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
439 must be replaced by an underscore in the configuration.
440 The config entry for "xine:Xine Panel" would be:
441 .Bd -literal -offset indent
442 quirk[xine:Xine_Panel] = FLOAT
449 by running xprop(1) and then clicking on the desired window.
450 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
451 .Bd -literal -offset indent
452 $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
453 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
456 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/scrotwm.confXXX" -compact
457 .It Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf
459 user specific settings.
460 .It Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf
466 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
472 .An Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us ,
473 .An Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
475 .An Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com .
477 Currently the menu, invoked with