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20 .Dd $Mdocdate: February 15 2012 $
25 .Nd window manager for X11
30 is a minimalistic window manager that tries to stay out of the way so that
31 valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff.
32 It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any
34 It was written by hackers for hackers and it strives to be small, compact and
39 starts up, it reads settings from its configuration file,
42 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
45 The following notation is used throughout this page:
47 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
61 is very simple in its use.
62 Most of the actions are initiated via key or mouse bindings.
65 section below for defaults and customizations.
66 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
68 first tries to open the user specific file,
69 .Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf .
70 If that file is unavailable,
71 it then tries to open the global configuration file
72 .Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf .
74 The format of the file is
76 .Dl Ar keyword Li = Ar setting
82 Enabling or disabling an option is done by using 1 or 0 respectively.
84 Colors need to be specified per the
88 Comments begin with a #. When a literal
90 is desired in an option, then it
91 must be escaped with a backslash. i.e. \e#
93 The file supports the following keywords:
96 Launch an application in a specified workspace at start-of-day.
98 .Li ws Ns Bo Ar idx Bc : Ns Ar application ,
99 e.g. ws[2]:xterm launches an
100 xterm in workspace 2.
102 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
103 such as battery life.
105 Place the statusbar at the bottom of each region instead of the top.
106 .It Ic bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
107 Border color of the status bar(s) in screen
109 .It Ic bar_border_unfocus Ns Bq Ar x
110 Border color of the status bar(s) on unfocused region(s) in screen
112 .It Ic bar_border_width
113 Set status bar border thickness in pixels.
114 Disable border by setting to 0.
115 .It Ic bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
116 Background color of the status bar(s) in screen
122 .It Ic bar_enabled_ws Ns Bq Ar x
129 Font used in the status bar. Either Xft or X Logical Font Description (XLFD)
130 may be used to specify fonts. Fallback fonts may be specified by separating
131 each font with a comma. If all entries are in XLFD syntax, font set will be
132 used. If at least one entry is Xft, Xft will be used. Note that if Xft is in
133 use, only the first font that successfully loads will be used regardless of
134 missing glyphs. The default is to use font set. Also note that
136 does not support Xft fonts.
139 .Bd -literal -offset indent
140 bar_font = Terminus:style=Regular:pixelsize=14:antialias=true
142 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,Terminus:pixelsize=14,\
143 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
147 .Bd -literal -offset indent
148 bar_font = -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
150 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
151 -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
152 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
155 To list the available fonts in your system see
162 application can help with the XLFD setting.
163 .It Ic bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
164 Color of the font in status bar in screen
167 Set the bar format string, overriding
172 The format is passed through
175 It may contain the following character sequences:
176 .Bl -column "Character sequence" "Replaced with" -offset indent
177 .It Sy "Character sequence" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
178 .It Li "+<" Ta "Pad with a space"
179 .It Li "+A" Ta "Output of the external script"
180 .It Li "+C" Ta "Window class (from WM_CLASS)"
181 .It Li "+D" Ta "Workspace name"
182 .It Li "+F" Ta "Floating indicator"
183 .It Li "+I" Ta "Workspace index"
184 .It Li "+M" Ta "Number of iconic (minimized) windows in workspace"
185 .It Li "+N" Ta "Screen number"
186 .It Li "+P" Ta "Window class and instance separated by a colon"
187 .It Li "+S" Ta "Stacking algorithm"
188 .It Li "+T" Ta "Window instance (from WM_CLASS)"
189 .It Li "+U" Ta "Urgency hint"
190 .It Li "+V" Ta "Program version"
191 .It Li "+W" Ta "Window name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)"
192 .It Li "++" Ta "A literal" Ql +
195 All character sequences may limit its output to a specific length, for
196 example +64A. Any characters that don't match the specification are copied
199 Justify the status bar text. Possible values are
205 Note that if the output is not left justified, it may not be properly
206 aligned in some circumstances, due to the white-spaces in the default
210 option for more details.
211 .It Ic bind Ns Bq Ar x
212 Bind key combo to action
218 Set window border thickness in pixels.
219 Disable all borders by setting to 0.
220 .It Ic boundary_width
221 Set region containment boundary width in pixels. This is how far a window
222 must be dragged/resized beyond the region edge before it is allowed outside
223 the region. This has no effect when manipulating the window with key
224 bindings. Disable the window containment effect by setting to 0.
226 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
227 Disable by setting to 0
228 so a custom clock could be used in the
231 .It Ic iconic_enabled
232 Display the number of iconic (minimized) windows in the status bar.
233 Enable by setting to 1.
235 Border color of the currently focused window. Default is red.
236 .It Ic color_focus_maximized
237 Border color of the currently focused, maximized window. Defaults to the
241 Border color of unfocused windows, default is rgb:88/88/88.
242 .It Ic color_unfocus_maximized
243 Border color of unfocused, maximized windows. Defaults to the value of
246 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
247 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
248 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
249 .It Ic disable_border
250 Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the
253 Window to put focus when the focused window is closed.
263 are relative to the window that is closed.
264 .It Ic focus_close_wrap
265 Whether to allow the focus to jump to the last window when the first window
266 is closed or vice versa. Disable by setting to 0.
268 Window to put focus when no window has been focused. Possible values are
274 Window focus behavior with respect to the mouse cursor. Possible values:
276 .Bl -tag -width "default" -offset indent -compact
278 Set window focus on border crossings caused by cursor motion and
281 Set window focus on all cursor border crossings, including workspace switches
282 and changes to layout.
284 Set window focus on window interaction only.
286 .It Ic java_workaround
287 Workaround a Java GUI rendering issue on non-reparenting window managers by
288 impersonating the LG3D window manager, written by Sun. Default is 1.
289 .It Ic keyboard_mapping
290 Clear all key bindings and load new key bindings from the specified file.
291 This allows you to load pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
293 .Sx KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
294 section below for a list of keyboard mapping files that have been provided
295 for several keyboard layouts.
297 Select layout to use at start-of-day. Defined in the format
298 .Li ws Ns Bo Ar idx Bc : Ns Ar master_grow : Ns Ar master_add : Ns Ar stack_inc : Ns Ar always_raise : Ns Ar stack_mode ,
299 e.g. ws[2]:-4:0:1:0:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack
300 mode, shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the
301 stack, while maintaining default floating window behavior.
321 for more information.
322 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects. One
323 should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting with the
327 This setting is not retained at restart.
330 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
332 Set the name of a workspace at start-of-day.
333 Defined in the format
334 .Li ws Ns Bo Ar idx Bc : Ns Ar name ,
335 e.g. ws[1]:Console sets the name of workspace 1 to
337 .It Ic program Ns Bq Ar p
338 Define new action to spawn a program
343 .It Ic quirk Ns Bq Ar c Ns Li : Ns Ar i Ns Li : Ns Ar n
344 Add "quirk" for windows with class
354 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the
355 same space on the screen.
356 Defined in the format
357 .Li screen Ns Bo Ar idx Ns Bc : Ns Ar width Ns x Ns Ar height Ns + Ns Ar x Ns + Ns Ar y ,
358 e.g. screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
360 To make a region span multiple monitors, create a region big enough to cover
361 them all, e.g. screen[1]:2048x768+0+0 makes the region span two monitors with
362 1024x768 resolution sitting one next to the other.
363 .It Ic region_padding
364 Pixel width of empty space within region borders.
365 Disable by setting to 0.
366 .It Ic spawn_position
367 Position in stack to place newly spawned windows.
378 are relative to the focused window.
380 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status
383 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal.
384 If this value is greater than 0,
386 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
387 width above this number as the window is resized.
390 is currently supported.
393 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
394 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
396 section) to use an alternate copy of the
398 binary without the setgid bit set.
400 Pixel width of empty space between tiled windows. Negative values cause overlap.
401 Set this to the opposite of border_width to collapse the border between tiles.
402 Disable by setting to 0.
403 .It Ic urgent_enabled
404 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
405 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
406 character to trigger urgency on the window. In
408 for example, one needs to add the following line to
410 .Bd -literal -offset indent
411 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
413 .It Ic verbose_layout
414 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
415 count in the status bar.
416 Enable by setting to 1.
423 for more information.
424 .It Ic window_class_enabled
425 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
426 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
427 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
428 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
429 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
430 .It Ic window_name_enabled
431 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
432 in the status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
434 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
435 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
438 option for more details.
440 Centers the mouse pointer on the focused window when using key bindings to
441 change focus, switch workspaces, change regions, etc. Enable by setting to 1.
442 .It Ic workspace_limit
443 Set the total number of workspaces available. Minimum is 1, maximum is 22,
448 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
449 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
454 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
456 .Dl program Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar progpath Op Ar arg Op Ar arg ...
459 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
461 is the desired program, and
463 is zero or more arguments to the program.
465 Remember that when using # in your program call, it must be escaped with a
468 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
471 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
475 .It Cm $bar_font_color
477 .It Cm $color_unfocus
479 \-b if bar_at_bottom is enabled.
481 .It Cm $workspace_index
485 .Bd -literal -offset indent
486 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
487 bind[ff] = MOD+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
490 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
491 .Bd -literal -offset indent
496 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
500 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
501 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
505 initscreen.sh # optional
506 .It Cm screenshot_all
507 screenshot.sh full # optional
508 .It Cm screenshot_wind
509 screenshot.sh window # optional
512 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
513 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
514 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
515 by freeing the respective key binding.
517 For example, to override
519 .Bd -literal -offset indent
520 program[lock] = xscreensaver\-command \-\-lock
525 and prevent it from being validated:
526 .Bd -literal -offset indent
527 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
531 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
533 The current mouse bindings are described below:
535 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
543 Resize window while maintaining it centered
546 The default key bindings are described below:
548 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
549 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
557 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
561 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
575 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
584 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
603 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
605 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
606 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
607 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
609 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
611 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
613 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
615 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
617 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
621 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
623 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
625 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
627 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
637 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
675 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
677 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
697 Swap the master and stacking areas.
705 Add windows to master area.
707 Remove windows from master area.
709 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
711 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
713 Move current window to master area.
715 Focus next window in workspace.
717 Focus previous window in workspace.
719 Focus on main window in workspace.
721 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set. The workspace is switched if needed.
723 Swap with next window in workspace.
725 Swap with previous window in workspace.
727 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
729 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
731 Delete current window in workspace.
733 Destroy current window in workspace.
740 .Ic workspace_limit .
742 Move current window to workspace
747 .Ic workspace_limit .
755 Move current window to region
761 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
763 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
765 Switch to next workspace.
767 Switch to previous workspace.
769 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
771 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
773 Switch to last visited workspace.
775 Switch to next region.
777 Switch to previous region.
778 .It Cm screenshot_all
779 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
783 .It Cm screenshot_wind
784 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
789 Toggle version in status bar.
791 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
798 Reinitialize physical screens
803 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
805 Restore (map) window returned by
808 .It Cm maximize_toggle
809 Toggle maximization of focused window.
811 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
813 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
815 Shrink the width of a floating window.
817 Grow the width of a floating window.
819 Shrink the height of a floating window.
821 Grow the height of a floating window.
823 Move a floating window a step to the left.
825 Move a floating window a step to the right.
827 Move a floating window a step upwards.
829 Move a floating window a step downwards.
830 .It Cm name_workspace
831 Name the current workspace.
832 .It Cm search_workspace
833 Search for a workspace.
835 Search the windows in the current workspace.
838 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
840 .Dl bind Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar keys
843 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
845 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
846 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
847 (b, Space, etc.), separated by
851 .Bd -literal -offset indent
852 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
853 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
856 To use the currently defined
858 specify MOD as the modifier key.
860 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
862 To bind non-latin characters such as \[oa] or \[*p] you must enter the xkb
863 character name instead of the character itself. Run xev, focus the window
864 and press the specific key and in the terminal output read the symbol name.
865 In the following example for \[oa]:
866 .Bd -literal -offset indent
867 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
868 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
869 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
870 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
871 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
872 XFilterEvent returns: False
875 The xkb name is aring. In other words, in
878 .Bd -literal -offset indent
879 bind[program] = MOD+aring
881 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
882 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
884 These files can be used with the
886 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
889 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
890 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
891 Czech Republic keyboard layout
892 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
893 Spanish keyboard layout
894 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
895 French keyboard layout
896 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
897 Swiss French keyboard layout
898 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
899 Swedish keyboard layout
900 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
901 United States keyboard layout
905 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
906 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
908 The default quirks are described below:
910 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
912 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
919 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
920 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
922 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
930 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
940 The quirks themselves are described below:
942 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
944 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
946 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using
949 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
951 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
953 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
955 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
957 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
958 application in the stack.
960 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
965 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
966 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
967 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
968 class/instance value. Has no effect when
973 When an application requests focus on the window via a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
974 client message (source indication of 1), comply with the request.
975 Note that a source indication of 0 (unspecified) or 2 (pager) are always
978 Ignore the PID when determining the initial workspace for a new window.
979 Especially useful for terminal windows that share a process.
981 Ignore the spawn workspace when determining the initial workspace for a
984 Force a new window to appear on workspace
988 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
990 .Dl quirk Ns Bo Ar class Ns Bo : Ns Ar instance Ns Bo : Ns Ar name Bc Bc Bc = Ar quirk Op + Ar quirk ...
996 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
999 is one of the quirks from the list above.
1001 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1002 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
1005 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1008 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1009 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
1011 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
1012 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
1013 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
1014 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
1015 window name of 'Console'.
1016 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
1017 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
1018 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
1019 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
1029 and then clicking on the desired window.
1030 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
1031 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1032 $ xprop | grep \-E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
1033 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
1034 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1035 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1040 displays WM_CLASS as:
1041 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1042 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
1045 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
1046 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1047 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
1051 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
1052 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1054 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1055 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1057 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1059 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1061 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1063 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1067 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1068 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1071 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1072 This enables controlling windows as well as
1074 itself from external scripts and programs.
1077 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1078 From the terminal these events
1079 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1084 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1086 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1087 property of the root window.
1088 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1089 title of the currently active window with
1093 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1094 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1095 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1098 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1103 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1104 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1105 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1108 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1113 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1114 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1115 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1118 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1119 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1120 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1122 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1125 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be
1126 floated or un-floated):
1127 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1128 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1131 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1132 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1133 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1134 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1137 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1138 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1142 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1143 the window to be resize/moved):
1144 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1145 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1148 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1150 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1154 a HUP signal will restart it.
1156 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1157 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1159 user specific settings.
1160 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1166 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1172 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1174 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1175 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1176 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1177 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1178 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1179 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1180 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1181 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1182 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1183 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org