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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_collapse
404 Enables hiding of placeholders in the urgency hint indicator for workspaces that
405 do not have any urgent windows. Enable by setting to 1.
406 .It Ic urgent_enabled
407 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
408 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
409 character to trigger urgency on the window. In
411 for example, one needs to add the following line to
413 .Bd -literal -offset indent
414 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
416 .It Ic verbose_layout
417 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
418 count in the status bar.
419 Enable by setting to 1.
426 for more information.
427 .It Ic window_class_enabled
428 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
429 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
430 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
431 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
432 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
433 .It Ic window_name_enabled
434 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
435 in the status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
437 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
438 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
441 option for more details.
443 Centers the mouse pointer on the focused window when using key bindings to
444 change focus, switch workspaces, change regions, etc. Enable by setting to 1.
445 .It Ic workspace_limit
446 Set the total number of workspaces available. Minimum is 1, maximum is 22,
451 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
452 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
457 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
459 .Dl program Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar progpath Op Ar arg Op Ar arg ...
462 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
464 is the desired program, and
466 is zero or more arguments to the program.
468 Remember that when using # in your program call, it must be escaped with a
471 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
474 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
478 .It Cm $bar_font_color
480 .It Cm $color_unfocus
482 \-b if bar_at_bottom is enabled.
484 .It Cm $workspace_index
488 .Bd -literal -offset indent
489 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
490 bind[ff] = MOD+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
493 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
494 .Bd -literal -offset indent
499 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
503 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
504 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
508 initscreen.sh # optional
509 .It Cm screenshot_all
510 screenshot.sh full # optional
511 .It Cm screenshot_wind
512 screenshot.sh window # optional
515 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
516 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
517 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
518 by freeing the respective key binding.
520 For example, to override
522 .Bd -literal -offset indent
523 program[lock] = xscreensaver\-command \-lock
528 and prevent it from being validated:
529 .Bd -literal -offset indent
530 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
534 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
536 The current mouse bindings are described below:
538 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
546 Resize window while maintaining it centered
549 The default key bindings are described below:
551 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
552 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
560 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
564 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
578 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
587 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
606 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
608 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
609 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
610 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
612 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
614 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
616 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
618 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
620 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
624 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
626 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
628 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
630 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
640 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
678 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
680 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
700 Swap the master and stacking areas.
708 Add windows to master area.
710 Remove windows from master area.
712 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
714 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
716 Move current window to master area.
718 Focus next window in workspace.
720 Focus previous window in workspace.
722 Focus on main window in workspace.
724 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set. The workspace is switched if needed.
726 Swap with next window in workspace.
728 Swap with previous window in workspace.
730 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
732 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
734 Delete current window in workspace.
736 Destroy current window in workspace.
743 .Ic workspace_limit .
745 Move current window to workspace
750 .Ic workspace_limit .
758 Move current window to region
764 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
766 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
768 Switch to next workspace.
770 Switch to previous workspace.
772 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
774 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
776 Switch to last visited workspace.
778 Switch to next region.
780 Switch to previous region.
781 .It Cm screenshot_all
782 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
786 .It Cm screenshot_wind
787 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
792 Toggle version in status bar.
794 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
801 Reinitialize physical screens
806 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
808 Restore (map) window returned by
811 .It Cm maximize_toggle
812 Toggle maximization of focused window.
814 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
816 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
818 Shrink the width of a floating window.
820 Grow the width of a floating window.
822 Shrink the height of a floating window.
824 Grow the height of a floating window.
826 Move a floating window a step to the left.
828 Move a floating window a step to the right.
830 Move a floating window a step upwards.
832 Move a floating window a step downwards.
833 .It Cm name_workspace
834 Name the current workspace.
835 .It Cm search_workspace
836 Search for a workspace.
838 Search the windows in the current workspace.
841 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
843 .Dl bind Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar keys
846 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
848 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
849 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
850 (b, Space, etc.), separated by
854 .Bd -literal -offset indent
855 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
856 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
859 To use the currently defined
861 specify MOD as the modifier key.
863 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
865 To bind non-latin characters such as \[oa] or \[*p] you must enter the xkb
866 character name instead of the character itself. Run xev, focus the window
867 and press the specific key and in the terminal output read the symbol name.
868 In the following example for \[oa]:
869 .Bd -literal -offset indent
870 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
871 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
872 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
873 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
874 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
875 XFilterEvent returns: False
878 The xkb name is aring. In other words, in
881 .Bd -literal -offset indent
882 bind[program] = MOD+aring
884 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
885 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
887 These files can be used with the
889 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
892 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
893 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
894 Czech Republic keyboard layout
895 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
896 Spanish keyboard layout
897 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
898 French keyboard layout
899 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
900 Swiss French keyboard layout
901 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
902 Swedish keyboard layout
903 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
904 United States keyboard layout
908 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
909 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
911 The default quirks are described below:
913 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
915 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
922 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
923 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
925 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
933 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
943 The quirks themselves are described below:
945 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
947 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
949 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using
952 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
954 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
956 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
958 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
960 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
961 application in the stack.
963 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
968 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
969 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
970 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
971 class/instance value. Has no effect when
976 When an application requests focus on the window via a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
977 client message (source indication of 1), comply with the request.
978 Note that a source indication of 0 (unspecified) or 2 (pager) are always
981 Ignore the PID when determining the initial workspace for a new window.
982 Especially useful for terminal windows that share a process.
984 Ignore the spawn workspace when determining the initial workspace for a
987 Force a new window to appear on workspace
991 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
993 .Dl quirk Ns Bo Ar class Ns Bo : Ns Ar instance Ns Bo : Ns Ar name Bc Bc Bc = Ar quirk Op + Ar quirk ...
999 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
1002 is one of the quirks from the list above.
1004 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1005 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
1008 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1011 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1012 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
1014 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
1015 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
1016 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
1017 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
1018 window name of 'Console'.
1019 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
1020 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
1021 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
1022 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
1032 and then clicking on the desired window.
1033 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
1034 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1035 $ xprop | grep \-E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
1036 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
1037 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1038 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1043 displays WM_CLASS as:
1044 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1045 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
1048 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
1049 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1050 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
1054 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
1055 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1057 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1058 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1060 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1062 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1064 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1066 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1070 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1071 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1074 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1075 This enables controlling windows as well as
1077 itself from external scripts and programs.
1080 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1081 From the terminal these events
1082 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1087 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1089 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1090 property of the root window.
1091 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1092 title of the currently active window with
1096 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1097 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1098 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1101 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1106 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1107 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1108 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1111 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1116 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1117 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1118 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1121 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1122 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1123 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1125 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1128 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be
1129 floated or un-floated):
1130 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1131 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1134 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1135 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1136 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1137 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1140 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1141 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1145 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1146 the window to be resize/moved):
1147 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1148 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1151 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1153 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1157 a HUP signal will restart it.
1159 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1160 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1162 user specific settings.
1163 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1169 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1175 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1177 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1178 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1179 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1180 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1181 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1182 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1183 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1184 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1185 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1186 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org