.\" $scrotwm$
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Marco Peereboom <marco@peereboom.us>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Darrin Chandler <dwchandler@stilyagin.com>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.Pp
The file supports the following keywords:
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-.Bl -tag -width "screenshot_enabledXXX" -offset indent -compact
+.Bl -tag -width "title_class_enabledXXX" -offset indent -compact
+.It Cm autorun
+Launch an application in a specified workspace at start-of-day.
+Currently this option does not support arguments so if those are required one
+must use a wrapper script.
+Defined in the format ws[<idx>]:application, e.g. ws[2]:xterm launches and
+xterm in workspace 2
.It Cm color_focus
Border color of the currently focussed window.
.It Cm color_unfocus
Enable or disable status bar.
.It Cm bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
Color of the status bar border in screen
+.It Cm bar_border_width
+Set status bar border thickness in pixels.
+Disable border by setting to 0
.Ar x .
.It Cm bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
Color of the status bar window in screen
such as battery life.
.It Cm bar_delay
Update frequency, in seconds, of external script that populates the status bar.
+.It Cm bar_at_bottom
+Place the statusbar at the bottom of each region instead of the top.
+.It Cm stack_enabled
+Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status bar.
.It Cm clock_enabled
-Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar. Disable by
-setting to 0 so a custom clock could be used in the bar_action script.
-.It Cm spawn_term
-External application that gets spawned when
-.Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
-is used.
+Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
+Disable by setting to 0
+so a custom clock could be used in the bar_action script.
.It Cm dialog_ratio
Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
.It Cm region
Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the same
space on the screen.
-Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y, e.g. screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
-.It Cm screenshot_enabled
-Enable or disable screenshot capability.
-.It Cm screenshot_app
-Set to the script that will take screenshots.
-It will be called with "full" or "window" as parameter 1 to indicate what
-screenshot action is expected.
-The script shall handle those cases accordingly.
+Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
+e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
.It Cm term_width
Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal
If this value is greater than 0,
.Nm
will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
width above this number as the window is resized.
-Only
+Only
.Xr xterm 1
is currently supported.
The
.Xr xterm 1
binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
-Users may need to set spawn term to use an alternate copy of the
+Users may need to set program[term] (see the
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+section) to use an alternate copy of the
.Xr xterm 1
binary without the setgid bit set.
+.It Cm title_class_enabled
+Enable or disable displaying the window class in the status bar.
+Enable by setting to 1
+.It Cm title_name_enabled
+Enable or disable displaying the window title in the status bar.
+Enable by setting to 1
+.It Cm window_name_enabled
+Enable or disable displaying the window name in the status bar.
+Enable by setting to 1
.It Cm modkey
Change mod key.
Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
+.It Cm focus_mode
+Using a value of follow_cursor will make the window manager focus the window
+under the mouse when switching workspaces and creating windows.
+.It Cm disable_border
+Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the screen.
+.It Cm border_width
+Set window border thickness in pixels.
+Disable all borders by setting to 0
+.It Cm program Ns Bq Ar p
+Define new action to spawn a program
+.Ar p .
+See the
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+section below.
.It Cm bind Ns Bq Ar x
Bind key combo to action
.Ar x .
See the
.Sx BINDINGS
section below.
+.It Cm quirk Ns Bq Ar c:n
+Add "quirk" for windows with class
+.Ar c
+and name
+.Ar n .
+See the
+.Sx QUIRKS
+section below.
.El
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Colors need to be specified per the
specification and fonts need to be specified per the
.Xr XQueryFont 3
specification.
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+To list the available fonts in your system see
+.Xr fc-list 1
+or
+.Xr xlsfonts 1
+manpages.
+The
+.Xr xfontsel 1
+application can help you to show the X Logical Font Description ("XLFD") used
+as setting in the keyword bar_font.
+.Sh PROGRAMS
+.Nm
+allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and then
+bind them the same as with built-in actions.
+See the
+.Sx BINDINGS
+section below.
+.Pp
+The default programs are described below:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
+.It Cm term
+xterm
+.It Cm screenshot_all
+screenshot.sh full
+.It Cm screenshot_wind
+screenshot.sh window
+.It Cm lock
+xlock
+.It Cm initscr
+initscreen.sh
+.It Cm menu
+dmenu_run \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
+.El
+.Pp
+Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
+.Pp
+.Dl program[<name>] = <progpath> [<arg> [... <arg>]]
+.Pp
+.Aq name
+is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
+.Aq progpath
+is the desired program, and
+.Aq arg
+is zero or more arguments to the program.
+.Pp
+The following variables represent settable values in
+.Nm
+(see the
+.Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
+section above),
+and may be used in the
+.Aq arg
+fields and will be substituted for values at the time the program is spawned:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
+.It Cm $bar_border
+.It Cm $bar_color
+.It Cm $bar_font
+.It Cm $bar_font_color
+.It Cm $color_focus
+.It Cm $color_unfocus
+.El
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+Example:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://scrotwm.org/
+bind[ff] = Mod+f # Now Mod+F launched firefox
+.Ed
+.Pp
+To undo the previous:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+bind[] = Mod+f
+program[ff] =
+.Ed
+.Pp
.Sh BINDINGS
.Nm
provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
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.Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
.It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
-spawn_term
+term
.It Cm M-p
-spawn_menu
+menu
.It Cm M-S-q
quit
.It Cm M-q
ws_next
.It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
ws_prev
+.It Cm M-a
+ws_prior
.It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
screen_next
.It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
version
.It Cm M-t
float_toggle
-.It Cm M-S Aq Cm Delete
-spawn_lock
+.It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
+lock
.It Cm M-S-i
-spawn_initscr
+initscr
+.It Cm M-w
+iconify
+.It Cm M-S-w
+uniconify
.El
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The action names and descriptions are listed below:
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.Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
-.It Cm spawn_term
+.It Cm term
Spawn a new terminal
-.It Cm spawn_menu
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
+.It Cm menu
Menu
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
.It Cm quit
Quit
.Nm
Switch to next workspace with a window in it
.It Cm ws_prev
Switch to previous workspace with a window in it
+.It Cm ws_prior
+Switch to last visited workspace
.It Cm screen_next
Move pointer to next region
.It Cm screen_prev
Move pointer to previous region
.It Cm screenshot_all
Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
.It Cm screenshot_wind
Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
.It Cm version
Toggle version in status bar
.It Cm float_toggle
Toggle focused window between tiled and floating
-.It Cm spawn_lock
+.It Cm lock
Lock screen
-.It Cm spawn_initscr
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
+.It Cm initscr
Reinitialize physical screens
+(see
+.Sx PROGRAMS
+above)
+.It Cm iconify
+Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
+.It Cm uniconify
+Maximize (map) window returned by dmenu selection.
.El
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Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
.Aq keys
is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
(MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
-(b, space, etc.), separated by "+". For example:
+(b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
+For example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
.Ed
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Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
+.Sh QUIRKS
+.Nm
+provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
+in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
+.Pp
+The default quirks are described below:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
+.It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
+TRANSSZ
+.It Firefox:Dialog
+FLOAT
+.It Gimp:gimp
+FLOAT + ANYWHERE
+.It MPlayer:xv
+FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
+.It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
+FLOAT
+.It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
+FLOAT
+.It pcb:pcb
+FLOAT
+.It xine:Xine Window
+FLOAT + ANYWHERE
+.It xine:xine Panel
+FLOAT + ANYWHERE
+.It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
+FULLSCREEN + FLOAT
+.It Xitk:Xitk Combo
+FLOAT + ANYWHERE
+.It Xitk:Xine Window
+FLOAT + ANYWHERE
+.It XTerm:xterm
+XTERM_FONTADJ
+.El
+.Pp
+The quirks themselves are described below:
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
+.It FLOAT
+This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
+.It TRANSSZ
+Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
+(see
+.Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
+.It ANYWHERE
+Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
+.It XTERM_FONTADJ
+Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
+.It FULLSCREEN
+Remove border to allow window to use full screen size.
+.It FOCUSPREV
+On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous application
+in the stack.
+.El
+.Pp
+Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
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+.Dl quirk[<class>:<name>] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
+.Pp
+.Aq class
+and
+.Aq name
+specify the window to which the quirk(s) apply, and
+.Aq quirk
+is one of the quirks from the list above.
+For example:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+quirk[MPlayer:xv] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
+quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
+.Ed
+.Pp
+You can obtain
+.Aq class
+and
+.Aq name
+by running xprop(1) and then clicking on the desired window.
+In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+$ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
+WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
+.Ed
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+Note that grepping for WM_CLASS flips class and name.
+In the example above the quirk entry would be:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
+.Ed
+.Sh SIGNALS
+Sending
+.Nm
+a HUP signal will retstart it.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/scrotwm.confXXX" -compact
.It Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf
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