sowm (Simple Shitty Opinionated Window Manager)
An itsy bitsy floating window manager (220~ sloc!).
- Floating only.
- Fullscreen toggle.
- Window centering.
- Mix of mouse and keyboard workflow.
- Focus with cursor.
- Rounded corners (through patch)
- Titlebars (through patch)
- Alt-Tab window focusing.
- All windows die on exit.
- No window borders.
- No ICCCM.
- No EWMH.
- etc etc etc
Patches available here: https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm/pulls
Default Keybindings
Window Management
| combo | action |
|---|---|
Mouse |
focus under cursor |
MOD4 + Left Mouse |
move window |
MOD4 + Right Mouse |
resize window |
MOD4 + f |
maximize toggle |
MOD4 + c |
center window |
MOD4 + q |
kill window |
MOD4 + 1-6 |
desktop swap |
MOD4 + Shift +1-6 |
send window to desktop |
MOD1 + TAB (alt-tab) |
focus cycle |
Programs
| combo | action | program |
|---|---|---|
MOD4 + Return |
terminal | st |
MOD4 + d |
dmenu | dmenu_run |
MOD4 + p |
scrot | scr |
MOD4 + w |
wallpaper cycler | bud |
XF86_AudioLowerVolume |
volume down | amixer |
XF86_AudioRaiseVolume |
volume up | amixer |
XF86_AudioMute |
volume toggle | amixer |
XF86_MonBrightnessUp |
brightness up | bri |
XF86_MonBrightnessDown |
brightness down | bri |
Dependencies
xlib(usuallylibX11).
Installation
1) Copy config.def.h to config.h and modify it to suit your needs.
2) Run make to build sowm.
3) Copy it to your path or run make install.
DESTDIRandPREFIXare supported. 4) (Optional) Apply patch withgit apply patches/patch-name- In case of applying multiple patches, it has to be done manually.
If you are using GDM, save the following to /usr/share/xsessions/sowm.desktop. It is still recommended to start sowm from .xinitrc or through
your own xinit implementation.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=sowm
Comment=This session runs sowm as desktop manager
Exec=sowm
Type=Application