monsterwm

Maintaining my version of monsterwm. Changes: - remove unused functions - track my config - merge window titles into main - merge rectangles into main - add ignore to AppRules to allow, e.g., stalonetray without being managed - print status for lemonbar periodically (and on every update event) - prevent running commands from writing to stdout (to preserve status) - add RTILE for tiling with main window on the right (default) - add pointless gaps

→ tiny and monstrous!

monsterwm is a minimal, lightweight, tiny but monstrous dynamic tiling window manager. It will try to stay as small as possible. Currently under 700 lines with the config file included. It provides a set of different layout modes (see below), including floating mode support. Each virtual desktop has its own properties, unaffected by other desktops' or monitors' settings. For screenshots and ramblings/updates check the topic on ArchLinux forums.

Modes

Monsterwm allows opening the new window as master or opening the window at the bottom of the stack (attach_aside)

Common tiling mode:

--------------
|        | W |
|        |___|
| Master |   |
|        |___|
|        |   |
--------------

Bottom Stack (bstack) tiling mode:

-------------
|           |
|  Master   |
|-----------|
| W |   |   |
-------------

Grid tiling mode:

-------------
|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
|   |   |   |
|---|---|---|
|   |   |   |
-------------

one can have as many windows he wants. GRID layout automatically manages the rows and columns.

Monocle mode (aka fullscreen)

-------------
|           |
| no        |
| borders!  |
|           |
-------------

MONOCLE layout presents one window at a time in fullscreen mode. Windows have no borders on this layout to save space. See the monocleborders branch to give those windows borders.

floating mode

-------------
|  |        |
|--'  .---. |
|     |   | |
|     |   | |
------`---'--

In floating mode one can freely move and resize windows in the screen space. Changing desktops, adding or removing floating windows, does not affect the floating status of the windows. Windows will revert to their tiling mode position once the user selects a tiling mode. To enter the floating mode, either change the layout to FLOAT, or enabled it by moving or resizing a window with the mouse, the window is then marked as being in floating mode.

All shortcuts are accessible via the keyboard and the mouse, and defined in config.h file.

All desktops store their settings independently.

The window W at the top of the stack can be resized on a per desktop basis.
Changing a tiling mode or window size on one desktop doesn't affect the other desktops.
toggling the panel in one desktop does not affect the state of the panel in other desktops.

Panel - Statusbar

The user can define an empty space (by default 18px) on the bottom or top(default) of the screen, to be used by a panel. The panel is toggleable, but will be visible if no windows are on the screen.

This fork generates output intended to be piped to lemonbar.

To change the status output, modify write_status.

Installation

You need Xlib, then, copy config.def.h as config.h and edit to suit your needs. Build and install.

$ cp config.def.h config.h
$ $EDITOR config.h
$ make
# make clean install

Patches

Some extensions to the code are supported in the form of patches. See other branches for the patch and code. Easiest way to apply a patch, is to git merge that branch.

Currently:

centerwindow : center new floating windows on the screen and center any window with a shortcut
fibonacci : adds fibonacci layout mode
initlayouts : define initial layouts for every desktop
monocleborders : adds borders to the monocle layout
nmaster : adds nmaster layout - multiple master windows for BSTACK and TILE layouts
showhide : adds a function to show and hide all windows on all desktops
uselessgaps : adds gaps around every window on screen
warpcursor : cursors follows and is placed in the center of the current window

There is also another branch, called [core]. core is an even more stripped and minimal version of monsterwm, on top of which the master branch is built and extended.

The is also xinerama support for multiple monitors.

xinerama-core : the equivalent of core branch with xinerama support
xinerama-master : the equivalent of master branch with xinerama support
xinerama-init : configurable initial values for each desktop on each monitor

monsterwm

→ tiny and monstrous!

Modes

Panel - Statusbar

Installation

Patches

Bugs

License

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