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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 #.
91 is desired in an option, then it 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
103 Note that workspace mapping is handled via
107 spawns windows via a daemon, ensure the daemon is started
112 For example, starting
116 .Bd -literal -offset indent
117 LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libswmhack.so.0.0 urxvtd -q -o -f
120 Spawned programs automatically have
124 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
125 such as battery life.
127 Place the statusbar at the bottom of each region instead of the top.
128 .It Ic bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
129 Border color of the status bar(s) in screen
131 .It Ic bar_border_unfocus Ns Bq Ar x
132 Border color of the status bar(s) on unfocused region(s) in screen
134 .It Ic bar_border_width
135 Set status bar border thickness in pixels.
136 Disable border by setting to 0.
137 .It Ic bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
138 Background color of the status bar(s) in screen
144 .It Ic bar_enabled_ws Ns Bq Ar x
151 Font used in the status bar.
152 Either Xft or X Logical Font Description (XLFD) may be used to specify fonts.
153 Fallback fonts may be specified by separating each font with a comma.
154 If all entries are in XLFD syntax, font set will be used.
155 If at least one entry is Xft, Xft will be used.
156 Note that if Xft is in use, only the first font that successfully loads will
157 be used regardless of missing glyphs.
158 The default is to use font set.
161 does not support Xft fonts.
164 .Bd -literal -offset indent
165 bar_font = Terminus:style=Regular:pixelsize=14:antialias=true
167 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,Terminus:pixelsize=14,\
168 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
172 .Bd -literal -offset indent
173 bar_font = -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
175 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
176 -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
177 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
180 To list the available fonts in your system see
187 application can help with the XLFD setting.
188 .It Ic bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
189 Color of the font in status bar in screen
192 Set the bar format string, overriding
197 The format is passed through
200 It may contain the following character sequences:
201 .Bl -column "Character sequence" "Replaced with" -offset indent
202 .It Sy "Character sequence" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
203 .It Li "+<" Ta "Pad with a space"
204 .It Li "+A" Ta "Output of the external script"
205 .It Li "+C" Ta "Window class (from WM_CLASS)"
206 .It Li "+D" Ta "Workspace name"
207 .It Li "+F" Ta "Floating indicator"
208 .It Li "+I" Ta "Workspace index"
209 .It Li "+M" Ta "Number of iconic (minimized) windows in workspace"
210 .It Li "+N" Ta "Screen number"
211 .It Li "+P" Ta "Window class and instance separated by a colon"
212 .It Li "+S" Ta "Stacking algorithm"
213 .It Li "+T" Ta "Window instance (from WM_CLASS)"
214 .It Li "+U" Ta "Urgency hint"
215 .It Li "+V" Ta "Program version"
216 .It Li "+W" Ta "Window name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)"
217 .It Li "++" Ta "A literal" Ql +
220 All character sequences may limit its output to a specific length, for
222 Any characters that don't match the specification are copied as-is.
224 Justify the status bar text.
231 Note that if the output is not left justified, it may not be properly
232 aligned in some circumstances, due to the white-spaces in the default
236 option for more details.
237 .It Ic bind Ns Bq Ar x
238 Bind key combo to action
244 Set window border thickness in pixels.
245 Disable all borders by setting to 0.
246 .It Ic boundary_width
247 Set region containment boundary width in pixels.
248 This is how far a window must be dragged/resized beyond the region edge
249 before it is allowed outside the region.
250 This has no effect when manipulating the window with key bindings.
251 Disable the window containment effect by setting to 0.
253 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
254 Disable by setting to 0
255 so a custom clock could be used in the
258 .It Ic iconic_enabled
259 Display the number of iconic (minimized) windows in the status bar.
260 Enable by setting to 1.
262 Border color of the currently focused window.
264 .It Ic color_focus_maximized
265 Border color of the currently focused, maximized window.
266 Defaults to the value of
269 Border color of unfocused windows, default is rgb:88/88/88.
270 .It Ic color_unfocus_maximized
271 Border color of unfocused, maximized windows.
272 Defaults to the value of
275 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
276 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
277 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
278 .It Ic disable_border
279 Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the
282 Window to put focus when the focused window is closed.
292 are relative to the window that is closed.
293 .It Ic focus_close_wrap
294 Whether to allow the focus to jump to the last window when the first window
295 is closed or vice versa.
296 Disable by setting to 0.
298 Window to put focus when no window has been focused.
305 Window focus behavior with respect to the mouse cursor.
308 .Bl -tag -width "default" -offset indent -compact
310 Set window focus on border crossings caused by cursor motion and
313 Set window focus on all cursor border crossings, including workspace switches
314 and changes to layout.
316 Set window focus on window interaction only.
318 .It Ic java_workaround
319 Workaround a Java GUI rendering issue on non-reparenting window managers by
320 impersonating the LG3D window manager, written by Sun.
322 .It Ic keyboard_mapping
323 Clear all key bindings and load new key bindings from the specified file.
324 This allows you to load pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
326 .Sx KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
327 section below for a list of keyboard mapping files that have been provided
328 for several keyboard layouts.
330 Select layout to use at start-of-day.
331 Defined in the format
332 .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 ,
333 e.g. ws[2]:-4:0:1:0:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack
334 mode, shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the
335 stack, while maintaining default floating window behavior.
355 for more information.
356 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects.
357 One should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting
362 This setting is not retained at restart.
365 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
367 Set the name of a workspace at start-of-day.
368 Defined in the format
369 .Li ws Ns Bo Ar idx Bc : Ns Ar name ,
370 e.g. ws[1]:Console sets the name of workspace 1 to
372 .It Ic program Ns Bq Ar p
373 Define new action to spawn a program
378 .It Ic quirk Ns Bq Ar c Ns Li : Ns Ar i Ns Li : Ns Ar n
379 Add "quirk" for windows with class
389 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the
390 same space on the screen.
391 Defined in the format
392 .Li screen Ns Bo Ar idx Ns Bc : Ns Ar width Ns x Ns Ar height Ns + Ns Ar x Ns + Ns Ar y ,
393 e.g. screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
395 To make a region span multiple monitors, create a region big enough to cover
396 them all, e.g. screen[1]:2048x768+0+0 makes the region span two monitors with
397 1024x768 resolution sitting one next to the other.
398 .It Ic region_padding
399 Pixel width of empty space within region borders.
400 Disable by setting to 0.
401 .It Ic spawn_position
402 Position in stack to place newly spawned windows.
413 are relative to the focused window.
415 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status
418 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal.
419 If this value is greater than 0,
421 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
422 width above this number as the window is resized.
425 is currently supported.
428 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
429 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
431 section) to use an alternate copy of the
433 binary without the setgid bit set.
435 Pixel width of empty space between tiled windows.
436 Negative values cause overlap.
437 Set this to the opposite of
439 to collapse the border between tiles.
440 Disable by setting to 0.
441 .It Ic urgent_collapse
442 Enables hiding of placeholders in the urgency hint indicator for workspaces that
443 do not have any urgent windows.
444 Enable by setting to 1.
445 .It Ic urgent_enabled
446 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
447 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
448 character to trigger urgency on the window.
451 for example, one needs to add the following line to
453 .Bd -literal -offset indent
454 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
456 .It Ic verbose_layout
457 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
458 count in the status bar.
459 Enable by setting to 1.
466 for more information.
467 .It Ic window_class_enabled
468 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
470 Enable by setting to 1.
471 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
472 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
474 Enable by setting to 1.
475 .It Ic window_name_enabled
476 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
478 Enable by setting to 1.
480 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
481 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
484 option for more details.
486 Centers the mouse pointer on the focused window when using key bindings to
487 change focus, switch workspaces, change regions, etc.
488 Enable by setting to 1.
489 .It Ic workspace_limit
490 Set the total number of workspaces available.
491 Minimum is 1, maximum is 22, default is 10.
495 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
496 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
501 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
503 .Dl program Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar progpath Op Ar arg Op Ar arg ...
506 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
508 is the desired program, and
510 is zero or more arguments to the program.
512 Remember that when using
514 in your program call, it must be escaped with a backslash, i.e. \e#
516 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
519 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
523 .It Cm $bar_font_color
525 .It Cm $color_unfocus
531 .It Cm $workspace_index
535 .Bd -literal -offset indent
536 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
537 bind[ff] = MOD+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
540 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
541 .Bd -literal -offset indent
546 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
550 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
551 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
555 initscreen.sh # optional
556 .It Cm screenshot_all
557 screenshot.sh full # optional
558 .It Cm screenshot_wind
559 screenshot.sh window # optional
562 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
563 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
564 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
565 by freeing the respective key binding.
567 For example, to override
569 .Bd -literal -offset indent
570 program[lock] = xscreensaver\-command \-lock
575 and prevent it from being validated:
576 .Bd -literal -offset indent
577 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
581 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
583 The current mouse bindings are described below:
585 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
593 Resize window while maintaining it centered
596 The default key bindings are described below:
598 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
599 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
607 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
611 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
625 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
634 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
653 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
655 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
656 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
657 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
659 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
661 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
663 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
665 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
667 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
671 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
673 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
675 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
677 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
687 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
725 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
727 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
747 Swap the master and stacking areas.
755 Add windows to master area.
757 Remove windows from master area.
759 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
761 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
763 Move current window to master area.
765 Focus next window in workspace.
767 Focus previous window in workspace.
769 Focus on main window in workspace.
771 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set.
772 The workspace is switched if needed.
774 Swap with next window in workspace.
776 Swap with previous window in workspace.
778 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
780 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
782 Delete current window in workspace.
784 Destroy current window in workspace.
791 .Ic workspace_limit .
793 Move current window to workspace
798 .Ic workspace_limit .
806 Move current window to region
812 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
814 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
816 Switch to next workspace.
818 Switch to previous workspace.
820 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
822 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
824 Switch to last visited workspace.
826 Switch to next region.
828 Switch to previous region.
829 .It Cm screenshot_all
830 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
834 .It Cm screenshot_wind
835 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
840 Toggle version in status bar.
842 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
849 Reinitialize physical screens
854 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
856 Restore (map) window returned by
859 .It Cm maximize_toggle
860 Toggle maximization of focused window.
862 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
864 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
866 Shrink the width of a floating window.
868 Grow the width of a floating window.
870 Shrink the height of a floating window.
872 Grow the height of a floating window.
874 Move a floating window a step to the left.
876 Move a floating window a step to the right.
878 Move a floating window a step upwards.
880 Move a floating window a step downwards.
881 .It Cm name_workspace
882 Name the current workspace.
883 .It Cm search_workspace
884 Search for a workspace.
886 Search the windows in the current workspace.
889 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
891 .Dl bind Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar keys
894 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
896 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
897 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
898 (b, Space, etc.), separated by
902 .Bd -literal -offset indent
903 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
904 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
907 To use the currently defined
909 specify MOD as the modifier key.
911 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
913 To bind non-latin characters such as \[oa] or \[*p] you must enter the xkb
914 character name instead of the character itself.
917 focus the window and press the specific key and in the terminal output read
919 In the following example for \[oa]:
920 .Bd -literal -offset indent
921 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
922 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
923 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
924 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
925 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
926 XFilterEvent returns: False
929 The xkb name is aring.
933 .Bd -literal -offset indent
934 bind[program] = MOD+aring
936 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
937 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
939 These files can be used with the
941 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
944 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
945 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
946 Czech Republic keyboard layout
947 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
948 Spanish keyboard layout
949 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
950 French keyboard layout
951 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
952 Swiss French keyboard layout
953 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
954 Swedish keyboard layout
955 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
956 United States keyboard layout
960 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
961 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
963 The default quirks are described below:
965 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
967 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
974 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
975 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
977 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
985 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
995 The quirks themselves are described below:
997 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
999 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
1001 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using
1004 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
1006 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
1010 fonts when resizing.
1012 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
1014 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
1015 application in the stack.
1017 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
1022 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
1023 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
1024 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
1025 class/instance value.
1031 When an application requests focus on the window via a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1032 client message (source indication of 1), comply with the request.
1033 Note that a source indication of 0 (unspecified) or 2 (pager) are always
1036 Ignore the PID when determining the initial workspace for a new window.
1037 Especially useful for terminal windows that share a process.
1039 Ignore the spawn workspace when determining the initial workspace for a
1042 Force a new window to appear on workspace
1046 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
1048 .Dl quirk Ns Bo Ar class Ns Bo : Ns Ar instance Ns Bo : Ns Ar name Bc Bc Bc = Ar quirk Op + Ar quirk ...
1054 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
1057 is one of the quirks from the list above.
1059 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1060 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
1063 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1066 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1067 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
1069 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
1070 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
1071 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
1072 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
1073 window name of 'Console'.
1074 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
1075 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
1076 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
1077 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
1087 and then clicking on the desired window.
1088 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
1089 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1090 $ xprop | grep \-E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
1091 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
1092 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1093 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1098 displays WM_CLASS as:
1099 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1100 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
1103 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
1104 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1105 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
1109 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
1110 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1112 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1113 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1115 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1117 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1119 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1121 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1125 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1126 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1129 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1130 This enables controlling windows as well as
1132 itself from external scripts and programs.
1135 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1136 From the terminal these events
1137 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1142 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1144 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1145 property of the root window.
1146 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1147 title of the currently active window with
1151 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1152 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1153 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1156 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1161 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1162 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1163 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1166 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1171 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1172 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1173 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1176 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1177 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1178 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1180 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1183 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be
1184 floated or un-floated):
1185 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1186 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1189 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1190 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1191 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1192 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1195 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1196 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1200 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1201 the window to be resize/moved):
1202 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1203 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1206 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1208 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1212 a HUP signal will restart it.
1214 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1215 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1217 user specific settings.
1218 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1224 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1230 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1232 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1233 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1234 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1235 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1236 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1237 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1238 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1239 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1240 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1241 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org