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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 maximize_hide_bar
321 will also hide/restore the bar visibility of the affected workspace.
323 .It Ic java_workaround
324 Workaround a Java GUI rendering issue on non-reparenting window managers by
325 impersonating the LG3D window manager, written by Sun.
327 .It Ic keyboard_mapping
328 Clear all key bindings and load new key bindings from the specified file.
329 This allows you to load pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
331 .Sx KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
332 section below for a list of keyboard mapping files that have been provided
333 for several keyboard layouts.
335 Select layout to use at start-of-day.
336 Defined in the format
337 .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 ,
338 e.g. ws[2]:-4:0:1:0:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack
339 mode, shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the
340 stack, while maintaining default floating window behavior.
361 for more information.
362 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects.
363 One should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting
368 This setting is not retained at restart.
371 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
373 Set the name of a workspace at start-of-day.
374 Defined in the format
375 .Li ws Ns Bo Ar idx Bc : Ns Ar name ,
376 e.g. ws[1]:Console sets the name of workspace 1 to
378 .It Ic program Ns Bq Ar p
379 Define new action to spawn a program
384 .It Ic quirk Ns Bq Ar c Ns Li : Ns Ar i Ns Li : Ns Ar n
385 Add "quirk" for windows with class
395 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the
396 same space on the screen.
397 Defined in the format
398 .Li screen Ns Bo Ar idx Ns Bc : Ns Ar width Ns x Ns Ar height Ns + Ns Ar x Ns + Ns Ar y ,
399 e.g. screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
401 To make a region span multiple monitors, create a region big enough to cover
402 them all, e.g. screen[1]:2048x768+0+0 makes the region span two monitors with
403 1024x768 resolution sitting one next to the other.
404 .It Ic region_padding
405 Pixel width of empty space within region borders.
406 Disable by setting to 0.
407 .It Ic spawn_position
408 Position in stack to place newly spawned windows.
419 are relative to the focused window.
421 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status
424 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal.
425 If this value is greater than 0,
427 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
428 width above this number as the window is resized.
431 is currently supported.
434 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
435 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
437 section) to use an alternate copy of the
439 binary without the setgid bit set.
441 Pixel width of empty space between tiled windows.
442 Negative values cause overlap.
443 Set this to the opposite of
445 to collapse the border between tiles.
446 Disable by setting to 0.
447 .It Ic urgent_collapse
448 Enables hiding of placeholders in the urgency hint indicator for workspaces that
449 do not have any urgent windows.
450 Enable by setting to 1.
451 .It Ic urgent_enabled
452 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
453 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
454 character to trigger urgency on the window.
457 for example, one needs to add the following line to
459 .Bd -literal -offset indent
460 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
462 .It Ic verbose_layout
463 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
464 count in the status bar.
465 Enable by setting to 1.
472 for more information.
473 .It Ic window_class_enabled
474 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
476 Enable by setting to 1.
477 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
478 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
480 Enable by setting to 1.
481 .It Ic window_name_enabled
482 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
484 Enable by setting to 1.
486 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
487 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
490 option for more details.
492 Centers the mouse pointer on the focused window when using key bindings to
493 change focus, switch workspaces, change regions, etc.
494 Enable by setting to 1.
495 .It Ic workspace_limit
496 Set the total number of workspaces available.
497 Minimum is 1, maximum is 22, default is 10.
501 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
502 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
507 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
509 .Dl program Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar progpath Op Ar arg Op Ar arg ...
512 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
514 is the desired program, and
516 is zero or more arguments to the program.
518 Remember that when using
520 in your program call, it must be escaped with a backslash, i.e. \e#
522 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
525 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
529 .It Cm $bar_font_color
531 .It Cm $color_unfocus
537 .It Cm $workspace_index
541 .Bd -literal -offset indent
542 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
543 bind[ff] = MOD+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
546 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
547 .Bd -literal -offset indent
552 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
556 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
557 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
561 initscreen.sh # optional
562 .It Cm screenshot_all
563 screenshot.sh full # optional
564 .It Cm screenshot_wind
565 screenshot.sh window # optional
568 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
569 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
570 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
571 by freeing the respective key binding.
573 For example, to override
575 .Bd -literal -offset indent
576 program[lock] = xscreensaver\-command \-lock
581 and prevent it from being validated:
582 .Bd -literal -offset indent
583 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
587 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
589 The current mouse bindings are described below:
591 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
599 Resize window while maintaining it centered
602 The default key bindings are described below:
604 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
605 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
613 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
617 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
633 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
642 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
661 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
663 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
664 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
665 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
667 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
669 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
671 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
673 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
675 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
679 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
681 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
683 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
685 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
699 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
737 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
739 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
759 Swap the master and stacking areas.
763 Balance master/stacking area.
769 Add windows to master area.
771 Remove windows from master area.
773 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
775 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
777 Move current window to master area.
779 Focus next window in workspace.
781 Focus previous window in workspace.
783 Focus on main window in workspace.
785 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set.
786 The workspace is switched if needed.
788 Swap with next window in workspace.
790 Swap with previous window in workspace.
792 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
794 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
796 Delete current window in workspace.
798 Destroy current window in workspace.
805 .Ic workspace_limit .
807 Move current window to workspace
812 .Ic workspace_limit .
820 Move current window to region
826 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
828 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
830 Switch to next workspace.
832 Switch to previous workspace.
834 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
836 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
838 Switch to last visited workspace.
840 Switch to next region.
842 Switch to previous region.
844 Switch region to next screen.
846 Switch region to previous screen.
847 .It Cm screenshot_all
848 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
852 .It Cm screenshot_wind
853 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
858 Toggle version in status bar.
860 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
867 Reinitialize physical screens
872 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
874 Restore (map) window returned by
877 .It Cm maximize_toggle
878 Toggle maximization of focused window.
880 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
882 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
884 Shrink the width of a floating window.
886 Grow the width of a floating window.
888 Shrink the height of a floating window.
890 Grow the height of a floating window.
892 Move a floating window a step to the left.
894 Move a floating window a step to the right.
896 Move a floating window a step upwards.
898 Move a floating window a step downwards.
899 .It Cm name_workspace
900 Name the current workspace.
901 .It Cm search_workspace
902 Search for a workspace.
904 Search the windows in the current workspace.
907 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
909 .Dl bind Ns Bo Ar action Bc = Ar keys
912 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
914 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
915 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
916 (b, Space, etc.), separated by
920 .Bd -literal -offset indent
921 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
922 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
925 To use the currently defined
927 specify MOD as the modifier key.
929 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
931 To bind non-latin characters such as \[oa] or \[*p] you must enter the xkb
932 character name instead of the character itself.
935 focus the window and press the specific key and in the terminal output read
937 In the following example for \[oa]:
938 .Bd -literal -offset indent
939 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
940 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
941 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
942 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
943 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
944 XFilterEvent returns: False
947 The xkb name is aring.
951 .Bd -literal -offset indent
952 bind[program] = MOD+aring
954 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
955 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
957 These files can be used with the
959 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
962 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
963 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
964 Czech Republic keyboard layout
965 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
966 Spanish keyboard layout
967 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
968 French keyboard layout
969 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
970 Swiss French keyboard layout
971 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
972 Swedish keyboard layout
973 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
974 United States keyboard layout
978 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
979 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
981 The default quirks are described below:
983 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
985 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
992 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
993 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
995 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
1003 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
1007 .It Xitk:Xine Window
1013 The quirks themselves are described below:
1015 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1017 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
1019 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using
1022 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
1024 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
1028 fonts when resizing.
1030 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
1032 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
1033 application in the stack.
1035 Remove from normal focus cycle (focus_prev or focus_next). The window can
1036 still be focused using search_win.
1038 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
1043 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
1044 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
1045 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
1046 class/instance value.
1052 When an application requests focus on the window via a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1053 client message (source indication of 1), comply with the request.
1054 Note that a source indication of 0 (unspecified) or 2 (pager) are always
1057 Ignore the PID when determining the initial workspace for a new window.
1058 Especially useful for terminal windows that share a process.
1060 Ignore the spawn workspace when determining the initial workspace for a
1063 Force a new window to appear on workspace
1067 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
1069 .Dl quirk Ns Bo Ar class Ns Bo : Ns Ar instance Ns Bo : Ns Ar name Bc Bc Bc = Ar quirk Op + Ar quirk ...
1075 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
1078 is one of the quirks from the list above.
1080 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1081 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
1084 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
1087 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1088 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
1090 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
1091 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
1092 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
1093 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
1094 window name of 'Console'.
1095 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
1096 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
1097 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
1098 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
1108 and then clicking on the desired window.
1109 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
1110 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1111 $ xprop | grep \-E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
1112 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
1113 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1114 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1119 displays WM_CLASS as:
1120 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1121 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
1124 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
1125 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1126 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
1130 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
1131 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1133 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1134 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1136 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1138 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1140 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1142 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1146 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1147 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1150 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1151 This enables controlling windows as well as
1153 itself from external scripts and programs.
1156 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1157 From the terminal these events
1158 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1163 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1165 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1166 property of the root window.
1167 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1168 title of the currently active window with
1172 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1173 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1174 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1177 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1182 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1183 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1184 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1187 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1192 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1193 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1194 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1197 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1198 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1199 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1201 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1204 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be
1205 floated or un-floated):
1206 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1207 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1210 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1211 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1212 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1213 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1216 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1217 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1221 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1222 the window to be resize/moved):
1223 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1224 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1227 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1229 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1233 a HUP signal will restart it.
1235 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1236 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1238 user specific settings.
1239 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1245 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1251 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1253 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1254 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1255 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1256 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1257 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1258 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1259 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1260 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1261 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1262 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org