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SXWM: Superior X Window Manager

SXWM is a window manager for X inspired by DWM, i3, and other tiling window managers. Windows are assigned to tags, and are automatically arranged on the screen in a stacked layout making the most of your monitor. SXWM is easily configurable in the config file and is designed to be as extensible as possible.

Created by Jason Moore

Building

The required build tools are: gcc, make You will also require the necessary libraries glibc, libx11, xorgproto

make sxwm
make sxwmbar

Usage

You can test SXWM using make by running

make test

If you're feeling brave you can add SXWM to your .xinitrc and see just how unfinished it is.

sxwm [--help] [--config </path/to/config>]

Configuration

SXWM is capable of reading from a config file specified as a command line argument. Use the -c or --config command line option to specify a configuration file. There is an example config file in share/defaultconfig which you could use as a start. It shows off the commands available.

sxwm -c ./share/defaultconfig
sxwm --config=./share/defaultconfig

Comments in the configuration file are denoted with # symbols.

# This line is a comment
run some program	# This is a comment at the end of a line

Bind a key combination to an internal function with the bind operation.

bind    win+1        selectTag 1
bind    win+shift+q  exit

Use the run and start operations to execute another program in the same or in a new session.

run   ./sxwmbar        # Will stop running when you close SXWM
start another program  # Will continue running after SXWM finishes