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A small, scriptable window manager, with a 9P filesystem interface and an acme-like layout.

License: MIT License

Makefile 2.66% Shell 4.95% Python 10.92% Ruby 1.81% C 74.75% PostScript 0.09% Limbo 0.33% Roff 4.49%

wmii's Introduction

Abstract

wmii is a dynamic window manager for X11. It supports classic and tiled window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and 9P-based[1] remote control. It consists of the wmii(1) window manager and the wmiir(1) the remote access utility.

Requirements

In order to build wmii you need the Xlib header files and libixp. xmessage is used by the default scripts. Libixp, if not provided, can be obtained from http://libs.suckless.org/. On debian, you should be able to obtain all dependencies by running make deb-dep. Python is recommended for more advanced configurations.

Installation

First, edit config.mk to match your local setup.

To build, simply run: make

To install, run the following, as root if necessary: make install

On debian, you should only have to run make deb to create a debian package. No further configuration should be necessary.

Running wmii

Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start wmii using startx:

until wmii; do :; done

In order to connect wmii to a specific display, make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly. For example:

DISPLAY=:1 wmii

This will start wmii on display :1.

Configuration

The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the rc script wmiirc, which remotely controls the window manager and handles various events. The main wmiirc script lives in @GLOBALCONF@ while wmiirc_local goes in @LOCALCONF@.

More advanced versions of wmiirc are provided in python and ruby. For more information on them, see alternative_wmiircs/README.

Credits

The following people have contributed especially to wmii in various ways:

Christoph Wegscheider
Georg Neis
Uwe Zeisberger
Uriel
Scot Doyle
Sebastian Hartmann
Bernhard Leiner
Jonas Domeij
Vincent <10 dot 50 at free dot fr>
Oliver Kopp
Sebastian Roth
Nico Golde
Steve Hoffman
Christof Musik
Steffen Liebergeld
Tobias Walkowiak
Sander van Dijk
Salvador Peiro
Anthony Martin
Icarus Sparry
Norman Golisz
Stefano K. Lee
Stefan Tibus
Neptun
Daniel Wäber <_wabu at web dot de>

References

[1] http://9p.cat-v.org [2] http://plan9.us

wmii's People

Contributors

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wmii's Issues

Makefile issue

For this to compile, it's necessary to substitute README to README.md in Makefile.
(Or exclude it altogether.)

wmii failure in pulldown menus?

On Arch 6.5.3 and with wmii pulled from here and compiled today, clicking in pulldown menus of certain websites no longer works correctly. Example:
CTAN, hover over any of the menus on top (Cover, Upload, Browse, Search), and try to select one of their items. Clicking has no effect anymore, with, remarkably, the occasional exception.
It works as expected with the other window managers I have tested today (rio, dwm, openbox, xmonad); and I have tested this with both Firefox and Chrome.

Compile issue

Hello everybody, is this project active yet?

I tried to build it on Ubuntu 20.04.03, I got some compilation error, maybe this is about libixp version?

MAKE all cmd/
LD cmd/wmiir.out
cc -o wmiir.out wmiir.o -L../lib -L/usr/lib ../lib/libstuff.a ../lib/libregexp9.a ../lib/libbio.a ../lib/libfmt.a ../lib/libutf.a -g -ldl
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `errfmt':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:40: undefined reference to `ixp_errbuf'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `flush':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:54: undefined reference to `ixp_write'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:59: undefined reference to `ixp_write'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xwrite':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:226: undefined reference to `ixp_open'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:231: undefined reference to `ixp_close'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xawrite':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:247: undefined reference to `ixp_open'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:264: undefined reference to `ixp_close'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xcreate':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:280: undefined reference to `ixp_create'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:286: undefined reference to `ixp_close'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xremove':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:301: undefined reference to `ixp_remove'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xread':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:322: undefined reference to `ixp_open'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:327: undefined reference to `ixp_read'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:334: undefined reference to `ixp_close'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xls':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:372: undefined reference to `ixp_stat'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:384: undefined reference to `ixp_freestat'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:387: undefined reference to `ixp_freestat'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:389: undefined reference to `ixp_open'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:398: undefined reference to `ixp_message'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:404: undefined reference to `ixp_pstat'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:397: undefined reference to `ixp_read'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:407: undefined reference to `ixp_close'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:412: undefined reference to `ixp_freestat'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `xnamespace':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:431: undefined reference to `ixp_namespace'
/usr/bin/ld: wmiir.o: in function `main':
/home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:535: undefined reference to `ixp_version_135_required'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:571: undefined reference to `ixp_mount'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:573: undefined reference to `ixp_nsmount'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/luca/git/wmii/cmd/wmiir.c:586: undefined reference to `ixp_unmount'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [../mk/hdr.mk:73: wmiir.out] Errore 1
make: *** [mk/dir.mk:15: dall] Errore 2

keybindings not working for float toggling

I have:

Key $MODKEY-space   # Toggle between floating and managed layers
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl select toggle

KeyGroup Moving clients around
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$LEFT   # Move selected client to the left
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel left
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$RIGHT  # Move selected client to the right
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel right
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$UP     # Move selected client up
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel up
Key $MODKEY-Shift-$DOWN   # Move selected client down
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel down

Key $MODKEY-Shift-space   # Toggle selected client between floating and managed layers
        wmiir xwrite /tag/sel/ctl send sel toggle

If, from a terminal, i simply type "wmiir xwrte /tag/sel/ctl send sel toggle", that works. But typing mod-shift-space does not work, nor does mod-space for switching between the float and non-float layers.

Any hints on where to look?