maxwelm's Introduction

maxwelm (Maximizing Window Element Manager)

maxwelm is written by Zach Sisco <[email protected]>, 2016.

Maxwelm is a simple window manager based off of catwm, my previous window manager ShMOW, and bits of dwm and TinyWM when I get stuck. The main idea is to have a window manager suitable for small screens (and slower machines) that minimizes clutter and maximizes precious screen real estate.

####Features

All windows are maximized on creation (like monocle mode in dwm or other tiling window managers)
Windows can be moved and resized with the mouse or through hotkeys
Status bar at the top of the screen displays current desktop number, focused window name, and custom status text
Virtual desktops

####Configuration

All configuration is done in config.h (mostly key bindings, colors, and custom commands)
Custom status text is set by xsetroot -name $status (similar to dwm) where $status is a string variable. A sample shell script is provided -- statusbar.sh. It may use programs not installed on your machine; change it to output whatever you like.

####Dependencies

Xlib.
dmenu (optional).

####Installation

$ vi config.h
# make install clean

####Functionality and default hotkeys:

Alt + Button1, drag:   interactive window move
Alt + Button3, drag:   interactive window resize
Alt + h/j/k/l:         move window (left/down/up/right)
Alt + Shift + h/j/k/l: resize window (left/down/up/right)
Alt + m:               toggle maximize for focused window
Alt + Shift + w:       close focused window
Alt + Tab:             focus next window
Alt + Shift + Tab:     focus previous window
Alt + (0 - 9)          focus virtual desktop (0 - 9)
Alt + Shift + (0 - 9): move focused window to virtual desktop (0 - 9)
Alt + Enter:           spawn terminal
Alt + p:               spawn dmenu
Alt + Control + t:     quit maxwelm

####Screenshots