NAME¶
evilwm - Minimalist Window Manager for X
SYNOPSIS¶
evilwm [ -display display ] [ -term termprog ] [
-fn fontname ] [ -fg foreground colour ] [ -fc
fixed colour ] [ -bg background colour ] [ -bw
borderwidth ] [ -snap num ] [ -mask1
modifiers ] [ -mask2 modifiers ] [ -altmask
modifier ] [ [ -app name/class [ -g
geometry ] [ -v vdesk ] [ -s ] ]... [
-nosoliddrag ] [ -V ]
DESCRIPTION¶
evilwm is a minimalist window manager based on aewm, extended to feature
many keyboard controls, and otherwise altered to be more friendly.
In
evilwm, the focus follows the mouse pointer, and focus is not lost if
you stray onto the root window. The current window border is shaded gold, with
other windows left as a dark grey.
You can use the mouse to manipulate windows either by click/dragging the 1 pixel
border, or by holding down Alt and doing so anywhere in the client window. The
controls are:
- Button 1
- Move window.
- Button 2
- Resize window.
- Button 3
- Lower window.
Most keyboard controls are used by holding down Control and Alt, then pressing a
key. Available functions are:
- Return
- Spawn new terminal.
- Escape
- Delete current window. Hold Shift as well to force kill a
client.
- Insert
- Lower current window.
- H, J, K, L
- Move window left, down, up or right (16 pixels). Holding
Shift resizes the window instead.
- Y, U, B, N
- Move window to top-left, top-right, bottom-left or
bottom-right of screen.
- I
- Show information about current window.
- Equals
- Maximise current window vertically (toggle).
- X
- Maximise current window (toggle).
If compiled with virtual desktop support, these functions are also available:
- F
- Fix or unfix current window.
- 1--8
- Switch virtual desktop.
- Left
- Previous virtual desktop.
- Right
- Next virtual desktop.
In addition to the above, Alt+Tab can be used to cycle through windows on
screen.
To make
evilwm exit, you have to kill the process.
OPTIONS¶
- -display display
- specifies the X display to run on.
- -term termprog
- specifies an alternative program to run when spawning a new
terminal (defaults to xterm, or x-terminal-emulator in Debian).
- -fn fontname
- specify a font to use when resizing or displaying window
titles.
- -fg foreground colour
- frame colour of currently active window.
- -fc fixed colour
- frame colour of active fixed windows.
- -bg background colour
- frame colour of inactive windows.
- -bw borderwidth
- width of window borders in pixels.
- -snap num
- enable snap-to-border support. num gives the proximity in
pixels to snap to.
- -mask1 modifiers
- -mask2 modifiers
- -altmask modifier
- override the default keyboard modifiers used to grab keys
for window manager functionality. mask1 is used for most keyboard
controls (default: control+alt), and mask2 is used for mouse button
controls and cycling windows (default: alt). altmask is used to
modify the behaviour of certain controls (default: shift). Modifiers may
be separated with + signs. Valid modifiers are shift, lock, control, alt,
mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5.
- -app name/class
- match an application by instance name and class (for help
in finding these, use the xprop tool to extract the WM_CLASS
property). Subsequent -g, -s and -v options will apply to
this match.
- -g geometry
- apply a geometry (using a standard X geometry string) to
applications matching the last -app.
- -v vdesk
- specify a default virtual desktop for applications matching
the last -app. Note that desktops are numbered from 0.
- -s
- specify that application is to start with a sticky client
window.
- -nosoliddrag
- draw a window outline while moving or resizing.
- -V
- print version number.
BUGS¶
The author's idea of friendly may differ to that of many other people.
AUTHOR¶
Ciaran Anscomb <evilwm@6809.org.uk>.
aewm was written by Decklin Foster <fosterd@hartwick.edu>.
9wm was written by David Hogan <dhog@cs.su.oz.au>.
SEE ALSO¶
xterm(1),
xprop(1)
