Pretty Simple Window Manager

Inspired by evilwm.

Quick start

$ git clone https://github.com/lauchimoon/pswm.git
$ cd pswm
$ Xephyr -br -ac -noreset -screen 800x600 -resizeable :1 &
$ gcc -o pswm main.c -lX11 -lXrandr
$ DISPLAY=:1 xsetroot -solid \#400040 -cursor_name top_left_arrow
$ ./pswm 1

Usage

Keyboard

• Mod + Return: spawn terminal
• Mod + H: move window to the left
• Mod + J: move window downwards
• Mod + K: move window upwards
• Mod + L: move window to the right
• Mod + X: maximize window (resize to display dimensions)

Mouse

• Mod + LeftButton: drag window
• Mod + RightButton: resize window

Mod and terminal are configured on a .pswmrc file which must be located at your home directory. Here's an example:

mask mod1
term xterm

In case this file didn't exist beforehand, pswm will create it with the defaults stated at main.c

Demo

References

• https://github.com/nikolas/evilwm
• https://github.com/mackstann/tinywm
• https://github.com/joewing/jwm