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  18 .Dd $Mdocdate$
  19 .Dt SCROTWM 1
  20 .Os
  21 .Sh NAME
  22 .Nm scrotwm
  23 .Nd window manager for X11
  24 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  25 .Nm scrotwm
  26 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  27 .Nm
  28 is a minimalistic window manager that tries to stay out of the way so that
  29 valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff.
  30 It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any
  31 configuration.
  32 It was written by hackers for hackers and it strives to be small, compact and
  33 fast.
  34 .Pp
  35 When
  36 .Nm
  37 starts up, it reads settings from its configuration file,
  38 .Pa scrotwm.conf .
  39 See the
  40 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
  41 section below.
  42 .Pp
  43 The following notation is used throughout this page:
  44 .Pp
  45 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
  46 .It Cm M
  47 Meta
  48 .It Cm S
  49 Shift
  50 .It Aq Cm Name
  51 Named key
  52 .It Cm M1
  53 Mouse button 1
  54 .It Cm M3
  55 Mouse button 3
  56 .El
  57 .Pp
  58 .Nm
  59 is very simple in its use.
  60 Most of the actions are initiated via key or mouse bindings.
  61 See the
  62 .Sx BINDINGS
  63 section below for defaults and customizations.
  64 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
  65 .Nm
  66 first tries to open the user specific file,
  67 .Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf .
  68 If that file is unavailable,
  69 it then tries to open the global configuration file
  70 .Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf .
  71 .Pp
  72 The format of the file is \*(Ltkeyword\*(Gt = \*(Ltsetting\*(Gt.
  73 For example:
  74 .Pp
  75 .Dl color_focus = red
  76 .Pp
  77 Enabling or disabling an option is done by using 1 or 0 respectively.
  78 .Pp
  79 The file supports the following keywords:
  80 .Pp
  81 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_enabledXXX" -offset indent -compact
  82 .It Cm color_focus
  83 Border color of the currently focussed window.
  84 .It Cm color_unfocus
  85 Border color of unfocussed windows.
  86 .It Cm bar_enabled
  87 Enable or disable status bar.
  88 .It Cm bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
  89 Color of the status bar border in screen
  90 .Ar x .
  91 .It Cm bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
  92 Color of the status bar window in screen
  93 .Ar x .
  94 .It Cm bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
  95 Color of the font in status bar in screen
  96 .Ar x .
  97 .It Cm bar_font
  98 Status bar font.
  99 .It Cm bar_action
 100 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
 101 such as battery life.
 102 .It Cm bar_delay
 103 Update frequency, in seconds, of external script that populates the status bar.
 104 .It Cm clock_enabled
 105 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
 106 Disable by setting to 0
 107 so a custom clock could be used in the bar_action script.
 108 .It Cm spawn_term
 109 External application that gets spawned when
 110 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
 111 is used.
 112 .It Cm dialog_ratio
 113 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
 114 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
 115 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
 116 .It Cm region
 117 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the same
 118 space on the screen.
 119 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
 120 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
 121 .It Cm screenshot_enabled
 122 Enable or disable screenshot capability.
 123 .It Cm screenshot_app
 124 Set to the script that will take screenshots.
 125 It will be called with "full" or "window" as parameter 1 to indicate what
 126 screenshot action is expected.
 127 The script shall handle those cases accordingly.
 128 .It Cm term_width
 129 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal
 130 If this value is greater than 0,
 131 .Nm
 132 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
 133 width above this number as the window is resized.
 134 Only
 135 .Xr xterm 1
 136 is currently supported.
 137 The
 138 .Xr xterm 1
 139 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
 140 Users may need to set spawn term to use an alternate copy of the
 141 .Xr xterm 1
 142 binary without the setgid bit set.
 143 .It Cm title_class_enabled
 144 Enable or disable displaying the window class in the status bar.
 145 Enable by setting to 1
 146 .It Cm title_name_enabled
 147 Enable or disable displaying the window title in the status bar.
 148 Enable by setting to 1
 149 .It Cm modkey
 150 Change mod key.
 151 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
 152 .It Cm bind Ns Bq Ar x
 153 Bind key combo to action
 154 .Ar x .
 155 See the
 156 .Sx BINDINGS
 157 section below.
 158 .It Cm quirk Ns Bq Ar c:n
 159 Add "quirk" for windows with class
 160 .Ar c
 161 and name
 162 .Ar n .
 163 See the
 164 .Sx QUIRKS
 165 section below.
 166 .El
 167 .Pp
 168 Colors need to be specified per the
 169 .Xr XQueryColor 3
 170 specification and fonts need to be specified per the
 171 .Xr XQueryFont 3
 172 specification.
 173 .Sh BINDINGS
 174 .Nm
 175 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
 176 .Pp
 177 The current mouse bindings are described below:
 178 .Pp
 179 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
 180 .It Cm M1
 181 Focus window
 182 .It Cm M-M1
 183 Move window
 184 .It Cm M-M3
 185 Resize window
 186 .It Cm M-S-M3
 187 Resize window while maintaining it centered
 188 .El
 189 .Pp
 190 The default key bindings are described below:
 191 .Pp
 192 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
 193 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
 194 spawn_term
 195 .It Cm M-p
 196 spawn_menu
 197 .It Cm M-S-q
 198 quit
 199 .It Cm M-q
 200 restart
 201 .Nm
 202 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
 203 cycle_layout
 204 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
 205 reset_layout
 206 .It Cm M-h
 207 master_shrink
 208 .It Cm M-l
 209 master_grow
 210 .It Cm M-,
 211 master_add
 212 .It Cm M-.
 213 master_del
 214 .It Cm M-S-,
 215 stack_inc
 216 .It Cm M-S-.
 217 stack_del
 218 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
 219 swap_main
 220 .It Xo
 221 .Cm M-j ,
 222 .Cm M- Ns Aq Cm TAB
 223 .Xc
 224 focus_next
 225 .It Xo
 226 .Cm M-k ,
 227 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
 228 .Xc
 229 focus_prev
 230 .It Cm M-m
 231 focus_main
 232 .It Cm M-S-j
 233 swap_next
 234 .It Cm M-S-k
 235 swap_prev
 236 .It Cm M-b
 237 bar_toggle
 238 .It Cm M-x
 239 wind_del
 240 .It Cm M-S-x
 241 wind_kill
 242 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar n
 243 .Ns ws_ Ns Ar n
 244 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar n
 245 .Ns mvws_ Ns Ar n
 246 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
 247 ws_next
 248 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
 249 ws_prev
 250 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
 251 screen_next
 252 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
 253 screen_prev
 254 .It Cm M-s
 255 screenshot_all
 256 .It Cm M-S-s
 257 screenshot_wind
 258 .It Cm M-S-v
 259 version
 260 .It Cm M-t
 261 float_toggle
 262 .It Cm M-S Aq Cm Delete
 263 spawn_lock
 264 .It Cm M-S-i
 265 spawn_initscr
 266 .El
 267 .Pp
 268 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
 269 .Pp
 270 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
 271 .It Cm spawn_term
 272 Spawn a new terminal
 273 .It Cm spawn_menu
 274 Menu
 275 .It Cm quit
 276 Quit
 277 .Nm
 278 .It Cm restart
 279 Restart
 280 .Nm
 281 .It Cm cycle_layout
 282 Cycle layout
 283 .It Cm reset_layout
 284 Reset layout
 285 .It Cm master_shrink
 286 Shrink master area
 287 .It Cm master_grow
 288 Grow master area
 289 .It Cm master_add
 290 Add windows to master area
 291 .It Cm master_del
 292 Remove windows from master area
 293 .It Cm stack_inc
 294 Add columns/rows to stacking area
 295 .It Cm stack_del
 296 Remove columns/rows from stacking area
 297 .It Cm swap_main
 298 Move current window to master area
 299 .It Cm focus_next
 300 Focus next window in workspace
 301 .It Cm focus_prev
 302 Focus previous window in workspace
 303 .It Cm focus_main
 304 Focus on main window in workspace
 305 .It Cm swap_next
 306 Swap with next window in workspace
 307 .It Cm swap_prev
 308 Swap with previous window in workspace
 309 .It Cm bar_toggle
 310 Toggle status bar in all workspaces
 311 .It Cm wind_del
 312 Delete current window in workspace
 313 .It Cm wind_kill
 314 Destroy current window in workspace
 315 .It Cm ws_ Ns Ar n
 316 Switch to workspace
 317 .Ar n ,
 318 where
 319 .Ar n
 320 is 1 through 10
 321 .It Cm mvws_ Ns Ar n
 322 Move current window to workspace
 323 .Ar n ,
 324 where
 325 .Ar n
 326 is 1 through 10
 327 .It Cm ws_next
 328 Switch to next workspace with a window in it
 329 .It Cm ws_prev
 330 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it
 331 .It Cm screen_next
 332 Move pointer to next region
 333 .It Cm screen_prev
 334 Move pointer to previous region
 335 .It Cm screenshot_all
 336 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
 337 .It Cm screenshot_wind
 338 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
 339 .It Cm version
 340 Toggle version in status bar
 341 .It Cm float_toggle
 342 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating
 343 .It Cm spawn_lock
 344 Lock screen
 345 .It Cm spawn_initscr
 346 Reinitialize physical screens
 347 .El
 348 .Pp
 349 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
 350 .Pp
 351 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
 352 .Pp
 353 .Aq action
 354 is one of the actions listed above (or empty) and
 355 .Aq keys
 356 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
 357 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
 358 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
 359 For example:
 360 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 361 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
 362 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
 363 .Ed
 364 .Pp
 365 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
 366 .Sh QUIRKS
 367 .Nm
 368 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
 369 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
 370 .Pp
 371 The default quirks are described below:
 372 .Pp
 373 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
 374 .It Firefox-bin:firefox-bin
 375 TRANSSZ
 376 .It Firefox:Dialog
 377 FLOAT
 378 .It Gimp:gimp
 379 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
 380 .It MPlayer:xv
 381 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN
 382 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
 383 FLOAT
 384 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
 385 FLOAT
 386 .It pcb:pcb
 387 FLOAT
 388 .It xine:Xine Window
 389 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
 390 .It xine:xine Panel
 391 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
 392 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
 393 FULLSCREEN + FLOAT
 394 .It Xitk:Xitk Combo
 395 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
 396 .It Xitk:Xine Window
 397 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
 398 .It XTerm:xterm
 399 XTERM_FONTADJ
 400 .El
 401 .Pp
 402 The quirks themselves are described below:
 403 .Pp
 404 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
 405 .It FLOAT
 406 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
 407 .It TRANSSZ
 408 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
 409 (see
 410 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
 411 .It ANYWHERE
 412 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
 413 .It XTERM_FONTADJ
 414 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
 415 .It FULLSCREEN
 416 Remove border to allow window to use full screen size.
 417 .El
 418 .Pp
 419 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
 420 .Pp
 421 .Dl quirk[<class>:<name>] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
 422 .Pp
 423 .Aq class
 424 and
 425 .Aq name
 426 specify the window to which the quirk(s) apply, and
 427 .Aq quirk
 428 is one of the quirks from the list above.
 429 For example:
 430 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 431 quirk[MPlayer:xv] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN # let mplayer play
 432 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE  # remove existing quirk
 433 .Ed
 434 .Pp
 435 You can obtain
 436 .Aq class
 437 and
 438 .Aq name
 439 by running xprop(1) and then clicking on the desired window.
 440 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
 441 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 442 $ xprop | grep WM_CLASS
 443 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
 444 .Ed
 445 .Sh FILES
 446 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/scrotwm.confXXX" -compact
 447 .It Pa ~/.scrotwm.conf
 448 .Nm
 449 user specific settings.
 450 .It Pa /etc/scrotwm.conf
 451 .Nm
 452 global settings.
 453 .El
 454 .Sh HISTORY
 455 .Nm
 456 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
 457 .Sh AUTHORS
 458 .An -nosplit
 459 .Pp
 460 .Nm
 461 was written by
 462 .An Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us ,
 463 .An Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
 464 and
 465 .An Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com .
 466 .Sh BUGS
 467 Currently the menu, invoked with
 468 .Cm M-p ,
 469 depends on dmenu.