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20 .Dd $Mdocdate: February 15 2012 $
21 .Dt SPECTRWM 1
22 .Os
23 .Sh NAME
24 .Nm spectrwm
25 .Nd window manager for X11
26 .Sh SYNOPSIS
27 .Nm spectrwm
28 .Sh DESCRIPTION
29 .Nm
30 is a minimalistic window manager that tries to stay out of the way so that
31 valuable screen real estate can be used for much more important stuff.
32 It has sane defaults and does not require one to learn a language to do any
33 configuration.
34 It was written by hackers for hackers and it strives to be small, compact and
35 fast.
36 .Pp
37 When
38 .Nm
39 starts up, it reads settings from its configuration file,
40 .Pa spectrwm.conf .
41 See the
42 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
43 section below.
44 .Pp
45 The following notation is used throughout this page:
46 .Pp
47 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
48 .It Cm M
49 Meta
50 .It Cm S
51 Shift
52 .It Aq Cm Name
53 Named key
54 .It Cm M1
55 Mouse button 1
56 .It Cm M3
57 Mouse button 3
58 .El
59 .Pp
60 .Nm
61 is very simple in its use.
62 Most of the actions are initiated via key or mouse bindings.
63 See the
64 .Sx BINDINGS
65 section below for defaults and customizations.
66 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
67 .Nm
68 first tries to open the user specific file,
69 .Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf .
70 If that file is unavailable,
71 it then tries to open the global configuration file
72 .Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf .
73 .Pp
74 The format of the file is \*(Ltkeyword\*(Gt = \*(Ltsetting\*(Gt.
75 For example:
76 .Pp
77 .Dl color_focus = red
78 .Pp
79 Enabling or disabling an option is done by using 1 or 0 respectively.
80 .Pp
81 Colors need to be specified per the
82 .Xr XQueryColor 3
83 specification.
84 .Pp
85 Comments begin with a #. When a literal '#' is desired in an option, then it
86 must be escaped with a backslash. i.e. \e#
87 .Pp
88 The file supports the following keywords:
89 .Bl -tag -width 2m
90 .It Ic autorun
91 Launch an application in a specified workspace at start-of-day.
92 Defined in the format ws[<idx>]:application, e.g. ws[2]:xterm launches an
93 xterm in workspace 2.
94 .It Ic bar_action
95 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
96 such as battery life.
97 .It Ic bar_at_bottom
98 Place the statusbar at the bottom of each region instead of the top.
99 .It Ic bar_border Ns Bq Ar x
100 Border color of the status bar(s) in screen
101 .Ar x .
102 .It Ic bar_border_unfocus Ns Bq Ar x
103 Border color of the status bar(s) on unfocused region(s) in screen
104 .Ar x .
105 .It Ic bar_border_width
106 Set status bar border thickness in pixels.
107 Disable border by setting to 0.
108 .It Ic bar_color Ns Bq Ar x
109 Background color of the status bar(s) in screen
110 .Ar x .
111 .It Ic bar_enabled
112 Set default
113 .Ar bar_toggle
114 state; default is 1.
115 .It Ic bar_enabled_ws Ns Bq Ar x
116 Set default
117 .Ar bar_toggle_ws
118 state on workspace
119 .Ar x ;
120 default is 1.
121 .It Ic bar_font
122 Font used in the status bar. Either Xft or X Logical Font Description (XLFD)
123 may be used to specify fonts. Fallback fonts may be specified by separating
124 each font with a comma. If all entries are XLFD syntax, font set will be
125 used. If at least one entry is Xft, Xft will be used. Note that if Xft is in
126 use, only the first font that successfully loads will be used regardless of
127 missing glyphs. The default is to use font set. Also note that dmenu does
128 not support Xft fonts.
129 .Pp
130 Xft examples:
131 .Bd -literal -offset indent
132 bar_font = Terminus:style=Regular:pixelsize=14:antialias=true
133
134 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,Terminus:pixelsize=14,\
135 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
136 .Ed
137 .Pp
138 Font set examples:
139 .Bd -literal -offset indent
140 bar_font = -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
141
142 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
143 -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
144 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
145 .Ed
146 .Pp
147 To list the available fonts in your system see
148 .Xr fc-list 1
149 or
150 .Xr xlsfonts 1
151 manpages.
152 The
153 .Xr xfontsel 1
154 application can help with the XLFD setting.
155 .Pp
156 .It Ic bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
157 Color of the font in status bar in screen
158 .Ar x .
159 .It Ic bar_format
160 Set the bar_format string and overrides
161 .Ic clock_format
162 and all of the
163 .Ic enabled
164 options.
165 The format is passed through
166 .Xr strftime 3
167 before being used.
168 It may contain the following character sequences:
169 .Bl -column "Character sequence" "Replaced with" -offset indent
170 .It Sy "Character sequence" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
171 .It Li "+<" Ta "Pad with a space"
172 .It Li "+A" Ta "Output of the external script"
173 .It Li "+C" Ta "Window class (from WM_CLASS)"
174 .It Li "+D" Ta "Workspace name"
175 .It Li "+F" Ta "Floating indicator"
176 .It Li "+I" Ta "Workspace index"
177 .It Li "+M" Ta "Number of iconic (minimized) windows in workspace"
178 .It Li "+N" Ta "Screen number"
179 .It Li "+P" Ta "Window class and instance separated by a colon"
180 .It Li "+S" Ta "Stacking algorithm"
181 .It Li "+T" Ta "Window instance (from WM_CLASS)"
182 .It Li "+U" Ta "Urgency hint"
183 .It Li "+V" Ta "Program version"
184 .It Li "+W" Ta "Window name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)"
185 .It Li "++" Ta "A literal" Ql +
186 .El
187 .Pp
188 All character sequences may limit its output to a specific length, for
189 example +64A. Any characters that don't match the specification are copied
190 as-is.
191 .It Ic bar_justify
192 Justify the status bar text. Possible values are
193 .Pa left ,
194 .Pa center ,
195 and
196 .Pa right .
197 .Pp
198 Note that if the output is not
199 .Pa left
200 justified, it may not be properly aligned in some circumstances, due to the
201 white-spaces in the default static format.
202 See the
203 .Ic bar_format
204 option for more details.
205 .It Ic bind Ns Bq Ar x
206 Bind key combo to action
207 .Ar x .
208 See the
209 .Sx BINDINGS
210 section below.
211 .It Ic border_width
212 Set window border thickness in pixels.
213 Disable all borders by setting to 0.
214 .It Ic boundary_width
215 Set region containment boundary width in pixels. This is how far a window
216 must be dragged/resized beyond the region edge before it is allowed outside
217 the region. This has no effect when manipulating the window with key
218 bindings. Disable the window containment effect by setting to 0.
219 .It Ic clock_enabled
220 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
221 Disable by setting to 0
222 so a custom clock could be used in the
223 .Pa bar_action
224 script.
225 .It Ic iconic_enabled
226 Display the number of iconic (minimized) windows in the status bar.
227 Enable by setting to 1.
228 .It Ic color_focus
229 Border color of the currently focussed window.
230 .It Ic color_unfocus
231 Border color of unfocussed windows.
232 .It Ic dialog_ratio
233 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
234 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
235 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
236 .It Ic disable_border
237 Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the
238 region.
239 .It Ic focus_close
240 Window to put focus when the focused window is closed.
241 Possible values are
242 .Pa first ,
243 .Pa next ,
244 .Pa previous
245 (default) and
246 .Pa last .
247 .Pa next
248 and
249 .Pa previous
250 are relative to the window that is closed.
251 .It Ic focus_close_wrap
252 Whether to allow the focus to jump to the last window when the first window
253 is closed or vice versa. Disable by setting to 0.
254 .It Ic focus_default
255 Window to put focus when no window has been focused. Possible values are
256 .Pa first
257 and
258 .Pa last
259 (default).
260 .It Ic focus_mode
261 Window focus behavior with respect to the mouse cursor. Possible values:
262 .Pp
263 .Bl -tag -width "default" -offset indent -compact
264 .It Cm default
265 Set window focus on border crossings caused by cursor motion and
266 window interaction.
267 .It Cm follow
268 Set window focus on all cursor border crossings, including workspace switches
269 and changes to layout.
270 .It Cm manual
271 Set window focus on window interaction only.
272 .El
273 .It Ic java_workaround
274 Workaround a Java GUI rendering issue on non-reparenting window managers by
275 impersonating LG3D window manager, written by Sun. Default is 1.
276 .It Ic keyboard_mapping
277 Clear all key bindings and load new key bindings from the specified file.
278 This allows you to load pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
279 See the
280 .Sx KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
281 section below for a list of keyboard mapping files that have been provided
282 for several keyboard layouts.
283 .It Ic layout
284 Select layout to use at start-of-day. Defined in the format
285 ws[idx]:master_grow:master_add:stack_inc:layout:always_raise:stack_mode, e.g.
286 ws[2]:-4:0:1:0:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack mode and
287 shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the stack, while
288 maintaining default floating window behavior.
289 Possible stack_mode values are
290 .Pa vertical ,
291 .Pa vertical_flip ,
292 .Pa horizontal ,
293 .Pa horizontal_flip
294 and
295 .Pa fullscreen .
296 .Pp
297 See
298 .Pa master_grow ,
299 .Pa master_shrink ,
300 .Pa master_add ,
301 .Pa master_del ,
302 .Pa stack_inc ,
303 .Pa stack_dec ,
304 and
305 .Pa always_raise
306 for more information.
307 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects. One
308 should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting with the
309 .Pa layout
310 option.
311 .Pp
312 This setting is not retained at restart.
313 .It Ic modkey
314 Change mod key.
315 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
316 .It Ic program Ns Bq Ar p
317 Define new action to spawn a program
318 .Ar p .
319 See the
320 .Sx PROGRAMS
321 section below.
322 .It Ic quirk Ns Bq Ar c:i:n
323 Add "quirk" for windows with class
324 .Ar c ,
325 instance
326 .Ar i
327 and name
328 .Ar n .
329 See the
330 .Sx QUIRKS
331 section below.
332 .It Ic region
333 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the
334 same space on the screen.
335 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
336 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
337 .Pp
338 To make a region span multiple monitors, create a region big enough to cover
339 them all, e.g. screen[1]:2048x768+0+0 makes the region span two monitors with
340 1024x768 resolution sitting one next to the other.
341 .It Ic region_padding
342 Pixel width of empty space within region borders.
343 Disable by setting to 0.
344 .It Ic spawn_position
345 Position in stack to place newly spawned windows.
346 Possible values are
347 .Pa first ,
348 .Pa next ,
349 .Pa previous
350 and
351 .Pa last
352 (default).
353 .Pa next
354 and
355 .Pa previous
356 are relative to the focused window.
357 .It Ic stack_enabled
358 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status
359 bar.
360 .It Ic term_width
361 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal.
362 If this value is greater than 0,
363 .Nm
364 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
365 width above this number as the window is resized.
366 Only
367 .Xr xterm 1
368 is currently supported.
369 The
370 .Xr xterm 1
371 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
372 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
373 .Sx PROGRAMS
374 section) to use an alternate copy of the
375 .Xr xterm 1
376 binary without the setgid bit set.
377 .It Ic tile_gap
378 Pixel width of empty space between tiled windows. Negative values cause overlap.
379 Set this to the opposite of border_width to collapse the border between tiles.
380 Disable by setting to 0.
381 .It Ic urgent_enabled
382 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
383 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
384 character to trigger urgency on the window. In xterm, for example, one needs to
385 add the following line to
386 .Pa .Xdefaults :
387 .Bd -literal -offset indent
388 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
389 .Ed
390 .It Ic verbose_layout
391 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
392 count in the status bar.
393 Enable by setting to 1.
394 See
395 .Pa master_add ,
396 .Pa master_del ,
397 .Pa stack_inc
398 and
399 .Pa stack_dec
400 for more information.
401 .It Ic window_class_enabled
402 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
403 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
404 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
405 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
406 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
407 .It Ic window_name_enabled
408 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
409 in the status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
410 .Pp
411 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
412 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
413 See the
414 .Ic bar_format
415 option for more details.
416 .It Ic workspace_limit
417 Set the total number of workspaces available. Minimum is 1, maximum is 22,
418 default is 10.
419 .El
420 .Sh PROGRAMS
421 .Nm
422 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
423 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
424 See the
425 .Sx BINDINGS
426 section below.
427 .Pp
428 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
429 .Pp
430 .Dl program[<action>] = <progpath> [<arg> [... <arg>]]
431 .Pp
432 .Aq action
433 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
434 .Aq progpath
435 is the desired program, and
436 .Aq arg
437 is zero or more arguments to the program.
438 .Pp
439 Remember that when using # in your program call, it must be escaped with a
440 backslash. i.e. \e#
441 .Pp
442 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
443 is spawned:
444 .Pp
445 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
446 .It Cm $bar_border
447 .It Cm $bar_color
448 .It Cm $bar_font
449 .It Cm $bar_font_color
450 .It Cm $color_focus
451 .It Cm $color_unfocus
452 .It Cm $dmenu_bottom
453 -b if bar_at_bottom is enabled.
454 .It Cm $region_index
455 .It Cm $workspace_index
456 .El
457 .Pp
458 Example:
459 .Bd -literal -offset indent
460 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
461 bind[ff] = Mod+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
462 .Ed
463 .Pp
464 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
465 .Bd -literal -offset indent
466 bind[] = Mod+Shift+b
467 .Ed
468 .Pp
469 Default programs:
470 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
471 .It Cm lock
472 xlock
473 .It Cm menu
474 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
475 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
476 .It Cm term
477 xterm
478 .It Cm initscr
479 initscreen.sh # optional
480 .It Cm screenshot_all
481 screenshot.sh full # optional
482 .It Cm screenshot_wind
483 screenshot.sh window # optional
484 .El
485 .Pp
486 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
487 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
488 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
489 by freeing the respective key binding.
490 .Pp
491 For example, to override
492 .Ic lock :
493 .Bd -literal -offset indent
494 program[lock] = xscreensaver-command --lock
495 .Ed
496 .Pp
497 To unbind
498 .Ic lock
499 and prevent it from being validated:
500 .Bd -literal -offset indent
501 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
502 .Ed
503 .Sh BINDINGS
504 .Nm
505 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
506 .Pp
507 The current mouse bindings are described below:
508 .Pp
509 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
510 .It Cm M1
511 Focus window
512 .It Cm M-M1
513 Move window
514 .It Cm M-M3
515 Resize window
516 .It Cm M-S-M3
517 Resize window while maintaining it centered
518 .El
519 .Pp
520 The default key bindings are described below:
521 .Pp
522 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
523 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
524 term
525 .It Cm M-p
526 menu
527 .It Cm M-S-q
528 quit
529 .It Cm M-q
530 restart
531 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
532 cycle_layout
533 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm \e
534 flip_layout
535 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
536 stack_reset
537 .It Cm M-h
538 master_shrink
539 .It Cm M-l
540 master_grow
541 .It Cm M-,
542 master_add
543 .It Cm M-.
544 master_del
545 .It Cm M-S-,
546 stack_inc
547 .It Cm M-S-.
548 stack_dec
549 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
550 swap_main
551 .It Xo
552 .Cm M-j ,
553 .Cm M- Ns Aq Cm TAB
554 .Xc
555 focus_next
556 .It Xo
557 .Cm M-k ,
558 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
559 .Xc
560 focus_prev
561 .It Cm M-m
562 focus_main
563 .It Cm M-S-j
564 focus_urgent
565 .It Cm M-u
566 swap_next
567 .It Cm M-S-k
568 swap_prev
569 .It Cm M-b
570 bar_toggle
571 .It Cm M-S-b
572 bar_toggle_ws
573 .It Cm M-x
574 wind_del
575 .It Cm M-S-x
576 wind_kill
577 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
578 .Pf ws_ Aq Ar 1-22
579 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
580 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
581 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
582 .Pf rg_ Aq Ar 1-9
583 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
584 .Pf mvrg_ Aq Ar 1-9
585 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
586 ws_next
587 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
588 ws_prev
589 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
590 ws_next_all
591 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
592 ws_prev_all
593 .It Cm M-a
594 ws_next_move
595 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
596 ws_prev_move
597 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
598 ws_prior
599 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
600 rg_next
601 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
602 rg_prev
603 .It Cm M-s
604 screenshot_all
605 .It Cm M-S-s
606 screenshot_wind
607 .It Cm M-S-v
608 version
609 .It Cm M-t
610 float_toggle
611 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
612 lock
613 .It Cm M-S-i
614 initscr
615 .It Cm M-w
616 iconify
617 .It Cm M-S-w
618 uniconify
619 .It Cm M-S-r
620 always_raise
621 .It Cm M-v
622 button2
623 .It Cm M--
624 width_shrink
625 .It Cm M-=
626 width_grow
627 .It Cm M-S--
628 height_shrink
629 .It Cm M-S-=
630 height_grow
631 .It Cm M-[
632 move_left
633 .It Cm M-]
634 move_right
635 .It Cm M-S-[
636 move_up
637 .It Cm M-S-]
638 move_down
639 .It Cm M-S-/
640 name_workspace
641 .It Cm M-/
642 search_workspace
643 .It Cm M-f
644 search_win
645 .El
646 .Pp
647 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
648 .Pp
649 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
650 .It Cm term
651 Spawn a new terminal
652 (see
653 .Sx PROGRAMS
654 above).
655 .It Cm menu
656 Menu
657 (see
658 .Sx PROGRAMS
659 above).
660 .It Cm quit
661 Quit
662 .Nm .
663 .It Cm restart
664 Restart
665 .Nm .
666 .It Cm cycle_layout
667 Cycle layout.
668 .It Cm flip_layout
669 Swap the master and stacking areas.
670 .It Cm stack_reset
671 Reset layout.
672 .It Cm master_shrink
673 Shrink master area.
674 .It Cm master_grow
675 Grow master area.
676 .It Cm master_add
677 Add windows to master area.
678 .It Cm master_del
679 Remove windows from master area.
680 .It Cm stack_inc
681 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
682 .It Cm stack_dec
683 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
684 .It Cm swap_main
685 Move current window to master area.
686 .It Cm focus_next
687 Focus next window in workspace.
688 .It Cm focus_prev
689 Focus previous window in workspace.
690 .It Cm focus_main
691 Focus on main window in workspace.
692 .It Cm focus_urgent
693 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set. The workspace is switched if needed.
694 .It Cm swap_next
695 Swap with next window in workspace.
696 .It Cm swap_prev
697 Swap with previous window in workspace.
698 .It Cm bar_toggle
699 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
700 .It Cm bar_toggle_ws
701 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
702 .It Cm wind_del
703 Delete current window in workspace.
704 .It Cm wind_kill
705 Destroy current window in workspace.
706 .It Cm ws_ Ns Ar n
707 Switch to workspace
708 .Ar n ,
709 where
710 .Ar n
711 is 1 through workspace_limit.
712 .It Cm mvws_ Ns Ar n
713 Move current window to workspace
714 .Ar n ,
715 where
716 .Ar n
717 is 1 through workspace_limit.
718 .It Cm rg_ Ns Ar n
719 Focus on region
720 .Ar n ,
721 where
722 .Ar n
723 is 1 through 9.
724 .It Cm mvrg_ Ns Ar n
725 Move current window to region
726 .Ar n ,
727 where
728 .Ar n
729 is 1 through 9.
730 .It Cm ws_next
731 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
732 .It Cm ws_prev
733 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
734 .It Cm ws_next_all
735 Switch to next workspace.
736 .It Cm ws_prev_all
737 Switch to previous workspace.
738 .It Cm ws_next_move
739 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
740 .It Cm ws_prev_move
741 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
742 .It Cm ws_prior
743 Switch to last visited workspace.
744 .It Cm rg_next
745 Switch to next region.
746 .It Cm rg_prev
747 Switch to previous region.
748 .It Cm screenshot_all
749 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
750 (see
751 .Sx PROGRAMS
752 above).
753 .It Cm screenshot_wind
754 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
755 (see
756 .Sx PROGRAMS
757 above).
758 .It Cm version
759 Toggle version in status bar.
760 .It Cm float_toggle
761 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
762 .It Cm lock
763 Lock screen
764 (see
765 .Sx PROGRAMS
766 above).
767 .It Cm initscr
768 Reinitialize physical screens
769 (see
770 .Sx PROGRAMS
771 above).
772 .It Cm iconify
773 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
774 .It Cm uniconify
775 Restore (map) window returned by dmenu selection.
776 .It Cm maximize_toggle
777 Toggle maximization of focused window.
778 .It Cm always_raise
779 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
780 .It Cm button2
781 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
782 .It Cm width_shrink
783 Shrink the width of a floating window.
784 .It Cm width_grow
785 Grow the width of a floating window.
786 .It Cm height_shrink
787 Shrink the height of a floating window.
788 .It Cm height_grow
789 Grow the height of a floating window.
790 .It Cm move_left
791 Move a floating window a step to the left.
792 .It Cm move_right
793 Move a floating window a step to the right.
794 .It Cm move_up
795 Move a floating window a step upwards.
796 .It Cm move_down
797 Move a floating window a step downwards.
798 .It Cm name_workspace
799 Name the current workspace.
800 .It Cm search_workspace
801 Search for a workspace.
802 .It Cm search_win
803 Search the windows in the current workspace.
804 .El
805 .Pp
806 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
807 .Pp
808 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
809 .Pp
810 .Aq action
811 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
812 .Aq keys
813 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
814 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
815 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
816 .Pp
817 Example:
818 .Bd -literal -offset indent
819 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
820 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
821 .Ed
822 .Pp
823 To use the currently defined
824 .Ic modkey ,
825 specify MOD as the modifier key.
826 .Pp
827 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
828 .Pp
829 To bind non-latin characters such as å or π you must enter the xkb
830 character name instead of the character itself. Run xev, focus the window
831 and press the specific key and in the terminal output read the symbol name.
832 In the fallowing example for å:
833 .Bd -literal -offset indent
834 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
835 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
836 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
837 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "å"
838 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "å"
839 XFilterEvent returns: False
840 .Ed
841 .Pp
842 The xkb name is aring. In other words, in .spectrwm.conf add:
843 .Bd -literal -offset indent
844 bind[program] = MOD+aring
845 .Ed
846 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
847 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
848 below.
849 These files can be used with the
850 .Pa keyboard_mapping
851 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
852 keyboard layout.
853 .Pp
854 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
855 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
856 Czech Republic keyboard layout
857 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
858 Spanish keyboard layout
859 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
860 French keyboard layout
861 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
862 Swiss French keyboard layout
863 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
864 Swedish keyboard layout
865 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
866 United States keyboard layout
867 .El
868 .Sh QUIRKS
869 .Nm
870 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
871 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
872 .Pp
873 The default quirks are described below:
874 .Pp
875 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
876 -compact
877 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
878 TRANSSZ
879 .It Firefox:Dialog
880 FLOAT
881 .It Gimp:gimp
882 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
883 .It MPlayer:xv
884 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
885 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
886 FLOAT
887 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
888 FLOAT
889 .It pcb:pcb
890 FLOAT
891 .It xine:Xine Window
892 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
893 .It xine:xine Panel
894 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
895 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
896 FULLSCREEN + FLOAT
897 .It Xitk:Xitk Combo
898 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
899 .It Xitk:Xine Window
900 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
901 .It XTerm:xterm
902 XTERM_FONTADJ
903 .El
904 .Pp
905 The quirks themselves are described below:
906 .Pp
907 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
908 .It FLOAT
909 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
910 .It TRANSSZ
911 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
912 (see
913 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
914 .It ANYWHERE
915 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
916 .It XTERM_FONTADJ
917 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
918 .It FULLSCREEN
919 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
920 .It FOCUSPREV
921 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
922 application in the stack.
923 .It NOFOCUSONMAP
924 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
925 Has no effect when
926 .Ic focus_mode
927 is set to follow.
928 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
929 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
930 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
931 class/instance value. Has no effect when
932 .Ic focus_mode
933 is set to follow.
934 .El
935 .Pp
936 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
937 .Pp
938 .Dl quirk[<class>[:<instance>[:<name>]]] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
939 .Pp
940 .Aq class ,
941 .Aq instance
942 (optional) and
943 .Aq name
944 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
945 and
946 .Aq quirk
947 is one of the quirks from the list above.
948 .Pp
949 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
950 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
951 See
952 .Xr regex 7
953 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
954 .Pp
955 For example:
956 .Bd -literal -offset indent
957 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
958 class of 'MPlayer'
959 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
960 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
961 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
962 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
963 window name of 'Console'.
964 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
965 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
966 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
967 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
968 .Ed
969 .Pp
970 You can obtain
971 .Aq class ,
972 .Aq instance
973 and
974 .Aq name
975 by running
976 .Xr xprop 1
977 and then clicking on the desired window.
978 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
979 .Bd -literal -offset indent
980 $ xprop | grep -E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
981 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
982 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
983 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
984 .Ed
985 .Pp
986 Note that
987 .Xr xprop 1
988 displays WM_CLASS as:
989 .Bd -literal -offset indent
990 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
991 .Ed
992 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
993 .Bd -literal -offset indent
994 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
995 .Ed
996 .Pp
997 .Nm
998 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
999 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1000 .Pp
1001 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1002 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1003 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
1004 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1005 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
1006 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1007 FLOAT + ANYWHERE
1008 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1009 FLOAT
1010 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1011 FLOAT
1012 .El
1013 .Pp
1014 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1015 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1016 .Sh EWMH
1017 .Nm
1018 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1019 This enables controlling windows as well as
1020 .Nm
1021 itself from external scripts and programs.
1022 This is achieved by
1023 .Nm
1024 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1025 From the terminal these events
1026 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1027 .Xr wmctrl 1
1028 and
1029 .Xr xdotool 1 .
1030 For the
1031 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1032 .Pp
1033 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1034 property of the root window.
1035 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1036 title of the currently active window with
1037 .Xr xprop 1
1038 and
1039 .Xr grep 1 :
1040 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1041 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1042 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1043 .Ed
1044 .Pp
1045 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1046 to the root window.
1047 For example, using
1048 .Xr wmctrl 1
1049 to send the message
1050 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1051 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1052 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1053 .Ed
1054 .Pp
1055 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1056 to the root window.
1057 For example, using
1058 .Xr wmctrl 1
1059 to send the message
1060 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1061 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1062 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1063 .Ed
1064 .Pp
1065 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1066 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1067 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1068 root window.
1069 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1070 a window using
1071 .Xr wmctrl 1
1072 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window floated
1073 or un-floated):
1074 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1075 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1076 .Ed
1077 .Pp
1078 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1079 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1080 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1081 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1082 .Ed
1083 .Pp
1084 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1085 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1086 For example,
1087 using
1088 .Xr wmctrl 1
1089 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1090 the window to be resize/moved):
1091 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1092 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1093 .Ed
1094 .Pp
1095 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1096 .Pp
1097 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1098 .Sh SIGNALS
1099 Sending
1100 .Nm
1101 a HUP signal will restart it.
1102 .Sh FILES
1103 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1104 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1105 .Nm
1106 user specific settings.
1107 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1108 .Nm
1109 global settings.
1110 .El
1111 .Sh HISTORY
1112 .Nm
1113 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1114 .Sh AUTHORS
1115 .An -nosplit
1116 .Nm
1117 was written by:
1118 .Pp
1119 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1120 indent -compact
1121 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1122 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1123 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1124 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1125 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1126 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1127 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1128 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1129 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1130 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org
1131 .El