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20 .Dd $Mdocdate: February 15 2012 $
25 .Nd window manager for X11
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
34 It was written by hackers for hackers and it strives to be small, compact and
39 starts up, it reads settings from its configuration file,
42 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES
45 The following notation is used throughout this page:
47 .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
61 is very simple in its use.
62 Most of the actions are initiated via key or mouse bindings.
65 section below for defaults and customizations.
66 .Sh CONFIGURATION FILES
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 .
74 The format of the file is \*(Ltkeyword\*(Gt = \*(Ltsetting\*(Gt.
79 Enabling or disabling an option is done by using 1 or 0 respectively.
81 Colors need to be specified per the
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#
88 The file supports the following keywords:
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
95 External script that populates additional information in the status bar,
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
102 .It Ic bar_border_unfocus Ns Bq Ar x
103 Border color of the status bar(s) on unfocused region(s) in screen
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
115 .It Ic bar_enabled_ws Ns Bq Ar x
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.
131 .Bd -literal -offset indent
132 bar_font = Terminus:style=Regular:pixelsize=14:antialias=true
134 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,Terminus:pixelsize=14,\
135 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
139 .Bd -literal -offset indent
140 bar_font = -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
142 bar_font = -*-profont-medium-*-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
143 -*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*,\
144 -*-clean-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
147 To list the available fonts in your system see
154 application can help with the XLFD setting.
155 .It Ic bar_font_color Ns Bq Ar x
156 Color of the font in status bar in screen
159 Set the bar_format string and overrides
164 The format is passed through
167 It may contain the following character sequences:
168 .Bl -column "Character sequence" "Replaced with" -offset indent
169 .It Sy "Character sequence" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
170 .It Li "+<" Ta "Pad with a space"
171 .It Li "+A" Ta "Output of the external script"
172 .It Li "+C" Ta "Window class (from WM_CLASS)"
173 .It Li "+D" Ta "Workspace name"
174 .It Li "+F" Ta "Floating indicator"
175 .It Li "+I" Ta "Workspace index"
176 .It Li "+M" Ta "Number of iconic (minimized) windows in workspace"
177 .It Li "+N" Ta "Screen number"
178 .It Li "+P" Ta "Window class and instance separated by a colon"
179 .It Li "+S" Ta "Stacking algorithm"
180 .It Li "+T" Ta "Window instance (from WM_CLASS)"
181 .It Li "+U" Ta "Urgency hint"
182 .It Li "+V" Ta "Program version"
183 .It Li "+W" Ta "Window name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)"
184 .It Li "++" Ta "A literal" Ql +
187 All character sequences may limit its output to a specific length, for
188 example +64A. Any characters that don't match the specification are copied
191 Justify the status bar text. Possible values are
197 Note that if the output is not
199 justified, it may not be properly aligned in some circumstances, due to the
200 white-spaces in the default static format.
203 option for more details.
204 .It Ic bind Ns Bq Ar x
205 Bind key combo to action
211 Set window border thickness in pixels.
212 Disable all borders by setting to 0.
213 .It Ic boundary_width
214 Set region containment boundary width in pixels. This is how far a window
215 must be dragged/resized beyond the region edge before it is allowed outside
216 the region. This has no effect when manipulating the window with key
217 bindings. Disable the window containment effect by setting to 0.
219 Enable or disable displaying the clock in the status bar.
220 Disable by setting to 0
221 so a custom clock could be used in the
224 .It Ic iconic_enabled
225 Display the number of iconic (minimized) windows in the status bar.
226 Enable by setting to 1.
228 Border color of the currently focused window. Default is red.
229 .It Ic color_focus_maximized
230 Border color of the currently focused, maximized window. Defaults to the
231 value of color_focus.
233 Border color of unfocused windows, default is rgb:88/88/88.
234 .It Ic color_unfocus_maximized
235 Border color of unfocused, maximized windows. Defaults to the value of
238 Some applications have dialogue windows that are too small to be useful.
239 This ratio is the screen size to what they will be resized.
240 For example, 0.6 is 60% of the physical screen size.
241 .It Ic disable_border
242 Remove border when bar is disabled and there is only one window on the
245 Window to put focus when the focused window is closed.
255 are relative to the window that is closed.
256 .It Ic focus_close_wrap
257 Whether to allow the focus to jump to the last window when the first window
258 is closed or vice versa. Disable by setting to 0.
260 Window to put focus when no window has been focused. Possible values are
266 Window focus behavior with respect to the mouse cursor. Possible values:
268 .Bl -tag -width "default" -offset indent -compact
270 Set window focus on border crossings caused by cursor motion and
273 Set window focus on all cursor border crossings, including workspace switches
274 and changes to layout.
276 Set window focus on window interaction only.
278 .It Ic java_workaround
279 Workaround a Java GUI rendering issue on non-reparenting window managers by
280 impersonating LG3D window manager, written by Sun. Default is 1.
281 .It Ic keyboard_mapping
282 Clear all key bindings and load new key bindings from the specified file.
283 This allows you to load pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
285 .Sx KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
286 section below for a list of keyboard mapping files that have been provided
287 for several keyboard layouts.
289 Select layout to use at start-of-day. Defined in the format
290 ws[idx]:master_grow:master_add:stack_inc:always_raise:stack_mode, e.g.
291 ws[2]:-4:0:1:0:horizontal sets worskspace 2 to the horizontal stack mode and
292 shrinks the master area by 4 ticks and adds one window to the stack, while
293 maintaining default floating window behavior.
294 Possible stack_mode values are
311 for more information.
312 Note that the stacking options are complicated and have side-effects. One
313 should familiarize oneself with these commands before experimenting with the
317 This setting is not retained at restart.
320 Mod1 is generally the ALT key and Mod4 is the windows key on a PC.
322 Set the name of a workspace at start-of-day.
323 Defined in the format ws[<idx>]:<name>, e.g. ws[1]:Console sets the name of
326 .It Ic program Ns Bq Ar p
327 Define new action to spawn a program
332 .It Ic quirk Ns Bq Ar c:i:n
333 Add "quirk" for windows with class
343 Allocates a custom region, removing any autodetected regions which occupy the
344 same space on the screen.
345 Defined in the format screen[<idx>]:WIDTHxHEIGHT+X+Y,
346 e.g.\& screen[1]:800x1200+0+0.
348 To make a region span multiple monitors, create a region big enough to cover
349 them all, e.g. screen[1]:2048x768+0+0 makes the region span two monitors with
350 1024x768 resolution sitting one next to the other.
351 .It Ic region_padding
352 Pixel width of empty space within region borders.
353 Disable by setting to 0.
354 .It Ic spawn_position
355 Position in stack to place newly spawned windows.
366 are relative to the focused window.
368 Enable or disable displaying the current stacking algorithm in the status
371 Set a preferred minimum width for the terminal.
372 If this value is greater than 0,
374 will attempt to adjust the font sizes in the terminal to keep the terminal
375 width above this number as the window is resized.
378 is currently supported.
381 binary must not be setuid or setgid, which it is by default on most systems.
382 Users may need to set program[term] (see the
384 section) to use an alternate copy of the
386 binary without the setgid bit set.
388 Pixel width of empty space between tiled windows. Negative values cause overlap.
389 Set this to the opposite of border_width to collapse the border between tiles.
390 Disable by setting to 0.
391 .It Ic urgent_enabled
392 Enable or disable the urgency hint indicator in the status bar.
393 Note that many terminal emulators require an explicit setting for the bell
394 character to trigger urgency on the window. In xterm, for example, one needs to
395 add the following line to
397 .Bd -literal -offset indent
398 xterm.bellIsUrgent: true
400 .It Ic verbose_layout
401 Enable or disable displaying the current master window count and stack column/row
402 count in the status bar.
403 Enable by setting to 1.
410 for more information.
411 .It Ic window_class_enabled
412 Enable or disable displaying the window class name (from WM_CLASS) in the
413 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
414 .It Ic window_instance_enabled
415 Enable or disable displaying the window instance name (from WM_CLASS) in the
416 status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
417 .It Ic window_name_enabled
418 Enable or disable displaying the window display name (from _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME)
419 in the status bar. Enable by setting to 1.
421 To prevent excessively large window names from pushing the remaining text off
422 the bar, it's limited to 64 characters, by default.
425 option for more details.
427 Centers the mouse pointer on the focused window when using key bindings to
428 change focus, switch workspaces, change regions, etc. Enable by setting to 1.
429 Default is 0 (disabled.)
430 .It Ic workspace_limit
431 Set the total number of workspaces available. Minimum is 1, maximum is 22,
436 allows you to define custom actions to launch programs of your choice and
437 then bind them the same as with built-in actions.
442 Custom programs in the configuration file are specified as follows:
444 .Dl program[<action>] = <progpath> [<arg> [... <arg>]]
447 is any identifier that does not conflict with a built-in action or keyword,
449 is the desired program, and
451 is zero or more arguments to the program.
453 Remember that when using # in your program call, it must be escaped with a
456 The following argument variables will be substituted for values at the time the program
459 .Bl -tag -width "$bar_font_color" -offset indent -compact
463 .It Cm $bar_font_color
465 .It Cm $color_unfocus
467 -b if bar_at_bottom is enabled.
469 .It Cm $workspace_index
473 .Bd -literal -offset indent
474 program[ff] = /usr/local/bin/firefox http://spectrwm.org/
475 bind[ff] = Mod+Shift+b # Now M-S-b launches firefox
478 To cancel the previous, unbind it:
479 .Bd -literal -offset indent
484 .Bl -tag -width "screenshot_wind" -offset indent -compact
488 dmenu_run $dmenu_bottom \-fn $bar_font \-nb $bar_color \-nf $bar_font_color \-sb
489 $bar_border \-sf $bar_color
493 initscreen.sh # optional
494 .It Cm screenshot_all
495 screenshot.sh full # optional
496 .It Cm screenshot_wind
497 screenshot.sh window # optional
500 Note that optional default programs will not be validated unless overridden.
501 If a default program fails validation, you can resolve the exception
502 by installing the program, modifying the program call or disabling the program
503 by freeing the respective key binding.
505 For example, to override
507 .Bd -literal -offset indent
508 program[lock] = xscreensaver-command --lock
513 and prevent it from being validated:
514 .Bd -literal -offset indent
515 bind[] = MOD+Shift+Delete
519 provides many functions (or actions) accessed via key or mouse bindings.
521 The current mouse bindings are described below:
523 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
531 Resize window while maintaining it centered
534 The default key bindings are described below:
536 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
537 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Return
545 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Space
547 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm \e
549 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Space
563 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Return
572 .Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm TAB
591 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
593 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar 1-9,0,F1-F12
594 .Pf mvws_ Ns Aq Ar 1-22
595 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
597 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Ar Keypad 1-9
599 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Right
601 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Left
603 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Up
605 .It Cm M- Ns Aq Cm Down
609 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
611 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Up
613 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Right
615 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Left
625 .It Cm M-S- Ns Aq Cm Delete
663 The action names and descriptions are listed below:
665 .Bl -tag -width "M-j, M-<TAB>XXXX" -offset indent -compact
685 Swap the master and stacking areas.
693 Add windows to master area.
695 Remove windows from master area.
697 Add columns/rows to stacking area.
699 Remove columns/rows from stacking area.
701 Move current window to master area.
703 Focus next window in workspace.
705 Focus previous window in workspace.
707 Focus on main window in workspace.
709 Focus on next window with the urgency hint flag set. The workspace is switched if needed.
711 Swap with next window in workspace.
713 Swap with previous window in workspace.
715 Toggle overall visibility of status bars.
717 Toggle status bar on current workspace.
719 Delete current window in workspace.
721 Destroy current window in workspace.
727 is 1 through workspace_limit.
729 Move current window to workspace
733 is 1 through workspace_limit.
741 Move current window to region
747 Switch to next workspace with a window in it.
749 Switch to previous workspace with a window in it.
751 Switch to next workspace.
753 Switch to previous workspace.
755 Switch to next workspace with the current window.
757 Switch to previous workspace with the current window.
759 Switch to last visited workspace.
761 Switch to next region.
763 Switch to previous region.
764 .It Cm screenshot_all
765 Take screenshot of entire screen (if enabled)
769 .It Cm screenshot_wind
770 Take screenshot of selected window (if enabled)
775 Toggle version in status bar.
777 Toggle focused window between tiled and floating.
784 Reinitialize physical screens
789 Minimize (unmap) currently focused window.
791 Restore (map) window returned by dmenu selection.
792 .It Cm maximize_toggle
793 Toggle maximization of focused window.
795 When set tiled windows are allowed to obscure floating windows.
797 Fake a middle mouse button click (mouse button 2).
799 Shrink the width of a floating window.
801 Grow the width of a floating window.
803 Shrink the height of a floating window.
805 Grow the height of a floating window.
807 Move a floating window a step to the left.
809 Move a floating window a step to the right.
811 Move a floating window a step upwards.
813 Move a floating window a step downwards.
814 .It Cm name_workspace
815 Name the current workspace.
816 .It Cm search_workspace
817 Search for a workspace.
819 Search the windows in the current workspace.
822 Custom bindings in the configuration file are specified as follows:
824 .Dl bind[<action>] = <keys>
827 is one of the actions listed above (or empty to unbind) and
829 is in the form of zero or more modifier keys
830 (MOD, Mod1, Shift, etc.) and one or more normal keys
831 (b, space, etc.), separated by "+".
834 .Bd -literal -offset indent
835 bind[reset] = Mod4+q # bind Windows-key + q to reset
836 bind[] = Mod1+q # unbind Alt + q
839 To use the currently defined
841 specify MOD as the modifier key.
843 Multiple key combinations may be bound to the same action.
845 To bind non-latin characters such as \[oa] or \[*p] you must enter the xkb
846 character name instead of the character itself. Run xev, focus the window
847 and press the specific key and in the terminal output read the symbol name.
848 In the following example for \[oa]:
849 .Bd -literal -offset indent
850 KeyPress event, serial 41, synthetic NO, window 0x2600001,
851 root 0x15a, subw 0x0, time 106213808, (11,5), root:(359,823),
852 state 0x0, keycode 24 (keysym 0xe5, aring), same_screen YES,
853 XLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
854 XmbLookupString gives 2 bytes: (c3 a5) "\[oa]"
855 XFilterEvent returns: False
858 The xkb name is aring. In other words, in .spectrwm.conf add:
859 .Bd -literal -offset indent
860 bind[program] = MOD+aring
862 .Sh KEYBOARD MAPPING FILES
863 Keyboard mapping files for several keyboard layouts are listed
865 These files can be used with the
867 setting to load pre-defined key bindings for the specified
870 .Bl -tag -width "spectrwm_XX.confXXX" -offset indent -compact
871 .It Cm spectrwm_cz.conf
872 Czech Republic keyboard layout
873 .It Cm spectrwm_es.conf
874 Spanish keyboard layout
875 .It Cm spectrwm_fr.conf
876 French keyboard layout
877 .It Cm spectrwm_fr_ch.conf
878 Swiss French keyboard layout
879 .It Cm spectrwm_se.conf
880 Swedish keyboard layout
881 .It Cm spectrwm_us.conf
882 United States keyboard layout
886 provides "quirks" which handle windows that must be treated specially
887 in a tiling window manager, such as some dialogs and fullscreen apps.
889 The default quirks are described below:
891 .Bl -tag -width "OpenOffice.org N.M:VCLSalFrame<TAB>XXX" -offset indent \
893 .It Firefox\-bin:firefox\-bin
900 FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV
901 .It OpenOffice.org 2.4:VCLSalFrame
903 .It OpenOffice.org 3.1:VCLSalFrame
911 .It xine:xine Video Fullscreen Window
921 The quirks themselves are described below:
923 .Bl -tag -width "XTERM_FONTADJ<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
925 This window should not be tiled, but allowed to float freely.
927 Adjusts size on transient windows that are too small using dialog_ratio
929 .Sx CONFIGURATION FILES ) .
931 Allow window to position itself, uncentered.
933 Adjust xterm fonts when resizing.
935 Remove border to allow window to use full region size.
937 On exit force focus on previously focused application not previous
938 application in the stack.
940 Don't change focus to the window when it first appears on the screen.
944 .It FOCUSONMAP_SINGLE
945 When the window first appears on the screen, change focus to the window
946 if there are no other windows on the workspace with the same WM_CLASS
947 class/instance value. Has no effect when
951 When an application requests focus on the window via a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
952 client message (source indication of 1), comply with the request.
953 Note that a source indication of 0 (unspecified) or 2 (pager) are always
956 Ignore the PID when determining the initial workspace for a new window.
957 Especially useful for terminal windows that share a process.
959 Ignore the spawn workspace when determining the initial workspace for a
963 Custom quirks in the configuration file are specified as follows:
965 .Dl quirk[<class>[:<instance>[:<name>]]] = <quirk> [ + <quirk> ... ]
971 (optional) are patterns used to determine which window(s) the quirk(s) apply
974 is one of the quirks from the list above.
976 Note that patterns are interpreted as POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
977 Any ':', '[' or ']' must be escaped with '\\'.
980 for more information on POSIX Extended Regular Expressions.
983 .Bd -literal -offset indent
984 quirk[MPlayer] = FLOAT + FULLSCREEN + FOCUSPREV # Float all windows having a \
986 quirk[.*] = FLOAT # Float all windows by default.
987 quirk[.*:.*:.*] = FLOAT # Same as above.
988 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT # Float all Firefox browser windows.
989 quirk[::Console] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS not set and a \
990 window name of 'Console'.
991 quirk[\\[0-9\\].*:.*:\\[\\[\\:alnum\\:\\]\\]*] = FLOAT # Float windows with WM_CLASS \
992 class beginning with a number, any WM_CLASS instance and a \
993 _NET_WM_NAME/WM_NAME either blank or containing alphanumeric characters without spaces.
994 quirk[pcb:pcb] = NONE # remove existing quirk
1004 and then clicking on the desired window.
1005 In the following example the main window of Firefox was clicked:
1006 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1007 $ xprop | grep -E "^(WM_CLASS|_NET_WM_NAME|WM_NAME)"
1008 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "Navigator", "Firefox"
1009 WM_NAME(STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1010 _NET_WM_NAME(UTF8_STRING) = "spectrwm - ConformalOpenSource"
1015 displays WM_CLASS as:
1016 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1017 WM_CLASS(STRING) = "<instance>", "<class>"
1019 In the example above the quirk entry would be:
1020 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1021 quirk[Firefox:Navigator] = FLOAT
1025 also automatically assigns quirks to windows based on the value
1026 of the window's _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE property as follows:
1028 .Bl -tag -width "_NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR<TAB>XXX" -offset indent -compact
1029 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK
1031 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_TOOLBAR
1033 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_UTILITY
1035 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_SPLASH
1037 .It _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DIALOG
1041 In all other cases, no automatic quirks are assigned to the window.
1042 Quirks specified in the configuration file override the automatic quirks.
1045 partially implements the Extended Window Manager Hints (EWMH) specification.
1046 This enables controlling windows as well as
1048 itself from external scripts and programs.
1051 responding to certain ClientMessage events.
1052 From the terminal these events
1053 can be conveniently sent using tools such as
1058 actual format of these ClientMessage events, see the EWMH specification.
1060 The id of the currently focused window is stored in the _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW
1061 property of the root window.
1062 This can be used for example to retrieve the
1063 title of the currently active window with
1067 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1068 $ WINDOWID=`xprop \-root _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep \-o "0x.*"`
1069 $ xprop \-id $WINDOWID _NET_WM_NAME | grep \-o "\\".*\\""
1072 A window can be focused by sending a _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW client message
1077 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be focused):
1078 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1079 $ wmctrl \-i \-a 0x4a0000b
1082 Windows can be closed by sending a _NET_CLOSE_WINDOW client message
1087 (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window to be closed):
1088 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1089 $ wmctrl \-i \-c 0x4a0000b
1092 Windows can be floated and un-floated by adding or removing the
1093 _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE atom from the _NET_WM_STATE property of the window.
1094 This can be achieved by sending a _NET_WM_STATE client message to the
1096 For example, the following toggles the floating state of
1099 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of the window floated
1101 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1102 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE
1105 Windows can also be iconified and un-iconified by substituting
1106 _NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN for _NET_WM_STATE_ABOVE in the previous example:
1107 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1108 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-b toggle,_NET_WM_STATE_HIDDEN
1111 Floating windows can also be resized and moved by sending a
1112 _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW client message to the root window.
1116 to send the message (assuming 0x4a0000b is the id of
1117 the window to be resize/moved):
1118 .Bd -literal -offset indent
1119 $ wmctrl \-i \-r 0x4a0000b \-e 0,100,50,640,480
1122 This moves the window to (100,50) and resizes it to 640x480.
1124 Any _NET_MOVERESIZE_WINDOW events received for stacked windows are ignored.
1128 a HUP signal will restart it.
1130 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/spectrwm.confXXX" -compact
1131 .It Pa ~/.spectrwm.conf
1133 user specific settings.
1134 .It Pa /etc/spectrwm.conf
1140 was inspired by xmonad & dwm.
1146 .Bl -tag -width "Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com " -offset \
1148 .It Cm Marco Peereboom Aq marco@peereboom.us
1149 .It Cm Ryan Thomas McBride Aq mcbride@countersiege.com
1150 .It Cm Darrin Chandler Aq dwchandler@stilyagin.com
1151 .It Cm Pierre-Yves Ritschard Aq pyr@spootnik.org
1152 .It Cm Tuukka Kataja Aq stuge@xor.fi
1153 .It Cm Jason L. Wright Aq jason@thought.net
1154 .It Cm Reginald Kennedy Aq rk@rejii.com
1155 .It Cm Lawrence Teo Aq lteo@lteo.net
1156 .It Cm Tiago Cunha Aq tcunha@gmx.com
1157 .It Cm David Hill Aq dhill@mindcry.org