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Windowchef

Windowchef is a (conceptually) simple X11 window manager. It doesn’t handle keyboard inputs, instead relying on external programs for simplicity and power.

Windowchef was designed to provide basic functionality for a minimal, yet comfortable workflow, while being easily extensible through shell scripts or other external programs.

Source

On GitHub

Features

• Focus windows in a given direction
• EWMH support
• Monocle mode
• Gaps
• Virtual grid
• Window snapping
• cwm-like groups
  • Also supports workspaces if needed
• Mouse resizing/moving/focusing
• Respects window resize hints
• Loads shell script on startup. Can be any executable file.
• 100% compatible with window management utilities (e.g. wmutils). Windowchef will update its internal state if programs attempt to manage windows. It also applies the correct window decorations when a program focuses a window. This makes it possible to use it as a “backend” with wm utilities.

Many of the features listed above are optional and can be disabled.

Screenshot

Here we have a GNU Emacs window in monocle mode. At the top there is a lemonbar panel and on the right is a lemonbar notification.

Installation

Dependencies:

• xcb
• xcb-randr
• xcb-util-wm
• xbc-keysyms
• xproto

Then make it ^{harder make it better do it fastermakes us stronger}

$ make
# make install

Contributing

You can send issues or pull requests/patches by email or by GitHub.

To enable debug messages, compile Windowchef like this:

$ make debug

Download

GitHub releases