The Pek Window Manager is a small, flexible window manager which was originally based on the aewm++ window manager.
It has evolved enough that it no longer resembles aewm++ in any way.
It has a much expanded feature-set, including window grouping (similar to Ion, pwm, and Fluxbox), autoproperties, xinerama, keygrabber that supports keychains, and much more. This window manager provides themes that cover all aspects of the window, from the header, fonts, menus, borders, and buttons.
Key Features
- Lightweight and unobtrusive.
- Easily configured and very flexible.
- Group windows in a single frame.
- Configurable keygrabber that supports keychains.
- Configurable mouse actions.
- Configurable root- and window-menus and keybindings for all menus.
- Dynamic menus that regenerate on every view from a script output.
- Multi-screen support both via RandR and Xinerama.
- Configurable window placement.
- Theming support with images, shaping and configurable buttons.
- Autoproperties (Automatic properties such as a window’s sticky state, etc).
Website: www.pekwm.se
Support:
Developer: Claes Nasten and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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