cwm is an OpenBSD fork of calmwn, a clean and lightweight window manager.
cwm is a stacking window manager oriented towards heavy keyboard usage, small footprint and ease of use. It contains many features that concentrate on the efficiency and transparency of window management, while maintaining the simplest and most pleasant aesthetic. cwm also aims to maintain the simplest and most pleasant aesthetic.
cwm actions are initiated either via key or mouse bindings.
cwm was originally inspired by evilwm, but was rewritten from scratch. It’s free and open source software.
Key Features
- Search for windows by their current title, old titles, and by their label. The priority for the search results are: label, current title, old titles in reverse order, and finally window class name. cwm keeps a history of the 5 previous titles of a window.
- Manages a list of applications defined with the command configuration option.
- Group windows together, and use the groups to perform operations on the entire group instead of just one window. Together with the sticky option, this can be used to emulate virtual desktops.
- Window handling (i.e. moving, resizing, minimizing, etc.) is a two-handed affair, often involving combinations of keyboard keys and multiple mouse keys.
Website: github.com/leahneukirchen/cwm
Support: Documentation
Developer: Marius Aamodt Eriksen, Andy Adamson, Niels Provos, Martin Murray, Dimitris Economou, Antti Nykänen, Leah Neukirchen
License: ISC License
cwm is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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