Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM.
While it is not a drop-in replacement for StumpWM, StumpWM users should be very comfortable with Mahogany.
There are two types of focus present in Mahogany: keyboard focus and cursor focus. When a surface is focused by an input device, it means that the device is sending events to the surface. Keyboard and cursor focus can be controlled separately in Mahogany, and there are various settings that control how focus moves from one surface to another.
This is free and open source software.
Planned features include:
- Easy extensibility: through the use of different modes, users can modify keybindings present in Mahogany.
- Module system that allows users to load and use code at their discretion.
- Programs to interact with other running services such as PulseAudio and Alsamixer, as well as facilities to control screen brightness. These are module based, so they don’t have to be loaded if your system doesn’t use them.
- Good support for floating windows.
Website: github.com/stumpwm/mahogany
Support:
Developer: Stuart Dilts
License: GNU General Public License v23.0
Mahogany is written in Common Lisp. Learn Lisp with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
There is also a version of Mahogany using a backend written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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