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Welcome to the howm wiki!

This wiki contains a collection of documents designed for users. Developers should take a look at the documentation here.

Guides

• Installing on Ubuntu Follow these steps to try howm on Ubuntu -
  • Clone the repo
  • Install dependencies
  • Build and install howm
  • Create .xinitrc
  • Login to another tty, Stop lightdm and startx
  • For going back, start lightdm

Commands

Useful Scripts

• Dzen2 Script

##TODO

• Better EWMH compliance.
• Implement "buffers" to store windows in, so that windows can be cut and pasted.
• Fix issues with numlockx.
• Fix compiler warnings.
• Try to get splint to cover more of the code.
• Allow howm to restart itself.
• Look into windows not being fullscreen when a client requests it.