My nwm config

This is what I use for my nwm.

Customizations:

• My default layout is switched based on the number of windows on screen: 1 window = fullscreen 2 windows = DWM's tiling 3 windows = DWM's tiling 4 windows = Fair grid 5 = tile, 6 = grid ... and so on
• I have 19 workspaces per screen (Meta + F1 .. F9 are mapped to another 9 workspaces).
• Meta + Left / Meta + Right and Meta + PgDown / Meta + PgUp switch between workspaces (up / down)

Todo / experiments todo:

• Full screen detection / flash support
• Write a more tmux-style grid layout (e.g. adaptive slicing)
• Add support for "execute or find by window class" keyboard shortcuts (e.g. for chrome and pcmanfm)
• Add support for permanent window decoration, like Conky or another panel
• Add support for desktop widgets
• Start window always on a particular screen
  • This would probably benefit from a HTTP interface to configure and examine nwm
• Write a light compositing desktop background updater
  • Would make it possible to do cool composited things like taking a time and overlaying another mask like in http://www.flickr.com/photos/haiiro/5356014236/
• Media key bindings (JS, to nplay):
  • Win + Z X C V B

Installing

# NWM
git clone git://github.com/mixu/nwm.git
cd nwm
node-waf clean || true && node-waf configure build
sudo npm link # add a global npm symlink to this repository - so nwm-user can find it (man npm link)

# NWM-user
cd ..
git clone git://github.com/mixu/nwm-user.git
cd nwm-user
npm link nwm # now make a symlink to the nwm installation

And then do whatever is needed to make your login manager start nwm-user.js

Keyboard shortcuts

As a long time dwm user, I'm used to the following keyboard shortcuts:

# Launching programs
Meta + Shift + Enter -- Start xterm

# Layouts
Meta + space -- Alternates between layouts

# Focus
Meta + j -- Focus next window
Meta + k -- Focus previous window

# Main window
Meta + h -- Decrease master area size
Meta + F10
Meta + l -- Increase master area size
Meta + F11
Meta + Tab -- Sets currently focused window as main window

# Closing window
Meta + Shift + c -- Close focused window

# Workspaces
Meta + [1..n] -- Switch to workspace n
Meta + Shift + [1..n] -- Move window to workspace n


# Multi-monitor keys
Meta + Shift + , -- Send focused window to previous screen
Meta + Shift + . -- Send focused window to next screen