🪟 mswm

Floating X11 Window Manager with workspaces. Written in C++.

Usage

Trigger	Action
Alt + Left Click	Focus / Move window
Alt + Right Click	Resize window
Alt + Middle Click	Close window
Alt + Tab	Switch active window
Alt + Shift + Enter	Open terminal
Alt + Ctrl + Right Arrow	Switch to next workspace (or create)
Alt + Ctrl + Left Arrow	Switch to previous workspace
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Left Arrow	Move active window to next workspace
Alt + Shift + Ctrl + Left Arrow	Move active window to previous workspace

Instructions

Prerequisites

• C++ 14 compiler
• GNU Make
• Xlib headers and libraries
• google-glog library
• xinit and X utilites
• Xephyr for running locally

Installation and Running

On Debian:

sudo apt install \
    build-essential libx11-dev libgoogle-glog-dev \
    xserver-xephyr xinit x11-apps xterm

Clone the repository and run ./run.sh. This will build the program and run it inside Xephyr.

NOTE: If running on Xephyr, disable num lock to avoid bugs.

Build

Run make