hootwm

A very simple tiling window manager written from scratch using C and xcb, inspired by catwm.

hootwm ignores all keyboard events, but it can be controlled by sending commands to the named pipe located in /tmp/hoot by default. A grabbing keys utility such as xbindkeys or sxhkd may be used to implement hotkeys.

Commands

Command	Arguments	Description
move	up/down	Move current window up or down
focus	up/down	Shift focus up or down
grow	int32_t	Grow or shrink master area. Positive ints grow, negative ints shrink
quit	-	Exit the program cleanly

Example: echo move down > /tmp/hoot echo grow -10 > /tmp/hoot

Initial gap and border size, master proportion and pipe filename can be defined at compile time by editing config.h. A config file to be evaluated at startup may be added in the future.

Modes

hootwm tiles windows using one master area and a stacking area on the right.

+--------+---+
|        |   |
|        +---+
| Master |   |
|        +---+
|        |   |
+--------+---+
Tiled

More modes will be added in the future.

Installation

• Install xcb
• Compile with make