The minimalist window manager.
This project was previously a work of satire, going under a different name, however I have decided to continue the project as it seems functional and ready to be improved upon. Click here if you're a little curious.
This window manager is single-file and small binary with low resource consumption. Personally, I find it's useful for focused work where you aren't moving around too much and don't need multiple workspaces (it doesn't support them, obviously).
- Push window backwards
Alt+a
- Pull window forward
Alt+s
- Kill window
Alt+q
- Open (Suckless) Simple Terminal (st)
Alt+Return
- Open dmenu
Alt+d
- Kill window manager
Alt+Backspace
- Move windows
Alt+Left Click
- Resize windows
Alt+Right Click
New key-binds are added by editing aphelia.c
and re-compiling. It's actually pretty self-explanatory as the code is quite repetetive. Couple copy-pastes, tops.
Install:
sudo make install
Uninstall:
sudo make clean
Reinstall:
sudo make reinstall
Fork this repo and issue pull requests to contribute. I'll look at them as soon as I am able!
/r/unixporn is great but sometimes it can get overly-cutesy. This project was meant to have fun with that idea a bit.
Here is the repository before the sanitising commit: https://github.com/vardy/aphelia/tree/01dc35684c14d09a4f9b760ce7bb6377fd40c8c2
Lobsters discussion of project: https://lobste.rs/s/bsjkg2/aphelia_light_single_file_minimalist.
Original screenshot used: https://i.imgur.com/dultOz8.png