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NAME¶
openbsd-cwm
—
SYNOPSIS¶
openbsd-cwm |
[-c file]
[-d display] |
DESCRIPTION¶
openbsd-cwm
is a window manager for X11 which contains
many features that concentrate on the efficiency and transparency of window
management. openbsd-cwm
also aims to maintain the
simplest and most pleasant aesthetic.
The following notation is used throughout this page:
openbsd-cwm
is very simple in its use.
Most of the actions are initiated via key bindings. The default key bindings
are described below; their functionality is described in more detail
later.
CM-Return
- Spawn a new terminal.
CM-Delete
- Lock the screen.
M-Return
- Hide current window.
M-Down
- Lower current window.
M-Up
- Raise current window.
M-/
- Search for windows.
C-/
- Search for applications.
CM-n
- Label current window.
M-Tab
- Cycle through currently visible windows.
MS-Tab
- Reverse cycle through currently visible windows.
CM-x
- Delete current window.
CM-[n]
- Select group n, where n is 1-9.
CM-0
- Select all groups.
CM-g
- Toggle group membership of current window.
M-Right
- Cycle through active groups.
M-Left
- Reverse cycle through active groups.
CMS-f
- Toggle freezing geometry of current window.
CM-s
- Toggle stickiness of current window.
CM-f
- Toggle full-screen mode of current window.
CM-m
- Toggle maximization of current window.
CM-=
- Toggle vertical maximization of current window.
CMS-=
- Toggle horizontal maximization of current window.
M-?
- Spawn “exec program” dialog.
M-.
- Spawn “ssh to” dialog. This parses $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts to provide host auto-completion. ssh(1) will be executed via the configured terminal emulator.
CM-w
- Spawn “exec WindowManager” dialog; allows you to switch from
openbsd-cwm
to another window manager without restarting the X server. CMS-r
- Restart the running cwm(1).
CMS-q
- Quit
openbsd-cwm
.
The default mouse bindings are:
The options for openbsd-cwm
are as
follows:
-c
file- Specify an alternative configuration file. By default,
openbsd-cwm
loads ~/.cwmrc, if present. Any error messages from lines in the configuration file will be sent to stderr; however,openbsd-cwm
will continue to process the rest of the configuration file. -d
display- Specify the display to use.
POINTER MOVEMENT¶
The pointer can be moved with the use of the keyboard through bindings.C-[Up|Down|Left|Right]
moves the pointer a small
amount, while CS-[Up|Down|Left|Right]
moves the
pointer a larger amount. For example, to move the pointer to the left by a
small amount, press C-Left
. To move the pointer down
by a larger amount, press CS-Down
.
WINDOW MOVEMENT AND RESIZING¶
openbsd-cwm
windows can be moved with the use of the
keyboard through vi
-like bindings.
M-[hjkl]
moves the current window a small amount,
while MS-[hjkl]
moves the current window a larger
amount. For example, to move the current window to the left a small amount,
press M-h
. To move the current window down by a larger
amount, press MS-j
.
Similarly, windows may be resized with the same key bindings with
the addition of the Control key. CM-[hjkl]
resizes
the window a small amount and CMS-[hjkl]
resizes by
a larger increment.
SEARCH¶
openbsd-cwm
features the ability to search for windows
by their current title, old titles, and by their label. The priority for the
search results are: label, current title, old titles in reverse order, and
finally window class name. openbsd-cwm
keeps a history
of the 5 previous titles of a window.
When searching, the leftmost character of the result list may show a flag:
- !
- The window is the currently focused window.
- &
- The window is hidden.
The following key bindings may be used to navigate the result list:
[Down], C-s
orM-j
- Select the next window in the list.
[Up], C-r
orM-k
- Select the previous window in the list.
[Backspace]
orC-h
- Backspace.
C-u
- Clear the input.
[Return]
- Focus the selected window.
[Esc]
- Cancel.
C-a
- Whenever there are no matching windows, list every window.
GROUPS¶
openbsd-cwm
has the ability to group windows together,
and use the groups to perform operations on the entire group instead of just
one window. Currently, the only operation that is supported is to hide and
unhide the grouped windows. Together with the sticky
option, this can be used to emulate virtual desktops.
To edit groups, use the group selection commands to toggle membership of a group. A blue border will be shown briefly on windows added to the current group, and a red border will be shown on those just removed.
MENUS¶
Menus are recalled by clicking the mouse on the root window:ENVIRONMENT¶
- DISPLAY
openbsd-cwm
starts on this display unless the-d
option is given.
FILES¶
- ~/.cwmrc
SEE ALSO¶
cwmrc(5)HISTORY¶
openbsd-cwm
was originally inspired by evilwm, but was
rewritten from scratch due to limitations in the evilwm codebase. The
from-scratch rewrite borrowed some code from 9wm, however that code has since
been removed or rewritten.
openbsd-cwm
first appeared in
OpenBSD 4.2.
AUTHORS¶
openbsd-cwm
was developed by Marius
Aamodt Eriksen ⟨marius@monkey.org⟩ with contributions
from Andy Adamson ⟨dros@monkey.org⟩,
Niels Provos ⟨provos@monkey.org⟩, and
Antti Nykänen ⟨aon@iki.fi⟩.
Ideas, discussion with many others.
June 3, 2019 | Linux 4.9.0-9-amd64 |