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FPWM

A fucking python tiling window manager.

What is it ?

Fpwm is a tiling window manager written in python. One can configure it and access its internals using python. It's a little bit what xmonad offers, without the purely functional approach of Haskell.

What fpwm offers ?

  • tiling, floating clients
  • multi-screens (xrandr)
  • multi-workspaces (shared between screens)
  • multi-layouts (per workspace)
  • keyboard/mouse bindings
  • cycle/resize layouts
  • move/resize client
  • next/prev client
  • up/down client into a layout
  • next/prev workspaces
  • goto/sendto workspace
  • status info and available space (ie. for dzen)
  • toggle fullscreen/show desktop
  • spawn external programs
  • ignored clients
  • quake console

Why another tiling window manager ?

  • wanted to know how it works
  • used to xmonad ... but Haskell
  • easy to read/understand
  • simple/stupid, minimalistic and highly configurable
  • good for imperative minds and not functional ones ... even if i should admit xmonad really rocks !

Limitations ?

  • you will cry blood if you're a good python programmer
  • there are bugs, they will be fixed
  • check TODO and BUGS files

How to use it ?

  • ensure to have xcb libs (>= 1.8) and python xcb bindings (python-xpyb under Debian)
  • clone it git clone git@github.com:sduverger/fpwm.git
  • ninja it mv fpwm .fpwm
  • edit config.py
  • run it ~/.fpwm/fpwm.py | dzen2 -w <screen_width> -x <screen_offset>