• From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2010-06-01
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Topic: Use X11 without a window manager.(Solved)

In a blog I follow http://onethingwell.org/ - I've found this window manager called  "no-wm" https://github.com/patrickhaller/no-wm

Use X11 without a window manager. Window managers bind orthogonals (keyboard shortcuts, window manipulation, window decoration) which should remain separate.

The blog says:

no-wm gives you a bare bones window management framework, and lets you use other utilities to fill in the gaps or do the heavy lifting—xbindkeys for keybindings, xdotool for moving windows, &.

I can't imagine how it looks and works, there is no any screenshot. I'm very interested about this no-wm.
I'd like you to check it out and hear your opinions.

Last edited by bastiano (2011-05-07 22:14:35)

  • From: Moscow
  • Registered: 2009-07-13
  • Posts: 307

Re: Use X11 without a window manager.(Solved)

Okay, there are keyboard shortcut tools and window management tools (xdotool would do if no-wm turns out to be ewmh compilant), but I've never heard of standalone window decorators. Emerald is a compiz plugin.

If you are interested in spending hours programming windows behaviour and keyboard shortcuts, pick fvwm. The only thing it limits you about is window decorations - no rounded corners, all borders and corners of the same size and strictly square window decoration buttons.

But it's an interesting idea anyway.

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2010-06-01
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Re: Use X11 without a window manager.(Solved)

tartan wrote:

If you are interested in spending hours programming windows behaviour and keyboard shortcuts, pick fvwm. The only thing it limits you about is window decorations - no rounded corners, all borders and corners of the same size and strictly square window decoration buttons.

But it's an interesting idea anyway.

The only problem I would not have with fvwm is that I don't like rounded corners smile
Thanks, now I can have a better idea about no-wm. I think it is an interesting idea too, it allows you to have a wm as minimal as you want and do experiments with it. I need to learn programming languages urgently.

  • From: Moscow
  • Registered: 2009-07-13
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Re: Use X11 without a window manager.(Solved)

Err... Don't start with xlib (the library you would need to manage windows without wm) and don't try to write a window manager as you first project. ))

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2010-06-01
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Re: Use X11 without a window manager.(Solved)

^ That's funny.
I just would be happy with writing some small cli application doing one thing and doing it well.