1 # calm window manager
2 
3 The calm window manager, cwm for short, is my favourite window manager.
4 It's *the* window manager that convinced me that using a floating window
5 manager was actually worth it.
6 
7 My configuration is unusually long.
8 
9 First I have a list of applications for the built-in menu:
10 
11 	command emacsclient	"emacsclient -c"
12 	command firefox		firefox
13 	command gimp		gimp
14 	command godot		godot
15 	command inkscape	inkscape
16 	command iridium		iridium
17 	command keepassxc	keepassxc
18 	command lock		xlock
19 	command term		xterm
20 	command xterm.jp	xterm.jp
21 
22 I found these color by random I guess, but they're fine
23 
24 	color activeborder "#0abeff"
25 	color inactiveborder "#777"
26 
27 set a decently-sized border around every window
28 
29 	borderwidth 2
30 
31 I don't understand how cwm is meant to be used by deafult since I'm used
32 to window managers with "tags" (or "workspaces").  Fortunately I can
33 enable "sticky" mode on cwm to simulate workspaces
34 
35 	sticky yes
36 
37 I also prefer to "snap" windows close to the edges
38 
39 	snapdist 5
40 
41 I don't want to give focus to some applications via alt-tab
42 
43 	ignore sshmenu
44 	ignore stalonetray
45 	ignore stats
46 	ignore termbar
47 	ignore xclock
48 	ignore xconsole
49 	ignore Catclock
50 	ignore "Speedbar 1.0"
51 
52 autogroup does what it seems: it automatically moves some windows in a
53 specific group (aka workspace.)  The group 0 is sticky across all groups
54 
55 	autogroup 0 XClock
56 	autogroup 0 Catclock
57 	autogroup 0 XConsole
58 	autogroup 0 sshmenu,Xmessage
59 	autogroup 0 stalonetray
60 	autogroup 0 stats
61 	autogroup 0 termbar
62 	autogroup 2 Firefox
63 	autogroup 3 Gajim
64 	autogroup 3 TelegramDesktop
65 
66 Most cwm keybindings use `alt' which conflicts with emacs.  So I unbind
67 everything and re-bind most of the keys on the mod4 (super) key
68 
69 	unbind-key all
70 
71 	bind-key 4-Tab group-last
72 	bind-mouse C-3 menu-exec-wm
73 	bind-key C4-slash menu-window
74 	
75 eat up multimedia keys so they don't get seen by some programs (like
76 emacs or sam)
77 
78 	bind-key XF86AudioLowerVolume true
79 	bind-key XF86AudioRaiseVolume true
80 
81 control the playback
82 
83 	bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev"
84 	bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next"
85 	bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle"
86 	bind-key XF86AudioStop "amused stop"
87 
88 "gamemode" swiches the keyboard from my custom dvp-eu to an us querty
89 and vice-versa, and the mouse buttons too.  it's useful when playing
90 some games, hence the name, or when in need to share the keyboard with
91 someone else.
92 
93 	bind-key 4-F5 "gamemode"
94 
95 I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but
96 Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
97 
98 	bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -c"
99 	bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -cs"
100 
101 manage the notifications
102 
103 	bind-key 4-space "dunstctl close"
104 	bind-key 4S-space "dunstctl history-pop"
105 	bind-key 4-n "dunstctl context"
106 
107 basics window movements
108 
109 	bind-key 4-h window-move-left
110 	bind-key 4-j window-move-down
111 	bind-key 4-k window-move-up
112 	bind-key 4-l window-move-right
113 
114 	bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big
115 	bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big
116 	bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big
117 	bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big
118 
119 	bind-key C4-h window-resize-left
120 	bind-key C4-j window-resize-down
121 	bind-key C4-k window-resize-up
122 	bind-key C4-l window-resize-right
123 
124 	bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big
125 	bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big
126 	bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big
127 	bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big
128 
129 	bind-key 4-greater window-raise
130 	bind-key 4-less    window-lower
131 
132 	bind-key 4-Return window-hide
133 	bind-key C4-x window-close
134 	bind-key C4-c window-close
135 
136 	bind-key 4-slash menu
137 
138 	bind-key CM-Return xterm # kitty
139 	bind-key C4-Return "emacsclient -c"
140 	bind-key CS4-Return "env SHELL=rc 9term"
141 
142 	bind-key M-Tab window-cycle
143 	bind-key MS-Tab window-rcycle
144 
145 	bind-key 4-f window-maximize
146 	bind-key C4S-v window-vmaximize
147 	bind-key C4S-w window-hmaximize
148 
149 	htile 0
150 	vtile 0
151 	bind-key 4-w window-htile
152 	bind-key 4-v window-vtile
153 
154 	bind-key C4S-q quit
155 
156 I'm using a custom keyboard layout based on the dvorak-programmer.
157 Thus, the upper row is not numbers, but symbols!
158 
159 	# & { [ ( = + ) ] }
160 	bind-key 4-ampersand            group-only-1
161 	bind-key 4-braceleft            group-only-2
162 	bind-key 4-bracketleft          group-only-3
163 	bind-key 4-parenleft            group-only-4
164 	bind-key 4-equal                group-only-5
165 	bind-key 4-plus                 group-only-6
166 	bind-key 4-parenright           group-only-7
167 	bind-key 4-bracketright         group-only-8
168 	bind-key 4-braceright           group-only-9
169 
170 move with shift
171 
172 	bind-key S4-ampersand           window-movetogroup-1
173 	bind-key S4-braceleft           window-movetogroup-2
174 	bind-key S4-bracketleft         window-movetogroup-3
175 	bind-key S4-parenleft           window-movetogroup-4
176 	bind-key S4-equal               window-movetogroup-5
177 	bind-key S4-plus                window-movetogroup-6
178 	bind-key S4-parenright          window-movetogroup-7
179 	bind-key S4-bracketright        window-movetogroup-8
180 	bind-key S4-braceright          window-movetogroup-9
181 	bind-key S4-exclam              window-movetogroup-0
182 
183 use ctrl to toggle visibility
184 
185 	bind-key C4-ampersand            group-toggle-1
186 	bind-key C4-braceleft            group-toggle-2
187 	bind-key C4-bracketleft          group-toggle-3
188 	bind-key C4-parenleft            group-toggle-4
189 	bind-key C4-equal                group-toggle-5
190 	bind-key C4-plus                 group-toggle-6
191 	bind-key C4-parenright           group-toggle-7
192 	bind-key C4-bracketright         group-toggle-8
193 	bind-key C4-braceright           group-toggle-9
194 
195 mouse bindings
196 
197 	bind-mouse 4-1  window-move
198 	bind-mouse 4-3  window-resize