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		myterm
20 
21 I found these color by random I guess, but they're fine
22 
23 	color activeborder "#0abeff"
24 	color inactiveborder "#777"
25 
26 set a decently-sized border around every window
27 
28 	borderwidth 2
29 
30 I've started to use cwm without "sticky" tags.  Enabling the sticky mode
31 makes cwm behave like other windows managers with "tags" (or
32 "workspaces".)  Without sticky tags, you can decide with more granularly
33 which window to show and which not.
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 control the playback
76 
77 	bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev"
78 	bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next"
79 	bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle"
80 	bind-key XF86AudioStop "amused stop"
81 
82 "gamemode" swiches the keyboard from my custom dvp-eu to an us querty
83 and vice-versa, and the mouse buttons too.  it's useful when playing
84 some games, hence the name, or when in need to share the keyboard with
85 someone else.
86 
87 	bind-key 4-F5 "gamemode"
88 
89 I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but
90 Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
91 
92 	bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -c"
93 	bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -cs"
94 
95 manage the notifications
96 
97 	bind-key 4-space "pkill -SIGUSR1 xnotify"
98 
99 basics window movements
100 
101 	bind-key 4-h window-move-left
102 	bind-key 4-j window-move-down
103 	bind-key 4-k window-move-up
104 	bind-key 4-l window-move-right
105 
106 	bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big
107 	bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big
108 	bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big
109 	bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big
110 
111 	bind-key C4-h window-resize-left
112 	bind-key C4-j window-resize-down
113 	bind-key C4-k window-resize-up
114 	bind-key C4-l window-resize-right
115 
116 	bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big
117 	bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big
118 	bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big
119 	bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big
120 
121 	bind-key 4-greater window-raise
122 	bind-key 4-less    window-lower
123 
124 	bind-key 4-Return window-hide
125 	bind-key C4-x window-close
126 	bind-key C4-c window-close
127 
128 	bind-key 4-slash menu
129 
130 	bind-key CM-Return myterm
131 	bind-key C4-Return "emacsclient -c"
132 	bind-key CS4-Return "env SHELL=rc 9term"
133 
134 	bind-key M-Tab window-cycle
135 	bind-key MS-Tab window-rcycle
136 
137 	bind-key 4-f window-maximize
138 	bind-key C4S-v window-vmaximize
139 	bind-key C4S-w window-hmaximize
140 
141 	htile 0
142 	vtile 0
143 	bind-key 4-w window-htile
144 	bind-key 4-v window-vtile
145 
146 	bind-key C4S-q quit
147 
148 I'm using a custom keyboard layout based on the dvorak-programmer.
149 Thus, the upper row is not numbers, but symbols!
150 
151 	# & { [ ( = + ) ] }
152 	bind-key 4-ampersand            group-toggle-1
153 	bind-key 4-braceleft            group-toggle-2
154 	bind-key 4-bracketleft          group-toggle-3
155 	bind-key 4-parenleft            group-toggle-4
156 	bind-key 4-equal                group-toggle-5
157 	bind-key 4-plus                 group-toggle-6
158 	bind-key 4-parenright           group-toggle-7
159 	bind-key 4-bracketright         group-toggle-8
160 	bind-key 4-braceright           group-toggle-9
161 
162 move with shift
163 
164 	bind-key S4-ampersand           window-movetogroup-1
165 	bind-key S4-braceleft           window-movetogroup-2
166 	bind-key S4-bracketleft         window-movetogroup-3
167 	bind-key S4-parenleft           window-movetogroup-4
168 	bind-key S4-equal               window-movetogroup-5
169 	bind-key S4-plus                window-movetogroup-6
170 	bind-key S4-parenright          window-movetogroup-7
171 	bind-key S4-bracketright        window-movetogroup-8
172 	bind-key S4-braceright          window-movetogroup-9
173 	bind-key S4-exclam              window-movetogroup-0
174 
175 mouse bindings
176 
177 	bind-mouse 4-1  window-move
178 	bind-mouse 4-3  window-resize