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've started to use cwm without "sticky" tags.  Enabling the sticky mode
32 makes cwm behave like other windows managers with "tags" (or
33 "workspaces".)  Without sticky tags, you can decide with more granularly
34 which window to show and which not.
35 
36 	# sticky yes
37 
38 I also prefer to "snap" windows close to the edges
39 
40 	snapdist 5
41 
42 I don't want to give focus to some applications via alt-tab
43 
44 	ignore sshmenu
45 	ignore stalonetray
46 	ignore stats
47 	ignore termbar
48 	ignore xclock
49 	ignore xconsole
50 	ignore Catclock
51 	ignore "Speedbar 1.0"
52 
53 autogroup does what it seems: it automatically moves some windows in a
54 specific group (aka workspace.)  The group 0 is sticky across all groups
55 
56 	autogroup 0 XClock
57 	autogroup 0 Catclock
58 	autogroup 0 XConsole
59 	autogroup 0 sshmenu,Xmessage
60 	autogroup 0 stalonetray
61 	autogroup 0 stats
62 	autogroup 0 termbar
63 	autogroup 2 Firefox
64 	autogroup 3 Gajim
65 	autogroup 3 TelegramDesktop
66 
67 Most cwm keybindings use `alt' which conflicts with emacs.  So I unbind
68 everything and re-bind most of the keys on the mod4 (super) key
69 
70 	unbind-key all
71 
72 	bind-key 4-Tab group-last
73 	bind-mouse C-3 menu-exec-wm
74 	bind-key C4-slash menu-window
75 	
76 eat up multimedia keys so they don't get seen by some programs (like
77 emacs or sam)
78 
79 	bind-key XF86AudioLowerVolume true
80 	bind-key XF86AudioRaiseVolume true
81 
82 control the playback
83 
84 	bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev"
85 	bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next"
86 	bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle"
87 	bind-key XF86AudioStop "amused stop"
88 
89 "gamemode" swiches the keyboard from my custom dvp-eu to an us querty
90 and vice-versa, and the mouse buttons too.  it's useful when playing
91 some games, hence the name, or when in need to share the keyboard with
92 someone else.
93 
94 	bind-key 4-F5 "gamemode"
95 
96 I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but
97 Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
98 
99 	bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -c"
100 	bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -cs"
101 
102 manage the notifications
103 
104 	bind-key 4-space "pkill -SIGUSR1 xnotify"
105 
106 basics window movements
107 
108 	bind-key 4-h window-move-left
109 	bind-key 4-j window-move-down
110 	bind-key 4-k window-move-up
111 	bind-key 4-l window-move-right
112 
113 	bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big
114 	bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big
115 	bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big
116 	bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big
117 
118 	bind-key C4-h window-resize-left
119 	bind-key C4-j window-resize-down
120 	bind-key C4-k window-resize-up
121 	bind-key C4-l window-resize-right
122 
123 	bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big
124 	bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big
125 	bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big
126 	bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big
127 
128 	bind-key 4-greater window-raise
129 	bind-key 4-less    window-lower
130 
131 	bind-key 4-Return window-hide
132 	bind-key C4-x window-close
133 	bind-key C4-c window-close
134 
135 	bind-key 4-slash menu
136 
137 	bind-key CM-Return xterm # kitty
138 	bind-key C4-Return "emacsclient -c"
139 	bind-key CS4-Return "env SHELL=rc 9term"
140 
141 	bind-key M-Tab window-cycle
142 	bind-key MS-Tab window-rcycle
143 
144 	bind-key 4-f window-maximize
145 	bind-key C4S-v window-vmaximize
146 	bind-key C4S-w window-hmaximize
147 
148 	htile 0
149 	vtile 0
150 	bind-key 4-w window-htile
151 	bind-key 4-v window-vtile
152 
153 	bind-key C4S-q quit
154 
155 I'm using a custom keyboard layout based on the dvorak-programmer.
156 Thus, the upper row is not numbers, but symbols!
157 
158 	# & { [ ( = + ) ] }
159 	bind-key 4-ampersand            group-toggle-1
160 	bind-key 4-braceleft            group-toggle-2
161 	bind-key 4-bracketleft          group-toggle-3
162 	bind-key 4-parenleft            group-toggle-4
163 	bind-key 4-equal                group-toggle-5
164 	bind-key 4-plus                 group-toggle-6
165 	bind-key 4-parenright           group-toggle-7
166 	bind-key 4-bracketright         group-toggle-8
167 	bind-key 4-braceright           group-toggle-9
168 
169 move with shift
170 
171 	bind-key S4-ampersand           window-movetogroup-1
172 	bind-key S4-braceleft           window-movetogroup-2
173 	bind-key S4-bracketleft         window-movetogroup-3
174 	bind-key S4-parenleft           window-movetogroup-4
175 	bind-key S4-equal               window-movetogroup-5
176 	bind-key S4-plus                window-movetogroup-6
177 	bind-key S4-parenright          window-movetogroup-7
178 	bind-key S4-bracketright        window-movetogroup-8
179 	bind-key S4-braceright          window-movetogroup-9
180 	bind-key S4-exclam              window-movetogroup-0
181 
182 mouse bindings
183 
184 	bind-mouse 4-1  window-move
185 	bind-mouse 4-3  window-resize