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 control the playback
77 
78 	bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev"
79 	bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next"
80 	bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle"
81 	bind-key XF86AudioStop "amused stop"
82 
83 "gamemode" swiches the keyboard from my custom dvp-eu to an us querty
84 and vice-versa, and the mouse buttons too.  it's useful when playing
85 some games, hence the name, or when in need to share the keyboard with
86 someone else.
87 
88 	bind-key 4-F5 "gamemode"
89 
90 I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but
91 Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
92 
93 	bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -c"
94 	bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -cs"
95 
96 manage the notifications
97 
98 	bind-key 4-space "pkill -SIGUSR1 xnotify"
99 
100 basics window movements
101 
102 	bind-key 4-h window-move-left
103 	bind-key 4-j window-move-down
104 	bind-key 4-k window-move-up
105 	bind-key 4-l window-move-right
106 
107 	bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big
108 	bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big
109 	bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big
110 	bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big
111 
112 	bind-key C4-h window-resize-left
113 	bind-key C4-j window-resize-down
114 	bind-key C4-k window-resize-up
115 	bind-key C4-l window-resize-right
116 
117 	bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big
118 	bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big
119 	bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big
120 	bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big
121 
122 	bind-key 4-greater window-raise
123 	bind-key 4-less    window-lower
124 
125 	bind-key 4-Return window-hide
126 	bind-key C4-x window-close
127 	bind-key C4-c window-close
128 
129 	bind-key 4-slash menu
130 
131 	bind-key CM-Return xterm # kitty
132 	bind-key C4-Return "emacsclient -c"
133 	bind-key CS4-Return "env SHELL=rc 9term"
134 
135 	bind-key M-Tab window-cycle
136 	bind-key MS-Tab window-rcycle
137 
138 	bind-key 4-f window-maximize
139 	bind-key C4S-v window-vmaximize
140 	bind-key C4S-w window-hmaximize
141 
142 	htile 0
143 	vtile 0
144 	bind-key 4-w window-htile
145 	bind-key 4-v window-vtile
146 
147 	bind-key C4S-q quit
148 
149 I'm using a custom keyboard layout based on the dvorak-programmer.
150 Thus, the upper row is not numbers, but symbols!
151 
152 	# & { [ ( = + ) ] }
153 	bind-key 4-ampersand            group-toggle-1
154 	bind-key 4-braceleft            group-toggle-2
155 	bind-key 4-bracketleft          group-toggle-3
156 	bind-key 4-parenleft            group-toggle-4
157 	bind-key 4-equal                group-toggle-5
158 	bind-key 4-plus                 group-toggle-6
159 	bind-key 4-parenright           group-toggle-7
160 	bind-key 4-bracketright         group-toggle-8
161 	bind-key 4-braceright           group-toggle-9
162 
163 move with shift
164 
165 	bind-key S4-ampersand           window-movetogroup-1
166 	bind-key S4-braceleft           window-movetogroup-2
167 	bind-key S4-bracketleft         window-movetogroup-3
168 	bind-key S4-parenleft           window-movetogroup-4
169 	bind-key S4-equal               window-movetogroup-5
170 	bind-key S4-plus                window-movetogroup-6
171 	bind-key S4-parenright          window-movetogroup-7
172 	bind-key S4-bracketright        window-movetogroup-8
173 	bind-key S4-braceright          window-movetogroup-9
174 	bind-key S4-exclam              window-movetogroup-0
175 
176 mouse bindings
177 
178 	bind-mouse 4-1  window-move
179 	bind-mouse 4-3  window-resize