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 with cwm I usually use tint2 as bar, either at the top or at the bottom.
42 cwm doesn't account the space for it automatically like other window
43 manager, we have to do that manually
44 
45 	gap 0 30 0 0
46 
47 I don't want to give focus to some applications via alt-tab
48 
49 	ignore sshmenu
50 	ignore stalonetray
51 	ignore stats
52 	ignore termbar
53 	ignore xclock
54 	ignore xconsole
55 	ignore Catclock
56 	ignore "Speedbar 1.0"
57 
58 autogroup does what it seems: it automatically moves some windows in a
59 specific group (aka workspace.)  The group 0 is sticky across all groups
60 
61 	autogroup 0 XClock
62 	autogroup 0 Catclock
63 	autogroup 0 XConsole
64 	autogroup 0 sshmenu,Xmessage
65 	autogroup 0 stalonetray
66 	autogroup 0 stats
67 	autogroup 0 termbar
68 	autogroup 2 Firefox
69 	autogroup 3 Gajim
70 	autogroup 3 TelegramDesktop
71 
72 Most cwm keybindings use `alt' which conflicts with emacs.  So I unbind
73 everything and re-bind most of the keys on the mod4 (super) key
74 
75 	unbind-key all
76 
77 	bind-key 4-Tab group-last
78 	bind-mouse C-3 menu-exec-wm
79 	bind-key C4-slash menu-window
80 	
81 eat up multimedia keys so they don't get seen by some programs (like
82 emacs or sam)
83 
84 	bind-key XF86AudioLowerVolume true
85 	bind-key XF86AudioRaiseVolume true
86 
87 control the playback
88 
89 	bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev"
90 	bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next"
91 	bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle"
92 
93 I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but
94 Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
95 
96 	bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -c"
97 	bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock	"sshot -cs"
98 
99 manage the notifications
100 
101 	bind-key 4-space "dunstctl close"
102 	bind-key 4S-space "dunstctl history-pop"
103 	bind-key 4-n "dunstctl context"
104 
105 basics window movements
106 
107 	bind-key 4-h window-move-left
108 	bind-key 4-j window-move-down
109 	bind-key 4-k window-move-up
110 	bind-key 4-l window-move-right
111 
112 	bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big
113 	bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big
114 	bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big
115 	bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big
116 
117 	bind-key C4-h window-resize-left
118 	bind-key C4-j window-resize-down
119 	bind-key C4-k window-resize-up
120 	bind-key C4-l window-resize-right
121 
122 	bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big
123 	bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big
124 	bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big
125 	bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big
126 
127 	bind-key 4-greater window-raise
128 	bind-key 4-less    window-lower
129 
130 	bind-key 4-Return window-hide
131 	bind-key C4-x window-close
132 	bind-key C4-c window-close
133 
134 	bind-key 4-slash menu
135 	bind-key 4-at jgmenu_run
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-only-1
160 	bind-key 4-braceleft            group-only-2
161 	bind-key 4-bracketleft          group-only-3
162 	bind-key 4-parenleft            group-only-4
163 	bind-key 4-equal                group-only-5
164 	bind-key 4-plus                 group-only-6
165 	bind-key 4-parenright           group-only-7
166 	bind-key 4-bracketright         group-only-8
167 	bind-key 4-braceright           group-only-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 use ctrl to toggle visibility
183 
184 	bind-key C4-ampersand            group-toggle-1
185 	bind-key C4-braceleft            group-toggle-2
186 	bind-key C4-bracketleft          group-toggle-3
187 	bind-key C4-parenleft            group-toggle-4
188 	bind-key C4-equal                group-toggle-5
189 	bind-key C4-plus                 group-toggle-6
190 	bind-key C4-parenright           group-toggle-7
191 	bind-key C4-bracketright         group-toggle-8
192 	bind-key C4-braceright           group-toggle-9
193 
194 mouse bindings
195 
196 	bind-mouse 4-1  window-move
197 	bind-mouse 4-3  window-resize