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## Nimwin ## Nimwin
### What is this? ### What is this?
A very simple X11 window manager written in Nim, and inspired by TinyWM. A very simple X11 window manager written in Nim, and inspired by TinyWM and XMonad.
### How to build it? ### How to build it?
Install nim and nimble and run `nimble build`. You must have XLib development headers on your system (and obviously an X server). Install nim and nimble and run `nimble build`. You must have XLib development headers on your system (and obviously an X server).
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* Install [Xephyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xephyr) * Install [Xephyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xephyr)
* Make sure you have a running X server * Make sure you have a running X server
Then run these commands to launch Xephyr. You could also directly execute nimwin from your `~/.xinitrc`, but that would be difficult to use. Then run these commands to launch Xephyr. You could also directly execute nimwin from your `~/.xinitrc` which will launch it directly when your X session starts.
``` ```
Xephyr -ac -screen 1280x1024 -br -reset -terminate 2> /dev/null :1 & Xephyr -ac -screen 1280x1024 -br -reset -terminate 2> /dev/null :1 &
env DISPLAY=:1 ./nimwin env DISPLAY=:1 ./nimwin
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### How to move windows ### How to move windows
`alt + right` click allows you to resize, `alt + left click` allows you to move, `ctrl + alt + t` opens an xterm `alt + right` click allows you to resize, `alt + left click` allows you to move, `ctrl + alt + return` opens an xterm, and `alt + tab` cycles through windows, changing the focus each time.

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