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## Nimwin
### What is this?
A very simple X11 window manager written in Nim, and inspired by TinyWM.
### 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).
### How to run it?
* Install [Xephyr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xephyr)
* 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.
```
Xephyr -ac -screen 1280x1024 -br -reset -terminate 2> /dev/null :1 &
env DISPLAY=:1 ./nimwin
```
### How to launch a window?
If you want to run xterm, for example, just run `xterm -display :1`
### How to move windows
alt + right click allows you to resize, alt + left click allows you to move.
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