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A Very Simple X11 Window Manager
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README.md

Nimwin

What is this?

A very simple X11 window manager written in Nim, and inspired by TinyWM and XMonad.

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
  • Make sure you have a running X server

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 &
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, ctrl + alt + return opens an xterm, and alt + tab cycles through windows, changing the focus each time.