The calm window manager, cwm for short, is my favourite window manager. It's *the* window manager that convinced me that using a floating window manager was actually worth it.
My configuration is unusually long.
First I have a list of applications for the built-in menu:
command emacsclient "emacsclient -c" command firefox firefox command gimp gimp command godot godot command inkscape inkscape command iridium iridium command keepassxc keepassxc command lock xlock command term myterm
I found these color by random I guess, but they're fine
color activeborder "#0abeff" color inactiveborder "#777"
set a decently-sized border around every window
borderwidth 2
I've started to use cwm without "sticky" tags. Enabling the sticky mode makes cwm behave like other windows managers with "tags" (or "workspaces".) Without sticky tags, you can decide with more granularly which window to show and which not.
# sticky yes
I also prefer to "snap" windows close to the edges
snapdist 5
I don't want to give focus to some applications via alt-tab
ignore sshmenu ignore stalonetray ignore stats ignore termbar ignore xclock ignore xconsole ignore Catclock ignore "Speedbar 1.0"
autogroup does what it seems: it automatically moves some windows in a specific group (aka workspace.) The group 0 is sticky across all groups
autogroup 0 XClock autogroup 0 Catclock autogroup 0 XConsole autogroup 0 sshmenu,Xmessage autogroup 0 stalonetray autogroup 0 stats autogroup 0 termbar autogroup 2 Firefox autogroup 3 Gajim autogroup 3 TelegramDesktop
Most cwm keybindings use `alt' which conflicts with emacs. So I unbind everything and re-bind most of the keys on the mod4 (super) key
unbind-key all bind-key 4-Tab group-last bind-mouse C-3 menu-exec-wm bind-key C4-slash menu-window
control the playback
bind-key XF86AudioPrev "amused prev" bind-key XF86AudioNext "amused next" bind-key XF86AudioPlay "amused toggle" bind-key XF86AudioStop "amused stop"
"gamemode" swiches the keyboard from my custom dvp-eu to an us querty and vice-versa, and the mouse buttons too. it's useful when playing some games, hence the name, or when in need to share the keyboard with someone else.
bind-key 4-F5 "gamemode"
I don't have a dedicated key for screenshot on this machine, but Scroll_Lock is not too awkward to press
bind-key 4-Scroll_Lock "sshot -c" bind-key 4S-Scroll_Lock "sshot -cs"
manage the notifications
bind-key 4-space "pkill -SIGUSR1 xnotify"
basics window movements
bind-key 4-h window-move-left bind-key 4-j window-move-down bind-key 4-k window-move-up bind-key 4-l window-move-right bind-key S4-h window-move-left-big bind-key S4-j window-move-down-big bind-key S4-k window-move-up-big bind-key S4-l window-move-right-big bind-key C4-h window-resize-left bind-key C4-j window-resize-down bind-key C4-k window-resize-up bind-key C4-l window-resize-right bind-key CS4-h window-resize-left-big bind-key CS4-j window-resize-down-big bind-key CS4-k window-resize-up-big bind-key CS4-l window-resize-right-big bind-key 4-greater window-raise bind-key 4-less window-lower bind-key 4-Return window-hide bind-key C4-x window-close bind-key C4-c window-close bind-key 4-slash menu bind-key CM-Return myterm bind-key C4-Return "emacsclient -c" bind-key CS4-Return "env SHELL=rc 9term" bind-key M-Tab window-cycle bind-key MS-Tab window-rcycle bind-key 4-f window-maximize bind-key C4S-v window-vmaximize bind-key C4S-w window-hmaximize htile 0 vtile 0 bind-key 4-w window-htile bind-key 4-v window-vtile bind-key C4S-q quit
I'm using a custom keyboard layout based on the dvorak-programmer. Thus, the upper row is not numbers, but symbols!
# & { [ ( = + ) ] }
bind-key 4-ampersand group-toggle-1
bind-key 4-braceleft group-toggle-2
bind-key 4-bracketleft group-toggle-3
bind-key 4-parenleft group-toggle-4
bind-key 4-equal group-toggle-5
bind-key 4-plus group-toggle-6
bind-key 4-parenright group-toggle-7
bind-key 4-bracketright group-toggle-8
bind-key 4-braceright group-toggle-9
move with shift
bind-key S4-ampersand window-movetogroup-1 bind-key S4-braceleft window-movetogroup-2 bind-key S4-bracketleft window-movetogroup-3 bind-key S4-parenleft window-movetogroup-4 bind-key S4-equal window-movetogroup-5 bind-key S4-plus window-movetogroup-6 bind-key S4-parenright window-movetogroup-7 bind-key S4-bracketright window-movetogroup-8 bind-key S4-braceright window-movetogroup-9 bind-key S4-exclam window-movetogroup-0
mouse bindings
bind-mouse 4-1 window-move bind-mouse 4-3 window-resize