X Window System Tiling window manager

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the dwm tiling window manager



spectrwm master area on left.



bluetile designed integrate gnome desktop.



wmfs vim, urxvt, tty-clock , ncmpcpp open

in x window system, window manager separate program. x enforces no specific window management approach , remains usable without window manager. current x protocol version x11 explicitly mentions possibility of tiling window managers. siemens rtl tiled window manager (released in 1988) first implement automatic placement/sizing strategies. tiling window manager period cambridge window manager developed ibm s academic information system group.

in 2000, both larswm , ion released first version.

list of tiling window managers x

awesome — dwm derivative window tiling, floating , tagging, written in c , configurable , extensible in lua. first wm ported xlib xcb, , supports d-bus, pango, xrandr, xinerama.
bspwm — represents windows leaves of full binary tree. many other window managers, bspwm written in c , has hybrid management style.
dwm — allows switching tiling layouts clicking textual ascii art icon in status bar. default main area + stacking area arrangement, represented []= character glyph. other standard layouts single-window monocle mode represented m , non-tiling floating layout permits windows moved , resized, represented fish-like ><>. third party patches exist add golden section-based fibonacci layout, horizontal , vertical row-based tiling or grid layout. keyboard-driven menu utility dmenu , developed use dwm, used other tiling wms such xmonad, , other light-weight software openbox , uzbl.
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i3 — built-from-scratch window manager, based on wmii. has vi-like keybindings, , treats monitors workspaces, meaning windows can moved between monitors easily. allows vertical , horizontal splits, , parent containers. can controlled entirely keyboard, mouse can used.
ion — combines tiling tabbing interface: display manually split in non-overlapping regions (frames). each frame can contain 1 or more windows. 1 of these windows visible , fills entire frame.
larswm — implements form of dynamic tiling: display vertically split in 2 regions (tracks). left track filled single window. right track contains other windows stacked on top of each other.
qtile — tiling window manager written, configurable , extensible in python.
ratpoison — keyboard-driven gnu screen x.
stumpwm — keyboard driven offshoot of ratpoison supporting multiple displays (e.g. xrandr) can customized on fly in common lisp. uses emacs-compatible keybindings default.
wmii — developed in prior dwm, same author. development has remained active.
xmonad — extensible wm written in haskell, both influenced , has since influenced dwm.
compiz — compositing window manager available usage without leaving familiar interfaces such ones gnome, kde or mate. 1 of plugins (called grid) allows user configure several keybindings move windows corner, 5 different lengths. there options configure default placement specific windows. plugins can configured through compiz config settings manager / ccsm.
spectrwm — small dynamic tiling , reparenting window manager x11. tries stay out of way valuable screen real estate can used more important stuff. has sane defaults , not require 1 learn language configuration. written hackers hackers , strives small, compact , fast.




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