tiles
v0.8.0
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tiling window manager in node.js
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tiles
A pure js xorg window manager, that I wrote on the plane.
Usage - development
install Xephyr
to run another display inside your current window manager.
then start everything with the DISPLAY
envar set,
so it will run in the correct display.
Xephyr -br :1 &
DISPLAY=:1 xterm &
DISPLAY=:1 node tiles.js
Usage - production
first, install globally npm install -g tiles
my ~/.xinit
looks like this:
setxkbmap -layout dvorak
export TERM='xterm -fn=7x13 -rv'
exec node /home/dominic/c/tiles/tiles.js > tiles.log
On my setup, I login on a bare terminal, and then start my window manager with startx
.
If you use ubuntu
or something with a shishi login screen you can add the following to
/usr/share/xsessions
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=tiles
Comment=This session starts tiles
Exec=/PATH/TO/tiles.js
Type=Application
(that is what nwm suggests, so that will probably work)
Configuration
tiles uses rc to manage it's configuration.
see ./config.js
for default settings. Currently only animation time and framerate
are configurable. TODO: keyboard commands.
Acknowledgements
This was easy becase of x11, and what I had learnt hacking on nwm I would also never have done this if gb and eb hadn't helped me install archlinux (and escape OSX)
TODO
- focus window on mouseover (currently chrome breaks this)
- multiple workspaces
- keyboard shortcuts
- refactor out
xorg.js
once I get more familiar with it.
License
MIT