FPWM

A fucking python tiling window manager.

What is it ?

Fpwm is a tiling window manager written in python. One can configure it and access its internals using python. It's a little bit what xmonad offers, without the purely functional approach of Haskell.

What fpwm offers ?

• tiling, floating clients
• multi-screens (xrandr)
• multi-workspaces (shared between screens)
• multi-layouts (per workspace)
• keyboard/mouse bindings
• cycle/resize layouts
• move/resize client
• next/prev client
• up/down client into a layout
• next/prev workspaces
• goto/sendto workspace
• status info and available space (ie. for dzen)
• toggle fullscreen/show desktop
• spawn external programs
• ignored clients
• quake console

Why another tiling window manager ?

• wanted to know how it works
• used to xmonad ... but Haskell
• easy to read/understand
• simple/stupid, minimalistic and highly configurable
• good for imperative minds and not functional ones ... even if i should admit xmonad really rocks !

Limitations ?

• you will cry blood if you're a good python programmer
• there are bugs, they will be fixed
• check TODO and BUGS files

How to use it ?

• ensure to have xcb libs (>= 1.8) and python xcb bindings (python-xpyb under Debian)
• clone it git clone git@github.com:sduverger/fpwm.git
• ninja it mv fpwm .fpwm
• edit config.py
• run it ~/.fpwm/fpwm.py | dzen2 -w <screen_width> -x <screen_offset>