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Abstract
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window manager improved 2 (wmii) [1] is an improved, modularized and
lightweight X11 window manager which supports tabbed, tiled and
conventional window management through layouts.
wmii consists of components that are independent processes and
communicate via a socket-based virtual filesystem which is oriented
on the "everything is file" paradigm of the Plan 9 [2] operating system.
The core distribution of wmii contains the window manager itself,
a master file system routing utility (wmiifs), a generic bar (wmiibar),
a shortcut handler (wmiikeys), and a generic interaction menu (wmiimenu)
beside several tiny utilities like wmiir, wmiiplumb, and wmiiwarp.
window manager improved 2 is a dynamic window manager for X11.
It supports classic and tiled window management with extended
keyboard, mouse, and 9P-based [2] remote control.
It consists of the wmiiwm(1) window manager, the wmiir(1)
remote access utility, and a tiny wmiimenu(1).
Requirements
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Configuration
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The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the existing actions.
Customizing an action means copying the appropriate file from the directory
$WMII_CONFDIR (usually /usr/local/etc/wmii-3) to
$HOME/.wmii-3 and editing it to fit your needs. The action of main
interest is called 'wmiirc': it is executed on startup.
The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the wmiirc script,
which remotly controls the window manager and handles various events
the window manager reports while runtime.
To customize the wmiirc, copy the file from PREFIX/etc/wmii-3
(usually /usr/local/etc/wmii-3) to $HOME/.wmii-3 and edit it to fit
your needs.
Credits
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Beside all thanks to the wmi contributors, the following people have
contributed especially to wmii in various ways:
The following people have contributed especially to wmii in various ways:
- Christoph Wegscheider <christoph (dot) wegscheider (at) wegi (dot) net>
- Georg Neis <gn (at) wmii (dot) de>
- Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg (at) informatik (dot) uni-freiburg (dot) de>
- Uriel <uriell (at) binarydream (dot) org>
- Uriel <uriel (at) wmii (dot) de>
- Scot Doyle <scot (at) scotdoyle (dot) com>
- Sebastian Hartmann <seb (dot) wmi (at) gmx (dot) de>
- Bernhard Leiner <bleiner (at) gmail (dot) com>
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References
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[1] http://wmii.de
[2] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/
[2] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html
[3] http://wmii.de/repos/9base/
--Anselm R. Garbe