jcs/progman

progman

progman is a simple X11 window manager modeled after Program Manager from the Windows 3 era.

License

MIT

Compiling

Run make to compile, and make install to install to /usr/local by default.

Features

• Window minimizing, drawing icons and labels on the root/desktop
• Window maximizing by double-clicking on a window titlebar, and full-screen support (via _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN)
• Window shading by right-clicking on a window titlebar
• Window moving by holding down Alt and clicking anywhere on a window
• Built-in keyboard binding support by adding items to the [keyboard] section of ~/.config/progman/progman.ini such as Win+L = exec xlock
• Built-in mouse button binding on the desktop by adding items to the [desktop] section of ~/.config/progman/progman.ini such as Mouse3 = exec xterm, with right-click setup by default to show a configurable launcher menu containing programs listed in the [launcher] section of progman.ini
• Virtual desktops with keyboard shortcuts for switching between them bound to Alt+1 through Alt+0 by default, and using the mouse wheel on the desktop to scroll through virtual desktops
• Window cycling with Alt+Tab and Shift+Alt+Tab
• Theme support
• Optional HiDPI scaling support to magnify icons and buttons