evilwm usage
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Controls
You can use the mouse to manipulate windows either by click/dragging
the 1 pixel border, or by holding down Alt and doing so anywhere in the
client window. The controls are:
| Button 1 | Move window. |
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| Button 2 | Resize window. |
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| Button 3 | Lower window. |
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Most keyboard controls are used by holding down Control and Alt, then
pressing a key. Available functions are:
| Return | Spawn new xterm. |
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| Escape | Delete current window. |
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| Insert | Lower current window. |
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| H, J, K, L | Move window left, down, up or right (16 pixels).
Holding Shift resizes the window instead. |
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| Y, U, B, N | Move window to top-left, top-right, bottom-left or
bottom-right of screen. |
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| I | Show information about current window. |
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| Equals | Maximise current window vertically (toggle). |
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| X | Maximise current window (toggle). |
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If compiled with virtual desktop support, these functions are also
available:
| F | Fix or unfix current window. |
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| 1 - 8 | Switch virtual desktop. |
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| Left | Previous virtual desktop. |
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| Right | Next virtual desktop. |
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In addition to the above, Alt+Tab can be used to cycle through windows
on screen.
- To move a window from one virtual desktop to another, fix it, switch
desktop, then unfix it.
- To make evilwm exit, you have to kill the process.
Options
- -display display
- specifies the X display to run on.
- -term termprog
- specifies an alternative program to run when spawning a new terminal
(defaults to xterm, or x-terminal-emulator in
Debian).
- -fn fontname
- specify a font to use when resizing or displaying window titles.
- -fg foreground colour
- frame colour of currently active window.
- -fc fixed colour
- frame colour of active fixed windows.
- -bg background colour
- frame colour of inactive windows.
- -bw borderwidth
- width of window borders in pixels.
- -snap num
- enable snap-to-border support. num gives the proximity in pixels to
snap to.
- -mask1 modifiers
- -mask2 modifiers
- -altmask modifier
- override the default keyboard modifiers used to grab keys for
window manager functionality. mask1 is used for most keyboard
controls (default: control+alt), and mask2 is used for mousebutton
controls and cycling windows (default: alt). altmask is used to
modify the behaviour of certain controls (default: shift). Modifiers may
be separated with + signs. Valid modifiers are shift, lock,
control, alt, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5.
- -app name/class
- match an application by instance name and class (for help in
finding these, use the xprop tool to extract the
WM_CLASS property).
Subsequent -g, -v and -s options will apply to this
match.
- -g geometry
- apply a geometry (using a standard X geometry string) to applications
matching the last -app.
- -v vdesk
- specify a default virtual desktop for applications matching the
last -app.
- -s
- specify that application is to start with a sticky client window.
- -nosoliddrag
- draw a window outline while moving or resizing.
- -V
- print version number.
Bugs
See the Sourceforge
bug-tracking page and the Debian Bug report logs.
Updated 20 Feb 2006
