cwm/cwmrc.5

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.Dd $Mdocdate: May 18 2008 $
.Dt CWMRC 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm cwmrc
.Nd calm window manager configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This manual page describes the
.Xr cwm 1
configuration file.
The following options are accepted in the configuration file:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Ic autogroup Ar group Dq windowclass
.It Ic autogroup Ar group Dq windowclass,windowname
Control automatic window grouping, based on the class and/or name
properties, where
.Ar group
is a number between 1 and 9.
.Pp
The class and name of a window may be obtained using
.Xr xprop 1 .
.Pp
.It Ic bind Ar keys Ar command
Cause the creation of a keybinding, or replacement of a default
keybinding.
The modifier keys come first, followed by a
.Sq - .
.Pp
The following modifiers are recognised:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It C
The Control key.
.It M
The Meta key.
.It S
The Shift key.
.It 2
The Mod2 key.
.It 3
The Mod3 key.
.It 4
The Mod4 key (normally the windows key).
.El
.Pp
The
.Sq -
should be followed by either a keysym name, taken from
.Pa /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h ,
or a numerical keycode value enclosed in
.Dq [] .
The
.Ar command
may either be the name of a task from the
.Dq name_to_kbfunc
structure in
.Pa conf.c ,
or the commandline that is to be executed.
.Pp
A special
.Ar command
keyword
.Dq unmap
can be used to remove the named keybinding.
This can be used to remove a binding which conflicts with an
application.
.Pp
.It Ic command Ar name Ar path
Every
.Ar name
entry is shown in the application menu.
When selected, the defined
.Ar path
is executed with
.Xr execve 2 .
.Pp
The
.Ar name
entries
.Nm term
and
.Nm lock
have a special meaning.
They point to the terminal and screen locking programs specified by
keybindings.
The defaults are
.Xr xterm 1
and
.Xr xlock 1 ,
respectively.
.Pp
.It Ic fontname Ar font
Change the default
.Ar font
for
.Xr Xft 3 .
.Pp
.It Ic gap Ar top bottom left right
Define a
.Dq gap
in pixels at the edge of the screen, so that when a
window is maximized it will not overlap this area.
This
.Dq gap
can be used for applications such as
.Xr xclock 1 ,
where the user may wish to remain visible.
.Pp
.It Ic ignore Ar windowname
Ignore drawing borders around a window with the name
.Ar windowname .
.Pp
.It Ic sticky Ic yes Ns \&| Ns Ic no
Toggle sticky group mode.
The default behavior for new windows is to not assign any group.
By enabling sticky group mode,
.Xr cwm 1
will assign new windows to the currently selected group.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION
.Bd -literal
# Set default Xft(3) font
fontname "sans-serif:pixelsize=14:bold"

# Turn on sticky-group mode
sticky yes

# Any entry here is shown in the application menu
command firefox		firefox
command xmms		xmms
command top		"xterm -e top"

# Autogroup definitions
autogroup 3 "aterm,XTerm"
autogroup 3 "xterm,XTerm"

# Ignore programs by that name by not drawing borders around them.
ignore XMMS
ignore xwi
ignore xapm
ignore xclock

# Keybindings
bind CM-r	"label"
bind CS-Return	"xterm -e top"
bind 4-o	"unmap"
.Ed
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "~/.cwmrcXXX" -compact
.It Pa ~/.cwmrc
default
.Xr cwm 1
configuration file
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cwm 1
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
file format first appeared in
.Ox 4.4 .