(25-08-2020, 01:53 PM)phillbush Wrote: I think you should check out fyr's fwm, which is one of the most complete and coherent set of wmutils-based scripts I have found. You can use his scripts as a base for writing yours.

I think that using wmutils as a supplement for a simple wm (like cwm, windowchef and z3bra's glazier) is the way to start from.

Awesome thanks, I'll check it out.

(26-08-2020, 03:25 AM)z3bra Wrote: Mmmh yeah, forgot to answer the original question !

wmutils' goal is to provide a simple, standalone and scriptable interface to the X server. Think coreutils, but for X. It grew from the fact that EWMH is a pain to work with, and that you shouldn't need a fully-fledged WM when all you need is moving the current window 10 pixels to the right.

Its composability make it very well suited to control windows from a key binder like xbindkeys or sxhkd.

Over the years, I realize that if you need to react to X events (window creation, deletion, ...) you need an piece of software monitoring those events, and triggering changes. That is why I made my own WM whose only purpose is to provide resizing and moving with the mouse. I made it as a first class citizen for wmutils, so everything I do with the keyboard is done with wmutils.

It's sounding like a lot of work to get things set up. If I find the time I'll definitely have a crack at it but I'm now trying to decide is it worth it? I like how you've integrated the use of resize/move with mouse. I'll put a pin in this for now, but will certainly come back here to report my experience once I get time to muck around with wmutils.

Cheers