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WMI is a new lightweight window manager for X11, which attempts to combine the best features of LarsWM, Ion, evilwm and ratpoison into one window manager. Its features include: 

             -no dependencies except Xlib and C++ STL 
             -multihead support (not tested/experimental)
             -virtual workspaces
             -tabbed/tiled frames
             -floating clients
             -vi-alike input mode  
             -full keyboard control 
             -fully customizable (key) bindings
             -mouse and theme support
             -session management
             -mini pager for statusbar
             -remote tool (status text and action invocation)
             -optional antialiased fonts support (Xft)

Last updated 19 Jul, 2005


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About

Leadership
  • Anselm R. Garbe - Maintainer
Requirements
  • automake 1.5 or later (Use Requirement)
  • autoconf 2.5 or later (Use Requirement)
  • gcc-2.95 or later (Use Requirement)
  • X11R6 with Xlib and X headers (Use Requirement)
  • STL library and headers (Use Requirement)
  • libcairo (Weak Prerequisite)
Related Projects

Ion, Larswm, Ratpoison, WindowLab

Versions

10

10 stable released 2004-10-03

User Community and Support

General Resources
Announcement Resources
Support Resources
  • irc://irc.freenode.net/#wmi

Development

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Bug Tracking Resources
 

Please send comments on these web pages to bug-directory@fsf.org, send other questions to info@fsf.org.

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