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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 8 2013 $
.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.
.Pp
The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash
.Pq Sq \e .
Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
.Pq Sq # ,
and extend to the end of the current line.
Care should be taken when commenting out multi-line text:
the comment is effective until the end of the entire block.
.Pp
Arguments containing whitespace should be surrounded by double quotes
.Pq \&" .
.Pp
The following options are accepted:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
.It Ic autogroup Ar group windowclass
.It Ic autogroup Ar group windowname,windowclass
Automatically add new windows to
.Ar group
if their class property matches
.Ar windowclass ,
or if their name and class properties match
.Ar windowname
and
.Ar windowclass ,
respectively.
The more specific last match wins.
.Ar group
is a number between 0 and 9.
If
.Ar group
is 0, matching windows will not be added to any group; this may be
used to override
.Dq sticky group mode .
.Pp
The name and class values, respectively, for existing windows
are both set in the WM_CLASS property and may be obtained using
.Xr xprop 1 .
.Pp
.It Ic bind Ar keys 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 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 one from the
.Sx BIND COMMAND LIST
(see below) or the command line 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 borderwidth Ar pixels
Set the window border width to
.Ar pixels .
.Pp
.It Ic color activeborder Ar color
Set the color of the active border.
.Pp
.It Ic color font Ar color
Set menu font color.
.Pp
.It Ic color selfont Ar color
Set font color for selected menu item.
.Pp
.It Ic color groupborder Ar color
Set the color of the border while grouping a window.
.Pp
.It Ic color inactiveborder Ar color
Set the color of the inactive border.
.Pp
.It Ic color menubg Ar color
Set menu background color.
.Pp
.It Ic color menufg Ar color
Set menu foreground color.
.Pp
.It Ic color ungroupborder Ar color
Set the color of the border while ungrouping a window.
.Pp
.It Ic command Ar name 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, and do not warp to, windows with the name
.Ar windowname
when drawing borders and cycling through windows.
.Pp
.It Ic mousebind Ar buttons command
Cause the creation of a mouse binding, or replacement of a default
mouse binding.
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 4
The Mod4 key (normally the windows key).
.El
.Pp
The
.Sq -
should be followed by number:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It 1
Left mouse button.
.It 2
Middle mouse button.
.It 3
Right mouse button.
.It 4
Scroll up mouse button.
.It 5
Scroll down mouse button.
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar command
may be taken from the
.Sx MOUSEBIND COMMAND LIST
(see below).
.Pp
.It Ic moveamount Ar pixels
Set a default size for the keyboard movement bindings,
in pixels.
The default is 1.
.Pp
.It Ic snapdist Ar pixels
Minimum distance to snap-to adjacent edge, in pixels.
The default is 0.
.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
bind CM-equal	unmap
bind CMS-equal	unmap
bind C4-equal	vmaximize
bind C4S-equal	hmaximize
bind M-1	grouponly1
bind M-2	grouponly2
bind M-3	grouponly3
bind MS-1	movetogroup1
bind MS-2	movetogroup2
bind MS-3	movetogroup3

# Mousebindings
mousebind M-2	window_lower
mousebind M-3	window_resize
.Ed
.Sh BIND COMMAND LIST
.Bl -tag -width 18n -compact
.It restart
Restart the running
.Xr cwm 1 .
.It quit
Quit
.Xr cwm 1 .
.It terminal
Spawn a new terminal.
.It lock
Lock the screen.
.It search
Launch window search menu.
.It menusearch
Launch application search menu.
.It exec
Launch
.Dq exec program
menu.
.It exec_wm
Launch
.Dq exec WindowManager
menu.
.It ssh
Launch
.Dq ssh
menu.
.It group[n]
Select group n, where n is 1-9.
.It grouponly[n]
Like
.Ar group[n]
but also hides the other groups.
.It nogroup
Select all groups.
.It grouptoggle
Toggle group membership of current window.
.It movetogroup[n]
Hide current window from display and move to group n, where n is 1-9.
.It cyclegroup
Forward cycle through groups.
.It rcyclegroup
Reverse cycle through groups.
.It cycle
Forward cycle through windows.
.It rcycle
Reverse cycle through windows.
.It cycleingroup
Forward cycle through windows in current group.
.It rcycleingroup
Reverse cycle through windows in current group.
.It delete
Delete current window.
.It hide
Hide current window.
.It lower
Lower current window.
.It raise
Raise current window.
.It label
Label current window.
.It freeze
Freeze current window geometry.
.It maximize
Maximize current window full-screen.
.It vmaximize
Maximize current window vertically.
.It hmaximize
Maximize current window horizontally.
.It moveup
Move window
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It movedown
Move window
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It moveright
Move window
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It moveleft
Move window
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It bigmoveup
Move window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It bigmovedown
Move window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It bigmoveright
Move window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It bigmoveleft
Move window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It resizeup
Resize window
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It resizedown
Resize window
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It resizeright
Resize window
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It resizeleft
Resize window
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It bigresizeup
Resize window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It bigresizedown
Resize window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It bigresizeright
Resize window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It bigresizeleft
Resize window 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It ptrmoveup
Move pointer
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It ptrmovedown
Move pointer
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It ptrmoveright
Move pointer
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It ptrmoveleft
Move pointer
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It bigptrmoveup
Move pointer 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels up.
.It bigptrmovedown
Move pointer 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels down.
.It bigptrmoveright
Move pointer 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels right.
.It bigptrmoveleft
Move pointer 10 times
.Ar moveamount
pixels left.
.It htile
Current window is placed at the top of the screen and maximized
horizontally, other windows in its group share remaining screen space.
.It vtile
Current window is placed on the left of the screen and maximized
vertically, other windows in its group share remaining screen space.
.El
.Sh MOUSEBIND COMMAND LIST
.Bl -tag -width 18n -compact
.It window_move
Move current window.
.It window_resize
Resize current window.
.It window_lower
Lower current window.
.It window_raise
Raise current window.
.It window_hide
Hide current window.
.It window_grouptoggle
Toggle group membership of current window.
.It menu_group
Launch group list.
.It menu_unhide
Launch hidden window list.
.It menu_cmd
Launch command list.
.El
.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 .