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@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ + \/\/\ + +Built-ins: + + Mod1-RClick Focus the clicked window, but suppress raising + Mod1-RClick-drag Focus the clicked window, suppress raising, resizing the window from its nearest corner until drag completes + Mod1-LClick Focus and raise the clicked window + Mod1-LClick-drag Focus and raise the clicked window, moving the window until the drag completes +* Mod1-l Switch to virtual desktop to the right (if exists) +* Mod1-h Switch to virtual desktop to the left (if exists) + Mod1-j Lower focused window, if the focused window is in "allscreen" mode it will simply be fullscreened first without lowering + Mod1-k [-k [-k] Raise focused window [a second k raises and fullscreens the window [a third k raises and "allscreens" without a visible border + [-k] [-k]] [a fourth k raises and fullscreens across all heads [a fifth k raises and "allscreens" across all heads]]] + Mod1-Shift-k Shelve focused window and switch to the shelf context + Mod1-Shift-j Migrate the focused window from the shelf to the last focused virtual desktop, switch to that virtual desktop, and focus the migrated window +* Mod1-Shift-l Migrate the focused window to the virtual desktop to the right (if exists), keeping the window focused +* Mod1-Shift-h Migrate the focused window to the virtual desktop to the left (if exists), keeping the window focused + Mod1-v Create a new virtual desktop and switch to it + Mod1-Shift-v Create a new virtual desktop, move the focused window to it, and switch to it +* Mod1-Space Switch to the most recently used virtual desktop (like Mod1-Tab but for virtual desktops) +* Mod1-Shift-Space Switch to the most recently used virtual desktop, bringing the focused window with + Mod1-` Alternate between shelf (if populated) and virtual desktop contexts + Mod1-s Shelve the focused window without switching to the shelf, adopting the newly shelved window as the focused window within the shelf +* Mod1-Tab Focus and raise the next window in the current context (shelf or virtual desktop), the focused window is not 'committed' as the MRU window + until Mod1 is released, so you may peruse intermediate windows without affecting the order until releasing Mod1. In multihead configurations + the next window selection is confined to the current screen. + Mod1-Shift-Tab Identical to Mod1-Tab except switches to the MRU window on another screen in a multihead configuration + Mod1-d Request the client destroy the focused window, or destroy the current virtual desktop when no windows exist on it + Mod1-Shift-d XKillClient the focused window (useful for misbehaving clients) + Mod1-Enter Alternate between full-screen and windowed dimensions for the focused window + Mod1-[ [-[] Reconfigure the focused window to fill the left half of the screen [ left bottom quarter of screen ] + Mod1-] [-]] Reconfigure the focused window to fill the right half of the screen [ right top quarter of screen ] + Mod1-Shift-[ [-[] Reconfigure the focused window to fill the top half of the screen [ top left quarter of screen ] + Mod1-Shift-] [-]] Reconfigure the focused window to fill the bottom half of the screen [ bottom right quarter of screen ] + Mod1-Esc-Esc-Esc Exit vwm (if vwm is the child of your X server, X exits too, so your X clients all lose their connection and die. + However, your clients are running under screen, and if your X server didn't exit, they won't lose their X connection.) + + *'s above indicate commands which initiate an MRU-update to be committed on the next Mod1 release. One may traverse windows and desktops without affecting + their MRU order by returning to the original initiating window and/or desktop before releasing Mod1. This permits one to do quite a lot of things + under a single, long-duration Mod1 press only committing to a potentially different focused window/desktop at the very end. + Think of the Mod1 release as a transaction commit when coupled with the *'d commands. + +Default launchers (configure by editing launchers.def and rebuild): + + Mod1-x xterm + Mod1-b iceweasel + Mod1-g gimp + Mod1-. xlock + Mod1-- xset -dpms s off + Mod1-= xset +dpms s on + + +General: + + Newly created windows are raised but not focused unless they are the first + window on an otherwise empty virtual desktop, then they are focused as well. + When new windows appear on a populated virtual desktop, they are inserted + immediately after the currently focused window in the windows list, so a + Mod1-Tab will immediately focus new windows. Windows are kept in a MRU (Most + Recently Used) order, keeping it efficient to alternate between an evolving + set of active windows. + + The shelf is a sort of omnipresent and limited virtual desktop always + available via Mod1-`, it only shows a single window at a time, Mod1-Tab + cycles through the shelved windows. I use it as a place to stow xterms + running backround processes I would like to retain the ability to observe the + output of or interact with occasionally. Programs like transmission-gtk, + cmus, wpa_supplicant under xterm, sometimes even iceweasel sessions find + themselves in my shelf on a regular basis. + + +Multihead/Xinerama: + + In multihead configurations new windows are placed on the screen containing + the pointer if that screen is empty. Should the pointer be on a non-empty + screen, then new windows are placed on the screen containing the currently + focused window. + + New windows will automatically be focused if the screen they were placed on + is empty, even if their virtual desktop is not, which is a divergence from + the single-headed behavior where only lone windows on virtual desktops are + automatically focused. + + + + + + + +TODO ... + + + + |