Wmii

Infobox_Software
name = wmii



caption = wmii with both 'floating' and 'managed' windows.
developer = Kris Maglione
latest_release_version = 3.6
latest_release_date = November 16, 2007
operating_system = Unix-like
genre = Window Manager
license = MIT License
website = [http://www.suckless.org/wmii/ http://www.suckless.org/wmii/]

wmii is a dynamic tiling window manager for X11. It supports classic and dynamic window management with extended keyboard, mouse, and filesystem based remote control. It replaces the workspace paradigm with a new tagging approach.

Its minimalist philosophy attempts to not exceed 10,000 lines of code (including all shipped utilities and libraries), to enforce simplicity and clarity.

In its default configuration, wmii's interface is similar to that of the Vi text editor; you control the windows with H,J,K,L and combine them with either Alt or Alt+Shift. However, the window manager offers extensive configuration through a virtual filesystem similar to that offered by Plan 9 from Bell Labs. Every window, tag, and column is represented in the virtual filesystem, and windows are controlled by manipulating their file objects. If plan9port is found in the user's machine, wmii can be configured directly using the plan9port tools and the rc scripting language; otherwise, wmii can be scripted via the wmiir utility, which interfaces with the aforementioned virtual filesystem.

Like the similar dwm, wmii is initially configured to use dmenu for program launching, and supports quick access to custom scripts located in a subdirectory of the user's home directory.

See also

Similar window managers:
*dwm - An alternate wm by the same author as wmii
*Awesome
*Ion
*ratpoison
*stumpwm - The successor to ratpoison
*rio - Plan 9 from Bell Labs' window manager
*Xmonad

Related software:
*9P - the filesystem protocol used to implement wmii's virtual filesystem
*Plan 9 from User Space (aka plan9port)
*ii - an IRC client from the same developer

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