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kiwmi
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A fully manual tiling Wayland compositor.
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Concepts
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Most *manual* window managers aren't *truly* manual. They behave like a dynamic one sometimes. However, kiwmi is fully manual. It doesn't do this.
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When a window is spawned without allocating space, it's put in an invisible queue. Then you allocate space for the window; when the window is pulled from the queue, it goes into the aforementioned space. This solves the classic problem with regular window managers, where the window with a longer start time will spawn in the current tag (workspace) instead of the one in which it was opened in.
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In kiwmi, empty spaces available for windows behave like a normal window does. You can resize and move around them. Ergo, you don't need to re-learn how a tiling window manager behaves and works.
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Configuration
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Configuration languages are confusing. They are neither flexible nor easy to use. Moreover, it adds a lot of complexity to the program itself.
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`kiwmi` listens to a socket and offers a basic client, `seed`, to communicate with kiwmi. Much like how `bspwm` works.
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This allows the user to write the configuration in any langauge, e.g. as a bash script, which allows for high flexibility.
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More info soon(TM).
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Dependencies
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* https://github.com/swaywm/wlroots[wlroots]
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Building
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$ cargo build --release
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----
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Contribution
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You want to contribute? Great!
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Future requests, bug reports and PRs are always welcome.
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Note that pull requests without a valid issue are ignored to decrease the amount of duplicate work.
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If anything is unclear, feel free to contact me.
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If you don't program but want to contribute to kiwmi, spread the word about kiwmi and star the repo.
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