evilwm(1)

NAME
evilwm - Minimalist Window Manager for X

SYNOPSIS
evilwm [ -display display ] [ -term termprog ] [ -fg foreground ] [ -bg background ] [ -bw borderwidth ] [ -V ]

DESCRIPTION
evilwm is a minimalist window manager based on aewm, extended to feature many keyboard controls, and otherwise altered to be more friendly.

In evilwm, the focus follows the mouse pointer, and focus if not lost is you stray onto the root window. The current window border is shaded gold, with other windows left as a dark grey.

You can use the mouse to manipulate windows either by click/dragging the 1 pixel border, or by holding down Alt and doing so anywhere in the client window. The controls are:

Button 1
    Move window.

Button 2
    Resize window.

Button 3
    Lower window.

Most keyboard controls are used by holding down Control and Alt, then pressing a key. Available functions are:

Return
    Spawn new terminal.

Escape
    Delete current window.

Insert
    Lower current window.

H, J, K, L
    Move window left, down, up or right (16 pixels).

Y, U, B, N
    Move window to top-left, top-right, bottom-left or bottom-right of screen.

I   Show information about current window.

Equals
    Maximise current window vertically (toggle).

X   Maximise current window (toggle).

If compiled with virtual desktop support, these functions are also available:

F   Fix or unfix current window.

1 - 8
    Switch virtual desktop.

Left
    Previous virtual desktop.

Right
    Next virtual desktop.

In addition to the above, Alt+Tab can be used to cycle through windows on screen.

To make evilwm exit, you have to kill the process.

OPTIONS

-display display
    specifies the X display to run on.

-term termprog
    specifies an alternative program to run when spawning a new terminal.

-V  print version number.

BUGS
The author's idea of friendly may differ to that of many other people.

Multiple screens are not handled since the move to aewm. A workaround is to start a separate manager process for each screen.

AUTHOR
Ciaran Anscomb <evilwm@6809.org.uk>. aewm was written by Decklin Foster <fosterd@hartwick.edu>. 9wm was written by David Hogan <dhog@cs.su.oz.au>.

SEE ALSO
xterm(1)