xoat/xoat.md

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NAME

xoat - X11 Obstinate Asymmetric Tiler

SYNOPSIS

xoat

DESCRIPTION

A static tiling window manager.

License: MIT/X11

USAGE

See config.h for customization.

These are the default key bindings:

Mod4-1

Focus tile 1.

Mod4-2

Focus tile 2.

Mod4-3

Focus tile 3.

Shift-Mod4-1

Move window to tile 1.

Shift-Mod4-2

Move window to tile 2.

Shift-Mod4-3

Move window to tile 3.

Mod4-Tab

Flip top two windows in a tile.

Mod4-` (grave)

Cycle all windows in a tile.

Mod4-Escape

Close a window.

Mod4-f

Toggle state fullscreen. While in fullscreen mode, an window is considered to be in tile 1.

Mod4-a

Toggle state above (only placed above fullscreen windows).

Mod4-Right

Focus next monitor.

Mod4-Left

Focus previous monitor.

Shift-Mod4-Right

Move window to next monitor.

Shift-Mod4-Left

Move window to previous monitor.

Shift-Mod4-x

Launch dmenu_run

F1

Launch urxvt

Mod4-F1

Raise windows in tag 1.

Shift-Mod4-F1

Place current window in tag 1.

Shift-Control-Mod4-F1

Remove current window from tag 1.

Mod4-F2

Raise windows in tag 2.

Shift-Mod4-F2

Place current window in tag 2.

Shift-Control-Mod4-F2

Remove current window from tag 2.

Mod4-F3

Raise windows in tag 3.

Shift-Mod4-F3

Place current window in tag 3.

Shift-Control-Mod4-F3

Remove current window from tag 3.

OPTIONS

All configuration is done via config.h.

The xoat binary may be used to send messages to a running instance of xoat. They include:

xoat exit

Exit the window manager.

xoat restart

Restart the window manager in place without affecting the X session.

SEE ALSO

dmenu (1)

AUTHOR

Sean Pringle sean.pringle@gmail.com