spectrwm Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• Ask HN: Why does Apple refuse to add window snapping to macOS?

  I use the tiling WM spectrwm. It lets me pull windows out of tiling mode and into window mode. I think a common operation on most tiling window managers. Most of the time I don't want overlapping windows(thus the tiling WM) but every once in a while I do, so the best of both worlds. It is a bit obscure but I quite like spectrwm, it fills this sweet spot where it is much simpler than I3 but much more feature... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Easy window manager?

  Spectrwm is by far the easiest WM I've tested. Also Fluxbox is pretty much straightforward. Source: over 2 years ago

• Which WM should I use ?

  Spectrwm is by far the most beginner-friendly WM I've ever tested. Im now running EXWM the buffers management is something else. Source: over 2 years ago

• How can I undo mod+v?

  I'm a recent convert to i3/sway, after a solid decade using spectrwm (which has not been ported to Wayland, I'm afraid). Source: over 2 years ago

• About to declare emacs bankruptcy before I lose my job

  Me I like the default Emacs buffer management. C-x 1, C-x 2 and C-x 3 with winner-mode is enough for me. Actually that's what made me switch from Spectrwm to EXWM. Source: over 2 years ago

• How X Window Managers Work, and How to Write One

  This is a great article and I remember reading it numerous times while I was implementing my own window manager. For someone interested in working on a really fun and rewarding hobby project a WM is a great one to look into since there are so many resources starting from really small implementations: - https://github.com/mackstann/tinywm - https://github.com/venam/2bwm - https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm -... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• XMonad – The Automated Tiling WM

  1: https://github.com/conformal/spectrwm That said, many thanks to xmonad for opening a path and inspiring other projects. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Would I benefit using only a WM instead of a DE? If so, what should I do?

  Well theres lots of WM's. I find awesomewm and spectrwm to be the easiest to play with. Once you choose one, watch some videos about the WM. DT did lots of videos about WM's. Source: over 2 years ago

• What window manager?

  Spectrwm is by far the easiest to play with. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Looking for distro recommendations

  That doesnt have nothing to do with the "distro". What you're looking for is Window Managers. Theres no need to distro hop. Window Manager hop instead ;) The easiest WM that I've play with is Spectrwm Another easy to start with is AwesomeWM Good Luck, Have Fun! Source: almost 3 years ago