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Subtle window manager

subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities).

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

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Platforms

  • Linux
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Features

  1.  Support for scripting
  2.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions

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What is Subtle window manager?

subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities). For better understanding, the default config uses a 3x3 grid and maps each gravity to one key of the numpad. With those keys, windows can be moved directly to the desired gravity - the same can be done with tagging rules in the config.

Features

  • Builtin system tray
  • Extendable builtin panel (see sublets)
  • Customizeable key/mouse actions (see grabs)
  • Focus on scripting (Ruby - see rdoc and subtlext)
  • Commandline client (see subtler)
  • Extended window tagging
  • Compliance (EWMH / ICCCM / MWM / XDG Base Directory)
  • Multihead support (Xinerama / XRandR)