🪄 Sei

A fixed, patched, and modified window manager from a dwm 6.4 base

Installation

git clone https://github.com/Fuwn/seiwm.git
cd seiwm
sudo ninja install

Build Dependencies

• FreeType2
• libX11
• libXft
• Imlib2
• GNU FriBidi
• libXinerama
• xcb

Recommendations

• Use Compfy for X11 compositing for "transparency, background blurring, rounded corners, animations and way more!"
• Install and specify Zig as CC for improved memory allocation efficiency and runtime speed: CC="zig cc" sudo ninja install

Sei Specific Fixes & Patches

• Removed refresh rate limit
• Fixed tray position and button responsiveness for use with custom padding
• Reactive bar toggling: If the user has manually toggled the bar visibility using mod+b, the bar will stay locked with the same visibility. If the user has not manually toggled the bar visibility, the bar visibility will reflect that of the full-screen state.
• Clear nametag patch's current tag name upon new assignment and reset tag name to default upon empty string. (why is this not default behaviour?)
• Append mode for nametag: Chose between appending the name of a tag to the default name or to overwrite it completely
• XSession desktop entry
• centretitle patch toggle
• followclient:
  • The view will follow the client when sent to an empty tag
  • The focus and cursor will follow the client when sent to a new monitor
• systraypinning toggle fix: If systraypinning is enabled, the system tray will only toggle its visibility if the mutation originates from the monitor it is pinned on.

"Official" Patches

• xresources: Applies colours and other variables (i.e. using pywal , etc.)
• scratchpad: Accessible using mod+shift+enter
• fibonacci, deck, centeredmaster, and more: New layout options bound to keys super+(shift+)t/y/u/i
• actualfullscreen: Using super+f, and prevents focus shifting
• sticky: Persist window across all tags using super+s
• statuscmd: A clickable status bar, applied if using Luke Smith's build of dwmblocks
• hide vacant tags: Hides tags with no windows
• stacker: Move windows up the stack manually using super-K/J
• shiftview: Cycle through tags using super+g/;
• vanitygaps: Gaps allowed across all layouts
• swallow: Replaces terminal with program if spawned from terminal
• systray: Functional system tray
• bidi: Bidirectional text support
• barpadding: Padding for status bar
• winicon: Active window icon shown in status bar
• attachaside: Attach and focus new clients to the side instead of making it the new master
• zoomswap: Swap client and master in-place when assigning new master
• pertag: Tag-unique layouts
• combo: View multiple tags at once by holding down the mod key and one or more tag
• nametag: Name tags using mod+n
• centretitle: Optionally centre the focused client's title
• cursor: Warps the mouse cursor to the center of the target window when changing focus
• clientindicators: Dot indicator of open clients in non-vacent tags
• alt tab: alt+tab to cycle through clients