Active X11 Started 2015

Tiling, Floating ยท Window Manager

EXWM

EXWM (Emacs X Window Manager) is a full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs built on top of XELB.

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EXWM Screenshot
Status
Active
Type
Window Manager
Paradigm
Tiling, Floating
Server
X11
Written in
Emacs Lisp
GPU
Optional/External

Overview

About EXWM

EXWM (Emacs X Window Manager) is a full-featured tiling X window manager for Emacs built on top of XELB.

It features:

  • Fully keyboard-driven operations
  • Hybrid layout modes (tiling & stacking)
  • Dynamic workspace support
  • ICCCM/EWMH compliance

Optional features:

  • RandR (multi-monitor) support
  • System tray
  • Input method
  • Background setting support
  • XSETTINGS server
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Notable features

Turns Emacs itself into the X window manager so X clients become Emacs buffers governed by normal Emacs commands and modes.

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EXWM Screenshot

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