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diff --git a/desktop/musca/README b/desktop/musca/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..4d1a6dcb38 --- /dev/null +++ b/desktop/musca/README @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +A simple dynamic window manager for X, with features nicked from ratpoison +and dwm: + +* Musca operates as a tiling window manager by default. It uses manual +tiling, which means the user determines how the screen is divided into +non-overlapping frames, with no restrictions on layout. Application +windows always fill their assigned frame, with the exception of transient +windows and popup dialog boxes which float above their parent application +at the appropriate size. Once visible, applications do not change frames +unless so instructed. + +* Since not all applications suit tiling, a more traditional stacking +window manager mode is also available, allowing windows to float at any +screen location and overlap. + +* There are no built in status bars, panels, tabs or window decorations +to take up screen real estate. If the user wants any of these things, +there are plenty of external applications available to do the job. Window +decoration is limited to a slender border, which is coloured to indicate +keyboard focus. + +* Windows are placed in named groups which can be used in a similar +fashion to virtual desktops. Groups can be added and removed on the fly, +and each group has its own frame layout. + +* The excellent dmenu utility is used to execute commands and launch +applications, and it can also act as a window and group switcher. Basic +EWMH support allows use of common panels, pagers and wmctrl. + +* Windows and frames are navigated and focused on any mouse button +click, including rolling the wheel, or alternatively driven entirely +by the keyboard. Simple key combinations exist for window switching, +group switching, frame control and screen switching. + +* Frames can be dedicated to a single application window, preventing new +windows usurping said frame. One frame per group can also be flagged as +a catch-all so that all new application windows open there. The frame +border colour changes to reflect these modes. + +* Musca has multi-screen support out of the box, and will automatically +create groups for every available screen. + +************************************************************************ + +Musca requires the following additional software (available here at +slackbuilds.org): + +dmenu |