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diff --git a/desktop/musca/README b/desktop/musca/README index 4d1a6dcb38..b63ddfc572 100644 --- a/desktop/musca/README +++ b/desktop/musca/README @@ -1,48 +1,4 @@ -A simple dynamic window manager for X, with features nicked from ratpoison -and dwm: +musca is 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 +This requires dmenu. |