8 Appendix

8.1 filesystem

/bar

• the bar namespace
• to add a label, create /bar/label (this automatically creates the colors and data files.
• to delete it, remove /bar/label

/bar/label

• each bar has it's own namespace which is named according to it's label
• label can be any arbitrary string

/bar/label/data

• the data written to the label label

/bar/label/colors

• the colours of the bar

/client

• the clients namespace

/client/n

• every client, including ones not shown in the view has a namespace here
• n is a non-negative integer and clients are numbered oldest first

/client/n/class

• a file containing the class:instance information for client n

/client/n/ctl

• control file for client n
• accepted commands:
  • kill (removes client)
  • sendto area|prev|next|new
  • swap up|down|prev|next

/client/n/geom

• the window geometry of client n
• displayed as four blank separated integers (x y width height?)

/client/n/index

contains the client's index in the /client namespace, in this case n

/client/n/name

• the name of client n as it's seen by wmii (displayed in the tagbar)

/client/n/tags

• a plus(+)-separated list of tags to which client n is related

/ctl

• the wmii control file and command interface
• accepted commands:
  • quit
  • retag
  • view tag

/def

/def/border

width of the border around clients

/def/font

the font used by wmii (an xlib font name)

/def/keys

a newline separated list of the keys to be grabbed by wmii

/def/rules

• a newline separated list of rules to specify how to automatically tag clients
• matches against the class.instance values of a client
• syntax: /$regex/ -> $tag (tag might be ~ to indicate floating mode

/def/colwidth

with of newly created columns (in px)

/def/colmode

mode of newly created columns

/view

• a manifestation of the collection of clients associated with a specific tag

/view/area

• each area has its own namespace in the current view
• the areas are numbered starting with 0
• 0 is always the floating area, the others are columns

/view/area/ctl

• accepted commands:
  • select client|prev|next
  • client refers to the client number relative to the number and age of the clients in area

/view/area/mode

the current layout for the area, equal, stack or max

/view/area/sel

the selected client of the area

/view/area/client

the namespace for each client in area

/view/ctl

accepted commands: select area|prev|next|toggle

/view/sel

the selected area in workspace

/view/tag

the tag which is common to all clients in the workspace

8.2 keybindings

Here are the default keybindings. $MODKEY is a placeholder, which is usually mapped to Mod1 or Alt.

Table 1: Default keybindings of wmii

Keybinding	Action
Moving Focus
$MODKEY-h	move focus to prev column
$MODKEY-l	move focus to next column
$MODKEY-j	move focus to next client in column
$MODKEY-k	move focus to prev client in column
$MODKEY-space	toggle to/from floating column 0
$MODKEY-[0-9]	select tag/view [0-9]
Moving Clients
$MODKEY-Control-h	swap client with last client of prev column
$MODKEY-Control-l	swap client with last client of next column
$MODKEY-Control-j	swap client down in the column
$MODKEY-Control-k	swap client up in the column
$MODKEY-Shift-h	send client to prev column
$MODKEY-Shift-l	send client to next column
$MODKEY-Shift-space	send client to/from floating column 0
$MODKEY-Shift-[0-9]	send client to tag/view [0-9]
Layouts
$MODKEY-d	select default layout
$MODKEY-s	select stacked layout
$MODKEY-m	select max layout
Menu Bar Functions
$MODKEY-a	choose action from menu bar
$MODKEY-p	choose program from menu bar
$MODKEY-t	choose view from menu bar
$MODKEY-Shift-t	assign tag(s) to client from menu bar
Clients and Applications
$MODKEY-Return	open terminal client
$MODKEY-Shift-c	kill client