awm

As a dynamic window manager for X, awm stands out in terms of its small, functional, and fast nature. With only around 1800 lines of code, awm is based on dwm but unique in its own way. Moreover, it's no 'fork' as there's no line of code that goes unutilized. If you want specific features to find their way into this window manager, just hack up some code and send it over!

There are several key features that define awm. Firstly, it's based on the workspace concept with the two-dimensional space. Whenever you move into a new, unvisited workspace, a terminal window comes up automatically, imitating TTYs' behavior. Additionally, awm allows you to delete an entire workspace if you want to kill all the windows that are open within it. You can also delete an entire dimension, which removes every residing workspace.

Another nifty feature of awm is the possibility to insert a new X (Y) in between two consecutive Xs (Ys). One of the most useful applications of this is that you can create a new temporary workspace that gets destroyed pretty soon after use. Thanks to the tiling algorithm of dwm, you can order windows the way you want and restore them when necessary. This means you can glance quickly over the workspace to see the various windows you have open.

When dragging windows on awm, the cursor moves rather than the windows themselves, which offers a faster experience. To resize windows, press Alt+RightClick on any point of the screen, and the window will resize to cover the space between the mouse cursor and the nearest window border. If you click inside the window, you'll cover the negative space! Lastly, awm also features a proc-like interface in /tmp/proc_awm to aid users.