WindowGroomer

WindowGroomer arranges desktop application windows on a grid. It is an open-source (GPL) clone of the now-defunct dfgbt Window Manager.

Binary releases

v0.1.1

• Added a preferences dialog to allow changing the keyboard shortcut and grid size.

v0.1.0

• Proof of concept with basic window resizing and multiple monitor support.
• Keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+F12) and grid size (4x3) cannot be changed.

Building from source

Microsoft Windows

On Windows, WindowGroomer uses Qt 4.8.4 for Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 and libqxt 0.6.2.

Setup

1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010. Any edition, including Express, will work.
2. Install Qt 4.8.x for VS 2010.
3. Compile and install Qxt:

   1. Download and extract libqxt 0.6.x to a directory.

   2. Open a Qt 4.8 Command Prompt and do the following:

       cd [extracted-libqxt]
      
       # Compile and install for release
       configure
       qmake
       nmake
       nmake install
      
       # Compile and install for debug
       configure -debug
       qmake
       nmake
       nmake install
      

Compiling

1. Clone WindowGroomer into a directory.

2. Open a Qt 4.8 Command Prompt and do the following:

    cd [cloned-source]
    qmake
    nmake
   

For release mode, replace nmake with nmake release. You may need to copy some Qt and Qxt *.dll files from their install directories to the WindowGroomer directory for it to run.

Linux

On Linux, WindowGroomer uses Qt 4.8.4 (or later within 4.x) and libqxt 0.6.2 (or later).

Setup

Install the required libraries using your preferred package manager.

• On Ubuntu (and other Debian-based distributions), run:

    sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools libqxt-*
  

Compiling

1. Clone WindowGroomer into a directory.

2. Open a shell and do the following:

    cd [cloned-source]
    qmake
    make
   

For release mode, replace make with make release.

Notes for contributors

Directory structure

• gui: Anything that is directly displayed on the screen, like the positioning and settings windows.
• wm: Classes that directly relate to window management, like NativeWindow.

Copyright

© 2012-2013 Albert Armea and contributors

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.