This is a minimalistic compositing window manager for X with infinite desktop, infinite zoom and infinite virtual window pixel resolution.
Videos:
Features:
- Windows are glued to an infinite desktop to some coordinates and size
- Window pixel resolution is independent of their size on the desktop
- The user can zoom / pan to any view of the desktop
- There are shortcut commands to zoom to a window, and to make a window have a 1:1 resolution to the screen
- Window placement is stored between sessions
- Windows that are closed leave a ghost window in their place that can be moved, resized and deleted.
- When a window with the same name reappears, it takes the place of the ghost window if it still exists.
- Ghost windows are stored in a file between sessions.
- Window content / application state is stored between sessions for supported clients
- Applications supporting the XSM protocol can be closed and saved and later restored, in the same session or another.
- Infinitely zoomable SVG for buttons etc
- A window can display an SVG image instead of content, and the SVG will render to the current screen resolution, no matter the zoom level.
- Configuration
- Protocols
- Python library
- References
Tested on: Ubuntu-MATE 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver.
Requires OpenGL version 3.0 or higher with support for GLSL 3.30, and pretty much all modern X extensions, including their development headers. To install all dependencies:
sudo apt install -y $(cat ./dependencies.txt)
To install InfiniteGlass on your machine
sudo make install
or, if you want to be able to edit the python files in in place without rerunning the install command:
sudo make devinstall
Note that this does not differ from a the above make install with regards to how the non-python binaries are installed.
Once installed, you should be able to select InfiniteGlass among the available sessions when logging in.
It is also possible to try the window manager inside a window using the Xephyr X server, without installing anything. To do so, simply run
make
If your Linux distribution does not have the right libraries or versions of libraries (e.g. X extensions, OpenGL version...) easily installable, you can test the same using a docker container! Just run
make run-in-docker
Whichever method for running it you use, the first time you run the window manager, a set of default config files will be added to your ~/.config/glass directory. These files can be safely edited, but will be re-instated if deleted.
make all
pip install nose2
nose2 -s tests -v
GNU GPL v3, see the file LICENSE for details
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