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Christoph Kappel, 01/04/2026 01:02 PM
| 1 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h1. What is subtle? |
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| 3 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | subtle is a manual tiling window manager with a rather uncommon approach of tiling: Instead of relying on predefined layouts, subtle divides the screen into a grid with customizeable slots (called gravities). For better understanding, the default config uses a 3x3 grid and maps each gravity to one key of the numpad. With those keys, windows can be moved directly to the desired gravity - the same can be done with tagging rules in the config. |
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| 5 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Another unique concept is the strict tagging: Unlike other tiling window managers, subtle doesn't allow weak tagging and always maps windows to virtual desktops (called views) with matching tags, regardless of the current active view. |
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| 7 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. Features |
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| 9 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Builtin system tray |
| 10 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Extendable builtin panel (see sublets) |
| 11 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Customizeable key/mouse actions (see grabs) |
| 12 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Focus on scripting (Ruby - see rdoc and subtlext) |
| 13 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Commandline client (see subtler) |
| 14 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Extended window tagging |
| 15 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Compliance (EWMH / ICCCM / MWM / XDG Base Directory) |
| 16 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | - Multihead support (Xinerama / XRandR) |
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| 18 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. Where to start? |
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| 20 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Basics |
| 21 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Installing subtle |
| 22 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | First steps |
| 23 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Using multihead |
| 24 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Themes |
| 25 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Blamelist |
| 26 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | In depth |
| 27 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Understanding clients |
| 28 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Understanding views |
| 29 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Understanding tagging |
| 30 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Understanding gravity |
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| 32 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. Customizing |
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| 34 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Configuring subtle |
| 35 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Setting up styles |
| 36 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Configuring keys |
| 37 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Customizing panel |
| 38 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Installing sublets |
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| 40 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. Hacking |
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| 42 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Hacking subtle |
| 43 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Writing sublets |
| 44 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Hooking events |
| 45 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | Snippets |
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| 47 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. Contribute |
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| 49 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | In case you want to help but don't know how, please help with some documentation and improve the wiki or make a donation. Patches, suggestions and open discussions are always welcome. |
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| 51 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | h2. License |
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| 53 | 1 | Christoph Kappel | This code can be distributed under the terms of the GNU GPLv3. See the file COPYING for details. |