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# labwc
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Labwc is a [WIP] free, stacking compositor for Wayland and has the following aims:
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- Be light-weight, small and fast
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- Have the look and feel of Openbox
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- Where practicable, use other software to show wall-paper, take screenshots,
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  and so on
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It is in early development, so expect bugs and missing features.
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## Table of Contents
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- [Dependencies](#dependencies)
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- [Roadmap](#roadmap)
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- [Inspiration](#inspiration)
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- [Design](#design)
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- [Configuration](#configuration)
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- [Integration](#integration)
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- [Build](#build)
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## Dependencies
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Runtime dependencies include wlroots (>=0.10.0), wayland-protocols,xwayland,  
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libxml2, glib-2.0, cairo and pango.
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## Roadmap
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- [x] Support xwayland
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- [x] Parse [rc.xml](data/rc.xml)
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- [x] Parse [themerc](data/themes/labwc-default/openbox-3/themerc)
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- [x] Read xbm icons
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- [x] Show maximize, minimize, close buttons
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- [ ] Give actions to maximize, minimize, close buttons
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- [ ] Add grip
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- [ ] Support layer-shell background (e.g. using swaybg)
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- [ ] Draw better alt-tab rectangle
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- [ ] Try restarting and consider catching SIGHUP for --reconfigure
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- [ ] Implement client-menu
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- [ ] Implement root-menu
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For further details see [wiki/Roadmap](https://github.com/johanmalm/labwc/wiki/Roadmap).
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## Inspiration
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Labwc has been inspired and inflenced by [openbox](https://github.com/danakj/openbox), [sway](https://github.com/swaywm/sway), [cage](https://www.hjdskes.nl/blog/cage-01/), [wio](https://wio-project.org/) and [rootston](https://github.com/swaywm/rootston)
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## Design
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Labwc is based on the wlroots library.
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The following were considered before choosing wlroots: [QtWayland](https://github.com/qt/qtwayland), [grefsen](https://github.com/ec1oud/grefsen), [Mir](https://mir-server.io) and [egmde](https://github.com/AlanGriffiths/egmde).
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## Configuration
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See [rc.xml](data/rc.xml) and [themerc](data/themes/labwc-default/openbox-3/themerc) comments for details including keybinds.
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Suggest either copying data/rc.xml to ~/.config/labwc/running, or running with:
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    ./build/labwc -c data/rc.xml
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## Integration
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Suggested apps:
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- grim - screenshots
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## Build
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    meson build && ninja -C build
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For further details see [tools/build](tools/build) and [wiki/Build](https://github.com/johanmalm/labwc/wiki/Build).
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