dwm.vim : Tiled Window Management for Vim

dwm.vim adds tiled window management capabilities to Vim. It is highly inspired by dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) tiled layout management.

Windows are always organised as follows:

===================================
|              |        S1        |
|              |===================
|      M       |        S2        |
|              |===================
|              |        S3        |
===================================

Use

Use the following shortcuts and commands to create, browse and close windows:

• C-N, :New Creates a new window and place it in the master pane [M] & stacks all previous windows in the stacked pane [S].
• C-P, :Split Open all files provided as argument. The last file is added to [M] and all existing and new windows are stacked in [S].
• C-C Close the current window if no unsaved changes.
• C-J Jumps to next window (clockwise).
• C-K Jumps to previous window (anti-clockwise).
• C-Space Focus the current window, that is, place it in the master pane [M] & stacks all other windows in the stacked pane [S].

Installation

Install to ~/.vim/plugin/dwm.vim.

Or, if you use Vundle, add the following line to your .vimrc

Bundle 'raphael-proust/dwm.vim'

Options

• g:dwm_map_keys: if set to a falsey value, prevents key mapping.
• g:dwm_make_commands: if set to a falsey value, prevents commands creation.
• g:dwm_master_pane_width: set the width of the master pane (e.g., g:dwm_master_pane_width=85)

To use a mouse to select windows and resize panes:

• set mouse=a: enable the use of the mouse in all modes
• set ttymouse=xterm2: recognize mouse codes for the xterm2 terminal type

Contributors

@dsapala (Dan Sapala)
@rhacker
@matze (Matthias Vogelgesang)
@mitnk
@tony (Tony Narlock)
@lmarburger (Larry Marburger)
@afriggeri (Adrien)
@n4kz (Alexander Nazarov)