# Stumpwm

StumpWM is a tiling, full-screen window manager written entirely in Common Lisp. The successor to the cult classic Ratpoison window manager ("GNU Screen to the power of X"), StumpWM adds all the flexibility and hackability of common lisp, allowing the user to make modifications to the source of the window manager even while it is running.

From the StumpWM homepage:

  If you're tired of flipping through themes like channel-surfing, and going from one perfect-except-for-just-one-thing window manager to another even-more-broken-in-some-other-way then perhaps Stumpwm can help.
  Stumpwm attempts to be customizable yet visually minimal. There are no window decorations, no icons, and no buttons. It does have various hooks to attach your personal customizations, and variables to tweak.

Want to see it in action? A StumpWM user created a video.

## Installation

### With SBCL (recommended, will run faster)

#### With Quicklisp (recommended)

Warning: Only use root to install SBCL and, if you want to, run "make install".

1. Install SBCL
   - `pacman -S sbcl`
2. Get Quicklisp at the Quicklisp website
   - `curl -O http://beta.quicklisp.org/quicklisp.lisp`
3. Load Quicklisp with SBCL
   - `sbcl --load quicklisp.lisp`
4. Install Quicklisp
   - `(quicklisp-quickstart:install)` or `(quicklisp-quickstart:install :path "path/of/your/choice")`
5. Add it to your SBCL init file
   - `(ql:add-to-init-file)`
6. Check for updates of Quicklisp (not needed if you have just downloaded it)
   - `(ql:update-client)`
7. Check for updates on Quicklisp
   - `(ql:update-all-dists)`
8. Install CLX and CL-PPCRE
   - `(ql:quickload "clx")`
   - `(ql:quickload "cl-ppcre")`
9. Quit SBCL with (quit)
10. Get the git version of StumpWM
    - `git clone https://github.com/stumpwm/stumpwm.git`
11. Get into the stumpwm folder and start compiling
    - `cd stumpwm && ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make`
    - If you get an error stating "Component STUMPWM not found" try this:
    - `env CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY=$PWD: sbcl --load make-image.lisp`
12. You can optionally run "make install" as root.
    - If you get an error stating "Don't know how to REQUIRE STUMPWM" try this:
    - `env CL_SOURCE_REGISTRY=$PWD: make install`
13. Put the StumpWM binary path into your .xinit and have fun! :)

Optional: Install slime/swank for nonstop real-time hacking:

1. Install swank server
   - `(ql:quickload "swank")`
2. Install slime-helper
   - `(ql:quickload "quicklisp-slime-helper")`
3. Paste the following into your dot-emacs
   - `(load (expand-file-name "/path/to/slime-helper.el"))`
   - `(setq inferior-lisp-program "sbcl")`
4. Now put the following into your .stumpwmrc or just eval during your stumpwm-session
   - `(require 'swank)`
   - `(swank:create-server)`
5. Connect Emacs/Slime to your stumpwm-session using
   - `M-x slime-connect`

#### With AUR

1. Install SBCL
   - `pacman -S sbcl`
2. Install clx from AUR.
   - If you really do not want to use a PKGBUILD here, you can also use asdf-install to install clx.
3. Install cl-ppcre
   - Again, this can be installed with asdf-install if you really do not like PKGBUILDs.
4. Install git
   - `pacman -S git`
5. Install stumpwm-git from AUR.
   - Alternately, you can check it out directly from the git repo., as described on the homepage. Read the directions and check the StumpWM wiki for compilation instructions.

### With Clisp

1. Get and create these packages from AUR in the following order making sure to have makepkg install dependencies first (makepkg -s):
   - clisp-new-clx
   - cl-asdf
   - cl-ppcre. To get this to install, I had to comment out the dependency line in the PKGBUILD.
   - stumpwm-git. Alternatively, download the latest version from the web site and follow the install instructions. The executable can stay in your home directory tree.
2. Make sure to install each one (sudo pacman -U name.pkg.tar.gz) before installing the next.
3. See the Makepkg article for details on downloading and installing from AUR (compiling/creating package and installing).

Also, look at this post if you run into troubles.

## Documentation and Support

If you installed StumpWM by hand or still have the source lying around, there is a TeXInfo manual.

There is also a wiki, an IRC channel (#stumpwm) on Freenode, and a mailing list. For more information, of course, see the project's website.

## Tweaking

See the wiki for a variety of useful tweaks for your .stumpwmrc.

If you are an emacs user, you will find an emacs minor mode for editing StumpWM files (and interfacing with the program `stumpish`, but more on that below) in the contrib/ directory of the StumpWM source. If you are using clisp, this file can also be found in `/usr/share/stumpwm/`.

`stumpish` is the STUMP window manager Interactive SHell. It is a program that allows the user to interact with StumpWM while it is running, from the comfort of a terminal (or using the emacs mode). It can be found in the contrib/ directory of the StumpWM source. If you use clisp, this file can also be found in `/usr/bin/`.

## Troubleshooting

- If you have problems configuring multiple monitors, maybe you need to install 'xorg-xdpyinfo' package.

- If you cannot start stumpwm and get

               debugger invoked on a SB-INT:SIMPLE-PARSE-ERROR in thread
           #:
           no non-whitespace characters in string "".
           Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.
           (no restarts: If you did not do this on purpose, please report it as a bug.)
           (PARSE-INTEGER "" :START 0 :END NIL :RADIX 10 :JUNK-ALLOWED NIL)

In the REPL,It can be solved by delete the .Xauthority in your home diretory. You can refer it atIssue on github

Category:

- Tiling WMs