Stumpwm (Stump Window Manager) is a
tiling window manager for
POSIX-compliant
Unix-like
operating systems running the
X Window System. It started as a rewrite of the
ratpoison window manager.
[1]
Stumpwm is written in the Lisp dialect Common Lisp. This allows complete reprogramming and customization instantly, without restarts, by running StumpWM in an interactive Common Lisp system like SBCL or CLISP. According to its creators, using a higher level programming language also made it easier to create a window manager that has the same basic paradigm as ratpoison (written in C), but far more malleable and rewritable:
StumpWM and Ratpoison emulate Screen and Emacs in many respects. Besides sharing similar default keybindings, they allow rebinding of keys to other commands, writing of commands, access to the Unix shell for scripting, and virtual desktops. Unlike Ratpoison, StumpWM includes a mode-line much like GNU Screen and GNU Emacs have.
As the Debian page describes Stumpwm:
It is intended to continue where ratpoison left off. [4]
A Linux.com review by Bruce Byfield found it "virtually unusable until you read the documentation". [1]
Stumpwm (Stump Window Manager) is a
tiling window manager for
POSIX-compliant
Unix-like
operating systems running the
X Window System. It started as a rewrite of the
ratpoison window manager.
[1]
Stumpwm is written in the Lisp dialect Common Lisp. This allows complete reprogramming and customization instantly, without restarts, by running StumpWM in an interactive Common Lisp system like SBCL or CLISP. According to its creators, using a higher level programming language also made it easier to create a window manager that has the same basic paradigm as ratpoison (written in C), but far more malleable and rewritable:
StumpWM and Ratpoison emulate Screen and Emacs in many respects. Besides sharing similar default keybindings, they allow rebinding of keys to other commands, writing of commands, access to the Unix shell for scripting, and virtual desktops. Unlike Ratpoison, StumpWM includes a mode-line much like GNU Screen and GNU Emacs have.
As the Debian page describes Stumpwm:
It is intended to continue where ratpoison left off. [4]
A Linux.com review by Bruce Byfield found it "virtually unusable until you read the documentation". [1]