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96 lines
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Ming-wm is a keyboard-based, retro-themed window manager for Linux. It is neither for Wayland or the X Window System - it writes directly to the framebuffer. Inspirations include i3, Haiku, SerenityOS, and Windows98.
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https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5a598287-27d5-40f2-9b5f-9c1e67cab2f5
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The [Koxinga web browser](https://github.com/stjet/koxinga) can be separately installed.
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## Building
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Create a `password.env` file in the same directory as `build.rs`, otherwise the default password will be "password".
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For best performance:
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```
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cargo build --release --all-features
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```
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The user may need to be added to the `video` group.
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Exclude `--all-features` if the audio player window is not needed. To compile and use the audio player window, ALSA dev packages need to be installed (`alsa-lib-dev` on Alpine, `libasound2-dev` on Debian, `alsa-lib-devl` on Fedora, already included with `alsa-lib` on Arch).
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## Installing
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After building, to properly install ming-wm, run the following to put the necessary binaries, font data, and bmp files into `/usr/local/bin`:
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```bash
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chmod +x ./install
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sudo ./install
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```
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Alternatively, to move the binaries to `~/.local/bin` (which probably needs to be added to `PATH`, run the following:
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```bash
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chmod +x local-install
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sudo ./local-install
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```
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## Running
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```
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ming
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```
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Type in the password to unlock. Open the start menu by doing `Alt+s`, and use the `j` and `k` keys to move up and down (like Vim), and press the `Enter` key to select a category / open a window.
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Usage for most of the included windows and window-likes are included in `docs/window-likes`, which can also be accessed from the "Help" entry in the start menu.
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## Running on Mobile Linux
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More or the less the same, but includes with an onscreen keyboard for touchscreens.
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Currently, the touchscreen input device is assumed to be at `/dev/input/by-path/first-touchscreen`, but this is easily editable (see `src/bin/wm.rs`). For touchscreen support, the user running `ming` needs to have read permissions for that `/dev/input/` file.
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```
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ming touch
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```
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Optionally, in landscape mode:
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```
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ming touch rotate
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```
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<image alt="mobile example" src="/docs/images/mobile.png" width="50%">
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## Philosophy
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See [/docs/philosophy.md](/docs/philosophy.md) for some hopefully interesting ramblings.
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## Developing Windows
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Windows (may be called apps in other window managers) can be developed in any language, though it is easiest to do so in Rust because the `ming-wm-lib` crate can be used.
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The `docs` directory includes a [brief introduction to writing windows](docs/system/writing_windows.md), and (incomplete) documentation on the workings of ming-wm.
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See [koxinga](https://github.com/stjet/koxinga) or `src/bin` for examples.
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A (very poorly written, and WIP) window is being written in Lisp Scheme: [ming-flashcards](https://github.com/stjet/ming-flashcards).
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## Security
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Make sure the permissions of `password.env` are so other users cannot read or write to it. If there is no plan to recompile, just delete it.
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Understand the implications of adding the user to the `video` group. And if the permissions of a `/dev/input/` file was changed for touchscreen support, understand those implications too.
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Obviously, don't run the executable with `sudo` or `doas`, or as the root user!
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## License
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Licensed under the GPLv3. The font data in the `bmps/shippori-mincho` folder are covered by the OFL. The font was created by FONTDASU. The font data in `bmps/nimbus-roman` are licensed under the AGPL. This is a very slightly modified version of the font was created by URW Studio. The font data in `bmps/nimbus-romono` is also licensed under the AGPL. This is a slightly modified version of the Nimbus Roman font by URW Studio.
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