Paginator

(Paginator is at the top right on the image.)

Paginator is a desktop pager for EWMH-compliant X11 window managers that support docked applications (dockapps), such as WindowMaker and Fluxbox.

Paginator shows a grid of desktop miniatures representing actual virtual desktops; each one having window miniatures representing actual windows. By manipulating those miniatures with the mouse, the user can change the active window, set the desktop of a window, and switch between desktops.

Paginator is configured solely by X resources and command-line options.

Options

Paginator understand the following command-line options.

• -geometry geometry: Specify the initial size for Paginator.
• -name name: Specify a resource/instance name for Paginator.
• -xrm resources: Specify X resources for Paginator.

Customization

Paginator can be customized by setting the following X resources.

• Paginator.activeBackground: Color of the miniature of the active window.
• Paginator.activeBorderColor: Color of the border of the miniature of the active window.
• Paginator.activeTopShadowColor: Color of the light shadow of the miniature of the active window.
• Paginator.activeBottomShadowColor: Color of the heavy shadow of the miniature of the active window.
• Paginator.borderWidth: Width in pixels of the border around the miniatures of windows.
• Paginator.currentDesktopBackground: Color of the current desktop miniature.
• Paginator.desktopBackground: Color of a desktop miniature.
• Paginator.frameTopShadowColor: Color of the light shadow around Paginator.
• Paginator.frameBottomShadowColor: Color of the heavy shadow around Paginator.
• Paginator.frameShadowThickness: Width in pixels of the 3D shadow frame around Paginator.
• Paginator.geometry: Initial geometry of paginator.
• Paginator.inactiveBackground: Color of the miniature of a regular window.
• Paginator.inactiveBorderColor: Color of the border of the miniature of a regular window.
• Paginator.inactiveTopShadowColor: Color of the light shadow of the miniature of a regular window.
• Paginator.inactiveBottomShadowColor: Color of the heavy shadow of the miniature of a regular window.
• Paginator.urgentBackground: Color of the miniature of an urgent window.
• Paginator.urgentBorderColor: Color of the border of the miniature of an urgent window.
• Paginator.urgentTopShadowColor: Color of the light shadow of the miniature of an urgent window.
• Paginator.urgentBottomShadowColor: Color of the heavy shadow of the miniature of an urgent window.
• Paginator.separatorColor: Color of the separator between desktop miniatures.
• Paginator.separatorWidth: Width in pixels of the separator between desktop miniatures.
• Paginator.shadowThickness: Width in pixels of the 3D shadows.

Installation

Run make all to build, and make install to install the binary and the manual into ${PREFIX} (/usr/local).

Usage

Run paginator with a number of rows and columns:

$ paginator 2 3

This creates the following pager:

+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |
|   1   |   2   |   3   |
|       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+
|       |       |       |
|   4   |   5   |   6   |
|       |       |       |
+-------+-------+-------+

License

The code and manual are under the MIT/X license. See ./LICENSE for more information.

Epilogue

Read the manual.