sawfish-1.12.0

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2019-02-27

### Chapter 27. Window Managers

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# sawfish-1.12.0

## Introduction to sawfish

The sawfish package contains a window manager. This is useful for organizing and displaying windows where all window decorations are configurable and all user-interface policy is controlled through the extension language.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-8.4 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): http://download.tuxfamily.org/sawfish/sawfish_1.12.0.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: 074446085b2518a07cf0e0c8c8b6df41

- Download size: 2.7 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 53 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.4 SBU

### sawfish Dependencies

#### Required

rep-gtk-0.90.8.3 and Which-2.21

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/sawfish

## Installation of sawfish

Install sawfish by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-pango  &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install

## Configuring sawfish

### Configuration Information

Be sure to backup your current `.xinitrc` before proceeding.

    cat >> ~/.xinitrc << "EOF"
    exec sawfish
    EOF

Optionally, you can use a Display Manager, such as lxdm-0.5.3.

From the developers: “The default menu binding is somewhat obscure; you must middle-click on the background to bring up the menus. (If you have a two-button mouse, try clicking both buttons simultaneously)”. You can find this at sawfish's FAQ.

## Contents

Installed Programs: sawfish, sawfish-about, sawfish-client, sawfish-config, sawfish-kde4-session, sawfish-kde5-session, sawfish-lumina-session, sawfish-mate-session, and sawfish-xfce-session
Installed Libraries: Several internal modules under /usr/lib/sawfish tree
Installed Directory: /usr/include/sawfish, /usr/lib/sawfish, /usr/lib/rep/sawfish, and /usr/share/sawfish

### Short Descriptions

`sawfish` | is the extensible window manager using a Lisp-based scripting language.
`sawfish-about` | is the sawfish about window.
`sawfish-client` | allows you to connect to a window manager process and evaluate arbitrary Lisp forms.
`sawfish-config` | is the sawfish configuration manager.
sawfish-kde4-session | is a script to run KDE4 using sawfish.
sawfish-kde5-session | is a script to run Plasma 5 using sawfish
sawfish-mate-session | is a script to run mate using sawfish.
sawfish-lumina-session | is a script to run Lumina using sawfish.
sawfish-xfce-session | is a script to run xfce using sawfish.

Last updated on 2019-02-19 14:13:13 -0600

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