How are Windows Managers developed for Linux?

Question

linux

Good afternoon.
I was interested in this topic and there was a desire to write something very simple for myself (primitive, with only those functions that I need and without all these whistle-blowing things). Where can you read about it? How are these managers created?

Answer 1

You can start by studying the existing WM for Linux / Unix - perhaps among them there is something that will suit you.
Here is a resource with an overview of all this goodness, including quite ancient ones - xwinman.org/
If you really want to write something of your own, then it makes sense to study one of the two most popular graphics SDKs:
1) GTK + on which Gnome is built - www.micahcarrick. com/gtk-glade-tutorial-part-1.html
2) Qt toolkit - qt.digia.com/Product/ , on which, among other things, KDE is built
I do not advise writing your WM based on the basic elements of X Windows - it will take years at the very least write a working WM.

Answer 2

Look at the dwm sources, there are less than 2000 lines.