bug.n/README.md

## bug.n -- Tiling Window Manager

bug.n is a
[tiling window manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager)
add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language
[AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).

### What it can do

* Provide layouts for resizing and moving windows, utilizing all available
  screen estate and customizable to your specific needs and workflow
* Provide views (i. e. virtual desktops) for showing only those windows, which
  you need to do your work.
* Dynamically resize and move your windows, applying a specified layout,
  without you having to care about moving them all by mouse
* Increase the available screen estate by hiding and therewith freeing up the
  space occupied by the Microsoft Windows Taskbar and the title bar for every
  single window
* and replacing all with a single slim status bar (-- but bug.n is not a shell
  replacement)
* Show window management information in the status bar: active window title,
  active layout, overview of the views used
* Show system information in the status bar: time and date, CPU and memory
  usage, disk and network load, battery level
* Store your settings, i. e. which windows and layout were set on a specific
  view
* Support multiple monitors

### What it enables _you_ to do

* You can resize and move windows specified by the active layout and
  initialized by hotkey.
* You can toggle the visibility of the Windows Taskbar.
* You can toggle the visibility of the Windows title bar of the active window.
* You can change the layout for the tiling window management suitable to your
  needs.
  + **Tile**: Lay out all windows like tiles on a master area, which can be
   further split up, and a stacking area, where remaining windows can be stacked
   or shown side by side.
  + **Monocle**: All windows are maximized and only one is shown at any time.
  + **Floating**: Windows are not dynamically tiled.
* You can further customize the layouts for each view.
* You can move windows to another view (virtual desktop) by tagging them with a
  number.
* You can share windows between views by tagging them with more than one
  number.
* You can move between views, hiding the windows, you do not want to see, and
  showing those, you want to see, by pressing a simple hotkey.

### Installing and running bug.n

#### Requirements

* Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher
* [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/) (if running bug.n from source as
  a script)

You may either
[download the stable version of bug.n](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/releases/latest)
from the repository, or
[download the current development version](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/archive/master.zip)
as the repository itself. Either way, you will have a `zip` file including an
executable (`bugn.exe`), the source (`src\*`) and documentation (`doc\*`)
files.

There is no installation process for bug.n. Unpack the `zip` file, and you
should be able to run either the executable as it is or the main script
(`src\Main.ahk`) with [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).

By default bug.n stores the session data (configuration, layout, window states
and log) to the user's APPDATA directory, e. g.
`C:\Users\joten\AppData\Roaming\bug.n`.

Please see the [documentation](./doc) or the
[Wiki](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/wiki) for more information on
installing and running, customizing and using bug.n and for a list of changes
made with the current version, in particular the changes in the user interface
(configuration variables and hotkeys).

### License

bug.n is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. Please see
the [LICENSE file](./LICENSE.md) for the full license text.

### Credits

Please see the [CREDITS file](./doc/CREDITS.md) for a list of people and projects,
which contributed to bug.n.