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## bug.n -- Tiling Window Manager
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bug.n is a
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[tiling window manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiling_window_manager)
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add-on for Microsoft Windows. It is written in the scripting language
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[AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).
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### What it can do
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* Provide layouts for resizing and moving windows, utilizing all available
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screen estate and customizable to your specific needs and workflow
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* Provide views (i. e. virtual desktops) for showing only those windows, which
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you need to do your work.
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* Dynamically resize and move your windows, applying a specified layout,
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without you having to care about moving them all by mouse
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* Increase the available screen estate by hiding and therewith freeing up the
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space occupied by
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+ the Microsoft Windows Taskbar and
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+ the title bar for every single window
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* and replacing all with a single slim status bar (-- but bug.n is not a shell
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replacement)
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* Show window management information in the status bar:
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+ active window title
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+ active layout
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+ overview of the views used
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* Show system information in the status bar:
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+ time and date
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+ CPU and memory usage
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+ disk and network load
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+ battery level
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* Store your settings, i. e. which windows and layout were set on a specific
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view
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* Support multiple monitors
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### What it enables _you_ to do
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* You can resize and move windows specified by the active layout and
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initialized by hotkey.
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* You can toggle the visibility of the Windows Taskbar.
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* You can toggle the visibility of the Windows title bar of the active window.
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* You can change the layout for the tiling window management suitable to your
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needs.
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+ **Tile**: Lay out all windows like tiles on a master area, which can be
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further split up, and a stacking area, where remaining windows can be stacked
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or shown side by side.
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+ **Monocle**: All windows are maximized and only one is shown at any time.
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+ **Floating**: Windows are not dynamically tiled.
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* You can further customize the layouts for each view.
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* You can move windows to another view (virtual desktop) by tagging them with a
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number.
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* You can share windows between views by tagging them with more than one
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number.
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* You can move between views, hiding the windows, you do not want to see, and
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showing those, you want to see, by pressing a simple hotkey.
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### Installing and running bug.n
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#### Requirements
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* Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher
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* [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/) (if running bug.n from source as
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a script)
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You may either
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[download the stable version of bug.n](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/blob/master/bug.n-stable.zip)
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from the repository, or
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[download the current development version](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/archive/master.zip)
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as the repository itself. Either way, you will have a `zip` file including an
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executable (`bug.n*.exe`), the source (`src\*`) and documentation (`doc\*`)
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files.
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There is no installation process for bug.n. Unpack the `zip` file, and you
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should be able to run either the executable as it is or the main script
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(`src\Main.ahk`) with [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).
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By default bug.n stores the session data (configuration, layout, window states
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and log) to the user's APPDATA directory, e. g.
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`C:\Users\joten\AppData\Roaming\bug.n`.
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Please see the [documentation](./doc) or the
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[Wiki](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/wiki) for more information on
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installing and running, customizing and using bug.n and for a list of changes
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made with the current version, in particular the changes in the user interface
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(configuration variables and hotkeys).
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### License
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bug.n is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. Please see
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the [LICENSE file](./LICENSE.md) for the full license text.
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### Credits
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Please see the [CREDITS file](./CREDITS.md) for a list of people and projects,
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which contributed to bug.n.
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