ConnexionMiracle-wm 0.7 Released, Finishes Off IPC Implementation
A new version of miracle-wm, a Mir-based compositor/tiling window manager that aims to be “a flashy, cozy tiling window manager”, is out with various changes. Miracle-wm 0.7 sees developer Matthew Kosarek, an engineer at Canonical, finish adding the Sway/i3 Inter-Process Communication (IPC) features he wanted. This adds ‘a ton of new commands’ users can try in the new update. Basics plumbed in, Kosarek teases that it’s ‘time to move onto cooler things’, and urges fans to ‘stay tuned’ — exciting! Among new features in miracle-wm 0.7: Support for mouse configuration has been added, letting acceleration and acceleration profile for mice to […]
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