---
name: "clfswm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "clfswm"
version: "20111015.git51b0a02-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/clfswm"
---

# clfswm(1)

A(nother) Common Lisp Full Screen Window Manager

## NAME

clfswm - A(nother) Common Lisp Full Screen Window Manager

## SYNOPSIS

**clfswm** \[*implementation*\]

## DESCRIPTION

CLFSWM is a 100% Common Lisp X11 window manager (based on Tinywm and Stumpwm. Many thanks to them). It can be driven only with the keyboard or with the mouse.

CLFSWM uses the following rules to determine which implementation should be used:

 1\. the first command line argument.

 2\. environment variable $LISP

 3\. the first line like "debian=\<impl\>" in its configuration file.

 4\. clisp

CLFSWM handles clisp, sbcl and cmucl internally. If you specify a different implementation, CLFSWM will try to execute the command clfswm-\<implementation\>. See /usr/share/doc/clfswm/README.Debian for details.

## OPTIONS

*implementation*

Indicates which implementation should be used.

## ENVIRONMENT

*LISP*

Indicates which implementation should be used.

## FILES

*$XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME/clfswm/clfswmrc*

User configuration file. If XDG\_CONFIG\_HOME is undefined, *$HOME/.config/clfswm/clfswmrc* will be used.

*$HOME/.clfswmrc*

Deprecated. This file will be used only if the previous file does not exist.

*/etc/clfswmrc*

System-wide configuration file.

## SEE ALSO

[clisp(1)](/clisp/1.md), [sbcl(1)](/sbcl/1.md), [cmucl(1)](/cmucl/1.md).

## AUTHOR

CLFSWM was written by Philippe Brochard \<pbrochard@common-lisp.net\>.

This manual page was written by Desmond O. Chang \<dochang@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).