use joe‘s window manager(a.k.a jwm) on linux mint

get start

sudo apt install xfce4-appfinder xfdesktop4 plank mate-terminal

how to configure jwm

1. use .jwmrc file in HOME directory
2. use lightdm to manage wm or de(I am using mate)

provide a sample of .jwmrc

also SEE this post and user
https://blog.csdn.net/weixin_41328687/article/details/127142907

I am a freshman to jwm so

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<JWM>
   <!-- The root menu. -->
    <RootMenu>  
    <!--
     !!!NOTE!!!
     this can change to what you like
    -->
      <!--<Include>/etc/jwm/debian-menu</Include>-->
      <Program label="Terminal">mate-terminal</Program><!-- konsole maybe -->
      <Program label="APPfinder">xfce4-appfinder</Program>
      <Program label="Xkill">xkill</Program>
      <Program label="Web">microsoft-edge</Program><!-- or firefox chrome-->
<Separator/>
      <!--
      <Menu label="Xfce4panel">
        <Program label="On">xfce4-panel</Program>
        <Program label="Off">killall xfce4-panel</Program>
      </Menu>
      -->
      <Menu label="Xfcedesktop">
        <Program label="On">xfdesktop</Program>
        <Program label="Off">killall xfdesktop</Program>
      </Menu>
      <!--
      <Menu label="Conky">
        <Program label="on">conky -c /home//.conky/conkyrc.lua</Program>
        <Program label="Off">killall conky</Program>
      </Menu>
      -->
      <Menu label="Dock">
        <Program label="On">plank</Program>
        <Program label="Off">killall plank</Program>
      </Menu>
 <Separator/>
        <Program label="Shutdown">shutdown now</Program>
        <Program label="Reboot">reboot</Program>
        <Exit label="Logout" confirm="true" icon="system-log-out.png"/>
    </RootMenu>
    <!-- Options for program groups. -->

     <!-- Tray at the bottom. -->
    <Tray x="0" y="1" height="30" autohide="on">

        <TrayButton icon="/usr/share/jwm/jwm-blue.svg">root:1</TrayButton>
	<!--
	<Spacer width="2"/>
        <TrayButton label="_">showdesktop</TrayButton>
        <Spacer width="2"/>
		<TrayButton>exec:caja</TrayButton>
        <Spacer width="2"/>
	-->
        <!--
        <TrayButton
		icon="firefox.svg">exec:firefox</TrayButton>
        -->
	<!--
        <Spacer width="2"/>
        <Spacer width="2"/>
        <Spacer width="10"/>
	-->
        <Pager labeled="true"/>

        <TaskList maxwidth="256"/>

        <Dock/>

        <Clock format="%b%_d日星期%a%H:%M">
	  <Button mask="123">exec:xclock</Button>
	</Clock>

    </Tray>

    <!-- Visual Styles -->
    <WindowStyle>
        <Font>LiHei Pro,STHeiti K-18:bold</Font>
        <Width>4</Width>
        <Height>28</Height>
        <Corner>3</Corner>
        <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
        <Background>#FFFFFF</Background>
        <Outline>#000000</Outline>
        <Opacity>0.5</Opacity>
        <Active>
            <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
            <Background>#0877CC</Background>
            <Outline>#000000</Outline>
            <Opacity>1.0</Opacity>
        </Active>
    </WindowStyle>
    <TrayStyle group="true" list="all">
        <Font>LiHei Pro,STHeiti K-18</Font>
        <Background>#333333</Background>
        <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
        <Outline>#000000</Outline>
        <Opacity>0.75</Opacity>
    </TrayStyle>
    <TaskListStyle>
      <Font>LiHei Pro,STHeiti K-18</Font>
      <Active>
        <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
        <Background>#555555</Background>
      </Active>
      <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
      <Background>#333333</Background>
    </TaskListStyle>
    <PagerStyle>
        <Outline>#000000</Outline>
        <Foreground>#555555</Foreground>
        <Background>#333333</Background>
        <Text>#FFFFFF</Text>
        <Active>
            <Foreground>#00c073</Foreground>
            <Background>#004488</Background>
        </Active>
    </PagerStyle>
    <MenuStyle>
        <Font>LiHei Pro,STHeiti K-18</Font>
        <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
        <Background>#333333</Background>
        <Outline>#000000</Outline>
        <Active>
            <Foreground>#FFFFFF</Foreground>
            <Background>#0077CC</Background>
        </Active>
        <Opacity>0.85</Opacity>
    </MenuStyle>
    <PopupStyle>
        <Font>LiHei Pro,STHeiti K-18</Font>
        <Foreground>#000000</Foreground>
        <Background>#5bc8a8</Background>
    </PopupStyle>

    <!-- Path where icons can be found.
         IconPath can be listed multiple times to allow searching
         for icons in multiple paths.
      -->
    <!--
    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/gnome/32x32/actions</IconPath>
    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/la-capitaine-icon-theme/apps/scalable/</IconPath>
    <IconPath>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/</IconPath>
    -->

    <!-- Virtual Desktops -->
    <!-- Desktop tags can be contained within Desktops for desktop names. -->
<Desktops width="4" height="1">
        <!-- Default background. Note that a Background tag can be
              contained within a Desktop tag to give a specific background
              for that desktop.
        -->
      <!--
      <Background type="image">
        /home/etcix/Pictures/01.jpeg
      </Background>
      -->
</Desktops>

    <!-- Double click speed (in milliseconds) -->
    <DoubleClickSpeed>1500</DoubleClickSpeed>

    <!-- Double click delta (in pixels) -->
    <DoubleClickDelta>10</DoubleClickDelta>

    <!-- The focus model (sloppy or click) -->
    <FocusModel>sloppy</FocusModel>

    <!-- The snap mode (none, screen, or border) -->
    <SnapMode distance="10">border</SnapMode>

    <!-- The move mode (outline or opaque) -->
    <MoveMode>opaque</MoveMode>

    <!-- The resize mode (outline or opaque) -->
    <ResizeMode>opaque</ResizeMode>

    <!-- Key bindings -->
    <Key key="Up">up</Key>
    <Key key="Down">down</Key>
    <Key key="Right">right</Key>
    <Key key="Left">left</Key>
    <Key key="Return">select</Key>
    <Key key="Escape">escape</Key>
    <!--
    <Key key="F7">exec:amixer -D pulse sset Master 2%-</Key>
    <Key key="F8">exec:amixer -D pulse sset Master 2%+</Key>
    <Key key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">exec:amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%-</Key>
    <Key key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">exec:amixer -D pulse sset Master 5%+</Key>
    -->
    <!--<Key mask="S" key="t">exec:mate-terminal</Key>--><!--Shift t = terminal-->
    <Key mask="S" key="F1">exec:xfce4-appfinder</Key>
    <Key mask="S" key="u">exec:caja</Key>
    <!--<Key key="XF86HomePage">exec:firefox</Key>-->
    <Key mask="S" key="Delete">exec:xkill</Key>
    <!--
	<Key mask="S" key="F7">exec:xfce4-screenshooter -w</Key>
	<Key mask="CS" key="F7">exec:xfce4-screenshooter -r</Key>
	<Key mask="4" key="e">exec:jwm -exit</Key>
	<Key mask="4" key="r">exec:jwm -restart</Key>
    -->

    <Key mask="A" key="h">maxh</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="v">maxv</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="Up">maxtop</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="Down">maxbottom</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="Left">maxleft</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="Right">maxright</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="f">maximize</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="m">minimize</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="r">resize</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="w">window</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="F4">close</Key>
    <Key mask="A" key="d">showdesktop</Key>

    <Key mask="A" key="Tab">nextstacked</Key>
    <!--<Key mask="C" key="#">desktop#</Key>-->
    <Key mask="C" key="Right">rdesktop</Key><!-- C stand for ctrl-->
    <Key mask="C" key="Left">ldesktop</Key><!-- C-left to move space -->
    <Key mask="CA" key="Right">sendr</Key><!-- C-Alt right to move program to -->
    <Key mask="CA" key="Left">sendl</Key>

  <!-- 
  !!!NOTE!!!
	the rest can be ignored	
  Autostart -->
    <StartupCommand>pulseaudio --start --daemonize=yes</StartupCommand>
    <StartupCommand>xset s 3600</StartupCommand>
    <StartupCommand>xset -dpms</StartupCommand>
    <StartupCommand>redshift</StartupCommand>
</JWM>