virgo

Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows

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Features:

• resource friendly, exe is <10kb on disk and uses <1mb memory while running
• 4 virtual desktops (more if you change a constant and recompile the code)
• shows only a tray icon with the number of the desktop you are on

Hotkeys:

shortcut key	introduce
ALT + 1..4	changes to desktop 1..4
CTRL + 1..4	moves active window to desktop 1..4
ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + Q	exits the program
ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + S	starts/stops handling of other hotkeys
ALT + CTRL + SHIFT + T	pin active window (makes it always visible)
ALT + ← / →	move the desktop left or right

Build:

Install gcc and make:

1. Visit MSYS2 Install and install MSYS2 following the instructions.
2. Open MSYS2 Shell and use pacman to install mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc, mingw-w64-x86_64-make, and mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake.
3. Add C:\msys64\mingw64\bin (your MSYS2 installation path) to the PATH environment variable.

Build:

git clone https://github.com/papplampe/virgo.git
cd virgo
mingw32-make