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author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>
date Thu, 28 Sep 2006 21:29:20 +0200
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arg@212 1 .TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION
garbeam@0 2 .SH NAME
garbeam@39 3 dwm \- dynamic window manager
garbeam@0 4 .SH SYNOPSIS
garbeam@38 5 .B dwm
garbeam@0 6 .RB [ \-v ]
garbeam@0 7 .SH DESCRIPTION
arg@445 8 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and
arg@445 9 floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
arg@445 10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
garbeam@79 11 .P
arg@504 12 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
arg@504 13 area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
arg@504 14 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
arg@174 15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
arg@174 16 regardless of the mode selected.
garbeam@80 17 .P
arg@174 18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
arg@470 19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
garbeam@79 20 .P
arg@445 21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode,
arg@445 22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
arg@444 23 selected tags are highlighted with a different color, the tags of the focused
arg@444 24 window are highlighted with a small point.
arg@316 25 .P
arg@445 26 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
arg@342 27 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
garbeam@80 28 .SH OPTIONS
garbeam@0 29 .TP
garbeam@0 30 .B \-v
garbeam@80 31 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
garbeam@82 32 .SH USAGE
arg@256 33 .SS Status bar
arg@256 34 .TP
arg@259 35 .B Standard input
arg@259 36 is read and displayed in the status text area.
arg@256 37 .TP
arg@288 38 .B Button1
arg@449 39 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
arg@449 40 label toggles between tiled and floating mode.
arg@262 41 .TP
arg@270 42 .B Button3
arg@445 43 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
arg@398 44 .TP
arg@398 45 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 46 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
arg@398 47 .TP
arg@398 48 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 49 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
arg@256 50 .SS Keyboard commands
garbeam@55 51 .TP
arg@293 52 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
arg@293 53 Start
arg@293 54 .BR xterm (1).
arg@293 55 .TP
arg@293 56 .B Mod1-Tab
arg@445 57 Focus next window.
arg@293 58 .TP
arg@293 59 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
arg@445 60 Focus previous window.
arg@293 61 .TP
garbeam@55 62 .B Mod1-Return
arg@504 63 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
arg@477 64 .TP
arg@415 65 .B Mod1-g
arg@504 66 Grow current area (tiling mode only).
arg@415 67 .TP
arg@421 68 .B Mod1-s
arg@504 69 Shrink current area (tiling mode only).
arg@421 70 .TP
arg@396 71 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 72 Apply
arg@445 73 .RB nth
arg@445 74 tag to current window.
arg@293 75 .TP
arg@396 76 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 77 Add/remove
arg@445 78 .B nth
arg@445 79 tag to/from current window.
arg@293 80 .TP
arg@293 81 .B Mod1-Shift-c
arg@445 82 Close focused window.
garbeam@55 83 .TP
garbeam@55 84 .B Mod1-space
arg@445 85 Toggle between tiled and floating mode (affects all windows).
garbeam@56 86 .TP
arg@396 87 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 88 View all windows with
arg@445 89 .BR nth
arg@445 90 tag.
garbeam@56 91 .TP
arg@396 92 .B Mod1-0
arg@445 93 View all windows with any tag.
arg@395 94 .TP
arg@396 95 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 96 Add/remove all windows with
arg@445 97 .BR nth
arg@445 98 tag to/from the view.
arg@264 99 .TP
arg@293 100 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@445 101 Quit dwm.
arg@256 102 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 103 .TP
garbeam@59 104 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 105 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@59 106 .TP
arg@238 107 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@504 108 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
arg@238 109 .TP
garbeam@59 110 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 111 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@82 112 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
arg@445 113 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 114 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 115 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 116 The status bar may display
arg@445 117 .BR "broken pipe"
arg@445 118 when dwm has been started by
arg@264 119 .BR xdm (1),
arg@445 120 because it closes standard output before executing dwm.
arg@201 121 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 122 .BR dmenu (1)