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1 gridwm
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2 ------
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4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
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5 arranges all windows in a grid.
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8 Configuration
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9 -------------
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10 You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to
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11 provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and
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12 maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition
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13 in wm.c.
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16 Requirements
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17 ------------
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18 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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21 Installation
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22 ------------
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23 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
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24 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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26 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
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27 necessary as root):
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29 make clean install
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32 Running gridwm
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33 --------------
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34 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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36 exec gridwm
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38 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
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39 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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41 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
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43 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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46 Configuration
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47 -------------
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48 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
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49 customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the
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50 status command definition in wm.c.
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