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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@575 23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
arg@575 24 window are indicated with a small point in the top left corner. The tags which
arg@602 25 are applied to one or more clients are indicated with a top line.
arg@316 26 .P
arg@445 27 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
arg@342 28 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
garbeam@80 29 .SH OPTIONS
garbeam@0 30 .TP
garbeam@0 31 .B \-v
garbeam@80 32 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
garbeam@82 33 .SH USAGE
arg@256 34 .SS Status bar
arg@256 35 .TP
arg@259 36 .B Standard input
arg@259 37 is read and displayed in the status text area.
arg@256 38 .TP
arg@288 39 .B Button1
arg@449 40 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
arg@525 41 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
arg@262 42 .TP
arg@270 43 .B Button3
arg@530 44 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
arg@398 45 .TP
arg@398 46 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 47 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
arg@398 48 .TP
arg@398 49 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 50 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
arg@256 51 .SS Keyboard commands
garbeam@55 52 .TP
arg@293 53 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
arg@293 54 Start
arg@293 55 .BR xterm (1).
arg@293 56 .TP
arg@293 57 .B Mod1-Tab
arg@445 58 Focus next window.
arg@293 59 .TP
arg@293 60 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
arg@445 61 Focus previous window.
arg@293 62 .TP
garbeam@55 63 .B Mod1-Return
arg@504 64 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
arg@477 65 .TP
arg@415 66 .B Mod1-g
arg@558 67 Grow master area (tiling mode only).
arg@415 68 .TP
arg@421 69 .B Mod1-s
arg@558 70 Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
arg@421 71 .TP
arg@396 72 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 73 Apply
arg@445 74 .RB nth
arg@445 75 tag to current window.
arg@293 76 .TP
arg@594 77 .B Mod1-Shift-0
arg@594 78 Apply all tags to current window.
arg@594 79 .TP
arg@396 80 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 81 Add/remove
arg@445 82 .B nth
arg@445 83 tag to/from current window.
arg@293 84 .TP
arg@293 85 .B Mod1-Shift-c
arg@445 86 Close focused window.
garbeam@55 87 .TP
garbeam@55 88 .B Mod1-space
arg@525 89 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
garbeam@56 90 .TP
arg@585 91 .B Mod1-Shift-space
arg@592 92 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
arg@585 93 .TP
arg@396 94 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 95 View all windows with
arg@445 96 .BR nth
arg@445 97 tag.
garbeam@56 98 .TP
arg@396 99 .B Mod1-0
arg@445 100 View all windows with any tag.
arg@395 101 .TP
arg@396 102 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 103 Add/remove all windows with
arg@445 104 .BR nth
arg@445 105 tag to/from the view.
arg@264 106 .TP
arg@293 107 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@445 108 Quit dwm.
arg@256 109 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 110 .TP
garbeam@59 111 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 112 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@59 113 .TP
arg@238 114 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@504 115 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
arg@238 116 .TP
garbeam@59 117 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 118 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@82 119 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
arg@445 120 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 121 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 122 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 123 The status bar may display
arg@445 124 .BR "broken pipe"
arg@445 125 when dwm has been started by
arg@264 126 .BR xdm (1),
arg@445 127 because it closes standard output before executing dwm.
arg@201 128 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 129 .BR dmenu (1)