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removed c->f{x,y,w,h} and c->t{x,y,w,h} in favor for the new rule handling remembering two kinds of geometries is unnecessary, removed the randomized (x,y) setting on dofloat startup, was kind too random und unpredictable
author arg@10ksloc.org
date Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:26:23 +0200
parents 040a7074d23c
children 59e997ca04a6
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garbeam@37 1 dwm - dynamic window manager
garbeam@37 2 ----------------------------
garbeam@0 3
garbeam@34 4 dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
garbeam@17 5
garbeam@17 6
garbeam@0 7 Requirements
garbeam@0 8 ------------
garbeam@34 9 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
garbeam@0 10
garbeam@0 11
garbeam@0 12 Installation
garbeam@0 13 ------------
garbeam@34 14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
garbeam@0 15 the /usr/local namespace by default.
garbeam@0 16
garbeam@34 17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
garbeam@0 18 necessary as root):
garbeam@0 19
garbeam@0 20 make clean install
garbeam@0 21
garbeam@0 22
garbeam@34 23 Running dwm
garbeam@37 24 -----------
garbeam@34 25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
garbeam@0 26
garbeam@34 27 exec dwm
garbeam@0 28
garbeam@34 29 In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0 30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
garbeam@0 31
garbeam@34 32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
garbeam@0 33
garbeam@34 34 This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
garbeam@0 35
garbeam@0 36
garbeam@0 37 Configuration
garbeam@0 38 -------------
garbeam@87 39 The configuration of dwm is done by customizing source code,
garbeam@87 40 grep for CUSTOMIZE keyword.