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allowing swap() for first master client
author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@suckless.org>
date Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:00:15 +0100
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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@657 13 area contains the windows which currently need 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@606 24 window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags
arg@625 25 which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
arg@606 26 the top left corner.
arg@316 27 .P
arg@445 28 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
arg@342 29 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
garbeam@80 30 .SH OPTIONS
garbeam@0 31 .TP
garbeam@0 32 .B \-v
garbeam@80 33 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
garbeam@82 34 .SH USAGE
arg@256 35 .SS Status bar
arg@256 36 .TP
arg@259 37 .B Standard input
arg@259 38 is read and displayed in the status text area.
arg@256 39 .TP
arg@288 40 .B Button1
arg@449 41 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
arg@525 42 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
arg@262 43 .TP
arg@270 44 .B Button3
arg@530 45 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
arg@398 46 .TP
arg@398 47 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 48 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
arg@398 49 .TP
arg@398 50 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 51 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
arg@256 52 .SS Keyboard commands
garbeam@55 53 .TP
arg@293 54 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
arg@293 55 Start
arg@293 56 .BR xterm (1).
arg@293 57 .TP
arg@293 58 .B Mod1-Tab
arg@445 59 Focus next window.
arg@293 60 .TP
arg@293 61 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
arg@445 62 Focus previous window.
arg@293 63 .TP
garbeam@55 64 .B Mod1-Return
arg@504 65 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
arg@477 66 .TP
arg@415 67 .B Mod1-g
arg@558 68 Grow master area (tiling mode only).
arg@415 69 .TP
arg@421 70 .B Mod1-s
arg@558 71 Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
arg@421 72 .TP
arg@655 73 .B Mod1-i
arg@657 74 Increase windows of master area (tiling mode only).
arg@651 75 .TP
arg@655 76 .B Mod1-d
arg@657 77 Decrease windows of master area (tiling mode only).
arg@651 78 .TP
arg@396 79 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 80 Apply
arg@445 81 .RB nth
arg@445 82 tag to current window.
arg@293 83 .TP
arg@594 84 .B Mod1-Shift-0
arg@594 85 Apply all tags to current window.
arg@594 86 .TP
arg@396 87 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 88 Add/remove
arg@445 89 .B nth
arg@445 90 tag to/from current window.
arg@293 91 .TP
arg@293 92 .B Mod1-Shift-c
arg@445 93 Close focused window.
garbeam@55 94 .TP
garbeam@55 95 .B Mod1-space
arg@525 96 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
garbeam@56 97 .TP
arg@585 98 .B Mod1-Shift-space
arg@592 99 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
arg@585 100 .TP
arg@396 101 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 102 View all windows with
arg@445 103 .BR nth
arg@445 104 tag.
garbeam@56 105 .TP
arg@396 106 .B Mod1-0
arg@445 107 View all windows with any tag.
arg@395 108 .TP
arg@396 109 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 110 Add/remove all windows with
arg@445 111 .BR nth
arg@445 112 tag to/from the view.
arg@264 113 .TP
arg@293 114 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@445 115 Quit dwm.
arg@256 116 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 117 .TP
garbeam@59 118 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 119 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@59 120 .TP
arg@238 121 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@504 122 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
arg@238 123 .TP
garbeam@59 124 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 125 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@82 126 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
arg@445 127 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 128 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 129 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 130 The status bar may display
arg@633 131 .BR "EOF"
arg@632 132 when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
arg@264 133 .BR xdm (1),
arg@632 134 because those close standard output before executing dwm.
arg@632 135 .P
arg@632 136 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
arg@632 137 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
arg@634 138 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
arg@634 139 you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
arg@634 140 can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
arg@632 141 backend instead):
arg@632 142 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
arg@201 143 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 144 .BR dmenu (1)