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author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:38:18 +0200
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1 gridwm
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4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
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7 Requirements
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8 ------------
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9 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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12 Installation
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13 ------------
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14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
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15 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
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18 necessary as root):
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20 make clean install
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23 Running gridwm
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25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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27 exec gridwm
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29 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
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30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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34 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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37 Configuration
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39 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
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40 source file.