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got rid of LD (inspired by JGs patch to wmii)
author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@suckless.org>
date Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:09:53 +0100
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1 .TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION
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2 .SH NAME
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3 dwm \- dynamic window manager
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4 .SH SYNOPSIS
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5 .B dwm
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6 .RB [ \-v ]
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7 .SH DESCRIPTION
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8 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and
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9 floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
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10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
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11 .P
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12 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
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13 area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
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14 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
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15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
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16 regardless of the mode applied.
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18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
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19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
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20 .P
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21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode,
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22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
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23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
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24 window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags
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25 which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
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26 the top left corner.
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28 dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
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29 .SH OPTIONS
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30 .TP
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31 .B \-v
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32 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
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33 .SH USAGE
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34 .SS Status bar
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36 .B Standard input
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37 is read and displayed in the status text area.
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38 .TP
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40 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
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41 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
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42 .TP
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43 .B Button3
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44 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
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47 click on the mode label increases the number of windows in the master area (tiling mode only).
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48 .TP
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50 click on the mode label decreases the number of windows in the master area (tiling mode only).
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52 .B Mod1-Button1
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53 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
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54 .TP
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55 .B Mod1-Button3
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56 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
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57 .SS Keyboard commands
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58 .TP
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59 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
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60 Start
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61 .BR xterm (1).
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62 .TP
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63 .B Mod1-Tab
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64 Focus next window.
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65 .TP
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66 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
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67 Focus previous window.
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68 .TP
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69 .B Mod1-Return
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70 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
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71 .TP
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72 .B Mod1-g
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73 Grow master area (tiling mode only).
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74 .TP
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75 .B Mod1-s
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76 Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
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77 .TP
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78 .B Mod1-i
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79 Increase the number of windows in the master area (tiling mode only).
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80 .TP
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81 .B Mod1-d
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82 Decrease the number of windows in the master area (tiling mode only).
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83 .TP
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84 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
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85 Apply
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86 .RB nth
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87 tag to current window.
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88 .TP
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89 .B Mod1-Shift-0
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90 Apply all tags to current window.
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91 .TP
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92 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
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93 Add/remove
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94 .B nth
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95 tag to/from current window.
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96 .TP
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97 .B Mod1-Shift-c
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98 Close focused window.
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99 .TP
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100 .B Mod1-space
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101 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
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102 .TP
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103 .B Mod1-Shift-space
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104 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
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105 .TP
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106 .B Mod1-[1..n]
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107 View all windows with
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108 .BR nth
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109 tag.
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111 .B Mod1-0
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112 View all windows with any tag.
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113 .TP
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114 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
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115 Add/remove all windows with
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116 .BR nth
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117 tag to/from the view.
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118 .TP
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119 .B Mod1-Shift-q
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120 Quit dwm.
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121 .SS Mouse commands
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122 .TP
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123 .B Mod1-Button1
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124 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
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125 .TP
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126 .B Mod1-Button2
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127 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
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128 .TP
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129 .B Mod1-Button3
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130 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
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131 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
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132 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
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133 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
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134 .SH SEE ALSO
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135 .BR dmenu (1)
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136 .SH BUGS
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137 The status bar may display
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138 .BR "EOF"
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139 when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
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140 .BR xdm (1),
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141 because those close standard output before executing dwm.
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142 .P
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143 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
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144 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
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145 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
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146 you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
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147 can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
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148 backend instead):
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149 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .