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final fix for man page
author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>
date Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:44:48 +0200
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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@444 23 selected tags are highlighted with a different color, the tags of the focused
arg@444 24 window are highlighted with a small point.
arg@316 25 .P
arg@445 26 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
arg@342 27 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
garbeam@80 28 .SH OPTIONS
garbeam@0 29 .TP
garbeam@0 30 .B \-v
garbeam@80 31 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
garbeam@82 32 .SH USAGE
arg@256 33 .SS Status bar
arg@256 34 .TP
arg@259 35 .B Standard input
arg@259 36 is read and displayed in the status text area.
arg@256 37 .TP
arg@288 38 .B Button1
arg@449 39 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
arg@525 40 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
arg@262 41 .TP
arg@270 42 .B Button3
arg@520 43 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view,
arg@525 44 click on the mode label toggles the stack position (tiling mode).
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@514 66 .B Mod1-b
arg@520 67 Toggle stack position (tiling mode only).
arg@514 68 .TP
arg@415 69 .B Mod1-g
arg@504 70 Grow current area (tiling mode only).
arg@415 71 .TP
arg@421 72 .B Mod1-s
arg@504 73 Shrink current area (tiling mode only).
arg@421 74 .TP
arg@396 75 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 76 Apply
arg@445 77 .RB nth
arg@445 78 tag to current window.
arg@293 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@396 91 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 92 View all windows with
arg@445 93 .BR nth
arg@445 94 tag.
garbeam@56 95 .TP
arg@396 96 .B Mod1-0
arg@445 97 View all windows with any tag.
arg@395 98 .TP
arg@396 99 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 100 Add/remove all windows with
arg@445 101 .BR nth
arg@445 102 tag to/from the view.
arg@264 103 .TP
arg@293 104 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@445 105 Quit dwm.
arg@256 106 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 107 .TP
garbeam@59 108 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 109 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@59 110 .TP
arg@238 111 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@504 112 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
arg@238 113 .TP
garbeam@59 114 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 115 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@82 116 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
arg@445 117 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 118 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 119 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 120 The status bar may display
arg@445 121 .BR "broken pipe"
arg@445 122 when dwm has been started by
arg@264 123 .BR xdm (1),
arg@445 124 because it closes standard output before executing dwm.
arg@201 125 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 126 .BR dmenu (1)