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added pointer warps on kb-driven/manage-driven focus
author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:00:20 +0200
parents d969b6807162
children 58307ad56ec1
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garbeam@34 1 <html>
garbeam@34 2 <head>
garbeam@34 3 <title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title>
garbeam@34 4 <meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe">
garbeam@34 5 <meta name="generator" content="ed">
garbeam@34 6 <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe">
garbeam@34 7 <style type="text/css">
garbeam@34 8 body {
garbeam@34 9 color: #000000;
garbeam@34 10 font-family: sans-serif;
garbeam@36 11 margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
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garbeam@34 13 </style>
garbeam@34 14 </head>
garbeam@34 15 <body>
garbeam@34 16 <center>
garbeam@35 17 <img src="dwm.png"/><br />
garbeam@34 18 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
garbeam@36 19 </center>
garbeam@36 20 <h3>Description</h3>
garbeam@34 21 <p>
garbeam@34 22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
garbeam@34 23 </p>
garbeam@36 24 <h3>Differences to wmii</h3
garbeam@34 25 <p>
garbeam@34 26 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
garbeam@36 27 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.
garbeam@34 28 </p>
garbeam@34 29 <ul>
garbeam@36 30 <li>
garbeam@36 31 dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, no editable tagbars,
garbeam@36 32 no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without
garbeam@36 33 any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the
garbeam@36 34 mouse.
garbeam@36 35 </li>
garbeam@36 36 <li>
garbeam@36 37 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
garbeam@36 38 exceed 2000 SLOC.
garbeam@36 39 </li>
garbeam@36 40 <li>
garbeam@36 41 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
garbeam@36 42 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
garbeam@36 43 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
garbeam@36 44 </li>
garbeam@36 45 <li>
garbeam@36 46 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
garbeam@36 47 than wmii or larswm).
garbeam@36 48 </li>
garbeam@36 49 <li>
garbeam@36 50 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
garbeam@36 51 managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are
garbeam@36 52 managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup-
garbeam@36 53 and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
garbeam@36 54 </li>
garbeam@36 55 <li>
garbeam@36 56 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
garbeam@36 57 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
garbeam@36 58 clients.
garbeam@36 59 </li>
garbeam@36 60 <li>
garbeam@40 61 garbeam <b>does not</b> want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
garbeam@36 62 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b>
garbeam@36 63 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
garbeam@36 64 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
garbeam@36 65 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
garbeam@36 66 </li>
garbeam@34 67 </ul>
garbeam@36 68 <h3>Screenshot</h3>
garbeam@34 69 <p>
garbeam@36 70 <a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060713)
garbeam@34 71 </p>
garbeam@36 72 <h3>Development</h3>
garbeam@34 73 <p>
garbeam@34 74 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
garbeam@34 75 </p>
garbeam@34 76 <p>
garbeam@36 77 <code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
garbeam@34 78 </p>
garbeam@36 79 <p>--Anselm (20060713)</p>
garbeam@34 80 </body>
garbeam@34 81 </html>