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applied Christof Musik's multihead patch for a pathologic cornercase
author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>
date Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:27:11 +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
garbeam@82 12 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking column. The master
arg@174 13 column contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
arg@174 14 stacking column 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@449 19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with that tag.
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@449 40 label toggles between tiled and floating mode.
arg@262 41 .TP
arg@270 42 .B Button3
arg@445 43 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
arg@398 44 .TP
arg@398 45 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 46 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
arg@398 47 .TP
arg@398 48 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 49 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
arg@256 50 .SS Keyboard commands
garbeam@55 51 .TP
arg@293 52 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
arg@293 53 Start
arg@293 54 .BR xterm (1).
arg@293 55 .TP
arg@293 56 .B Mod1-Tab
arg@445 57 Focus next window.
arg@293 58 .TP
arg@293 59 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
arg@445 60 Focus previous window.
arg@293 61 .TP
garbeam@55 62 .B Mod1-Return
arg@445 63 Zoom current window to the master column (tiling mode only).
garbeam@55 64 .TP
garbeam@55 65 .B Mod1-m
arg@445 66 Maximize current window.
garbeam@55 67 .TP
arg@415 68 .B Mod1-g
arg@445 69 Grow current column (tiling mode only).
arg@415 70 .TP
arg@421 71 .B Mod1-s
arg@445 72 Shrink current column (tiling mode only).
arg@421 73 .TP
arg@396 74 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 75 Apply
arg@445 76 .RB nth
arg@445 77 tag to current window.
arg@293 78 .TP
arg@396 79 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 80 Add/remove
arg@445 81 .B nth
arg@445 82 tag to/from current window.
arg@293 83 .TP
arg@293 84 .B Mod1-Shift-c
arg@445 85 Close focused window.
garbeam@55 86 .TP
garbeam@55 87 .B Mod1-space
arg@445 88 Toggle between tiled and floating mode (affects all windows).
garbeam@56 89 .TP
arg@396 90 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 91 View all windows with
arg@445 92 .BR nth
arg@445 93 tag.
garbeam@56 94 .TP
arg@396 95 .B Mod1-0
arg@445 96 View all windows with any tag.
arg@395 97 .TP
arg@396 98 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 99 Add/remove all windows with
arg@445 100 .BR nth
arg@445 101 tag to/from the view.
arg@264 102 .TP
arg@293 103 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@445 104 Quit dwm.
arg@256 105 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 106 .TP
garbeam@59 107 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@445 108 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@59 109 .TP
arg@238 110 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@445 111 Zoom current window to the master column (tiling mode only).
arg@238 112 .TP
garbeam@59 113 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@445 114 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
garbeam@82 115 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
arg@445 116 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 117 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 118 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 119 The status bar may display
arg@445 120 .BR "broken pipe"
arg@445 121 when dwm has been started by
arg@264 122 .BR xdm (1),
arg@445 123 because it closes standard output before executing dwm.
arg@201 124 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 125 .BR dmenu (1)