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| author | arg@10ksloc.org |
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| date | Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:10:22 +0200 |
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| 34 | 1 <html> |
| 2 <head> | |
| 3 <title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title> | |
| 4 <meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe"> | |
| 5 <meta name="generator" content="ed"> | |
| 6 <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe"> | |
| 7 <style type="text/css"> | |
| 8 body { | |
| 9 color: #000000; | |
| 10 font-family: sans-serif; | |
| 36 | 11 margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px; |
| 34 | 12 } |
| 13 </style> | |
| 14 </head> | |
| 15 <body> | |
| 16 <center> | |
| 35 | 17 <img src="dwm.png"/><br /> |
| 118 | 18 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3> |
| 36 | 19 </center> |
| 118 | 20 <h3>Description</h3> |
| 34 | 21 <p> |
| 22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. | |
| 23 </p> | |
| 90 | 24 <h4>Philosophy</h4> |
| 47 | 25 <p> |
| 26 As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that | |
| 27 wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features | |
| 28 and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only | |
| 29 want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got | |
| 30 finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I | |
| 88 | 31 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a |
| 32 href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model, | |
| 33 which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my | |
| 34 needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. | |
| 47 | 35 </p> |
| 90 | 36 <h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4> |
| 34 | 37 <p> |
| 88 | 38 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
| 34 | 39 </p> |
| 40 <ul> | |
| 36 | 41 <li> |
| 205 | 42 dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no editable |
| 88 | 43 tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes |
| 44 without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping | |
| 45 the mouse. | |
| 36 | 46 </li> |
| 47 <li> | |
| 48 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never | |
| 49 exceed 2000 SLOC. | |
| 50 </li> | |
| 51 <li> | |
| 88 | 52 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however |
| 53 simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in | |
| 54 tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, | |
| 55 depending on the application in use and the task performed. | |
| 36 | 56 </li> |
| 57 <li> | |
| 58 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or | |
| 88 | 59 tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in |
| 60 tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. | |
| 61 Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however. | |
| 62 </li> | |
| 63 <li> | |
| 64 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it | |
| 65 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data | |
| 66 which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names | |
| 67 and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn | |
| 68 Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X | |
| 69 resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs, | |
| 155 | 70 you <b>only</b> have to learn C (at least editing header files). |
| 88 | 71 </li> |
| 72 <li> | |
| 73 Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's | |
| 74 pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase | |
| 75 small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions. | |
| 36 | 76 </li> |
| 77 <li> | |
| 78 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real | |
| 88 | 79 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of |
| 80 unfocused clients. | |
| 81 </li> | |
| 82 <li> | |
| 83 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like | |
| 84 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than | |
| 85 larsremote, wmiir and what not... | |
| 36 | 86 </li> |
| 87 <li> | |
| 90 | 88 It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions |
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89 of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
| 36 | 90 </li> |
| 205 | 91 <li> |
| 92 Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu. | |
| 93 </li> | |
| 34 | 94 </ul> |
| 90 | 95 <h4>Links</h4> |
| 89 | 96 <ul> |
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97 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li> |
| 216 | 98 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060807a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060807)</li> |
| 99 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060807b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060807)</li> | |
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100 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li> |
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101 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://10kloc.org/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li> |
| 89 | 102 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li> |
| 103 </ul> | |
| 155 | 104 <h3>Download</h3> |
| 105 <ul> | |
| 205 | 106 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.7.tar.gz">dwm 0.7</a> (14kb) (20060807)</li> |
| 107 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.2.tar.gz">dmenu 0.2</a> (7kb) (20060807)</li> | |
| 155 | 108 </ul> |
| 118 | 109 <h3>Development</h3> |
| 34 | 110 <p> |
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111 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://10kloc.org/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: |
| 34 | 112 </p> |
| 113 <p> | |
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114 <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code> |
| 34 | 115 </p> |
| 188 | 116 <p> |
| 117 <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code> | |
| 118 </p> | |
| 118 | 119 <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> |
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121 You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a> |
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122 if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm. |
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123 </p> |
| 169 | 124 <p><small>--Anselm</small></p> |
| 34 | 125 </body> |
| 126 </html> |