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