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author Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org>
date Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:21:15 +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
garbeam@38 8 .B dwm
arg@316 9 is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and floating
arg@174 10 modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the environment for
arg@174 11 the application in use and the task performed.
garbeam@79 12 .P
garbeam@82 13 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking column. The master
arg@174 14 column contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
arg@174 15 stacking column contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
arg@174 16 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
arg@174 17 regardless of the mode selected.
garbeam@80 18 .P
arg@174 19 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
arg@174 20 tags. Selecting a certain tag for viewing will display all windows with that
arg@174 21 tag.
garbeam@79 22 .P
garbeam@83 23 .B dwm
arg@364 24 contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode, the
arg@364 25 title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The tags of
arg@364 26 the focused window are highlighted with a small point.
arg@316 27 .P
arg@346 28 .B dwm
arg@346 29 draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
arg@342 30 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
garbeam@80 31 .SH OPTIONS
garbeam@0 32 .TP
garbeam@0 33 .B \-v
garbeam@80 34 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
garbeam@82 35 .SH USAGE
arg@256 36 .SS Status bar
arg@256 37 .TP
arg@259 38 .B Standard input
arg@259 39 is read and displayed in the status text area.
arg@256 40 .TP
arg@288 41 .B Button1
arg@288 42 click on a tag label views all windows with that
arg@371 43 .BR tag ,
arg@371 44 click on the mode label toggles between
arg@371 45 .B tiled
arg@371 46 and
arg@371 47 .B floating
arg@371 48 mode.
arg@262 49 .TP
arg@270 50 .B Button3
arg@288 51 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that
arg@288 52 .B tag
arg@288 53 to/from the view.
arg@398 54 .TP
arg@398 55 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@398 56 click on a tag label applies that
arg@398 57 .B tag
arg@398 58 to the focused
arg@398 59 .BR window .
arg@398 60 .TP
arg@398 61 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@398 62 click on a tag label adds/removes that
arg@398 63 .B tag
arg@398 64 to/from the focused
arg@398 65 .BR window .
arg@256 66 .SS Keyboard commands
garbeam@55 67 .TP
arg@293 68 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
arg@293 69 Start
arg@293 70 .BR xterm (1).
arg@293 71 .TP
arg@293 72 .B Mod1-Tab
arg@293 73 Focus next
arg@293 74 .BR window .
arg@293 75 .TP
arg@293 76 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
arg@293 77 Focus previous
arg@293 78 .BR window .
arg@293 79 .TP
garbeam@55 80 .B Mod1-Return
arg@238 81 Zoom current
garbeam@55 82 .B window
garbeam@55 83 to the
garbeam@55 84 .B master
arg@293 85 column
arg@293 86 .RB ( tiling
arg@293 87 mode only).
garbeam@55 88 .TP
garbeam@55 89 .B Mod1-m
garbeam@55 90 Maximize current
arg@288 91 .BR window .
garbeam@55 92 .TP
arg@396 93 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 94 Apply
arg@293 95 .B nth tag
arg@293 96 to current
arg@293 97 .BR window .
arg@293 98 .TP
arg@396 99 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
arg@293 100 Add/remove
arg@293 101 .B nth tag
arg@293 102 to/from current
arg@293 103 .BR window .
arg@293 104 .TP
arg@293 105 .B Mod1-Shift-c
arg@293 106 Close focused
arg@293 107 .B window.
garbeam@55 108 .TP
garbeam@55 109 .B Mod1-space
arg@143 110 Toggle between
arg@143 111 .B tiled
arg@143 112 and
arg@143 113 .B floating
arg@143 114 mode (affects
arg@219 115 .BR "all windows" ).
garbeam@56 116 .TP
arg@396 117 .B Mod1-[1..n]
arg@293 118 View all windows with
arg@293 119 .BR "tag n" .
garbeam@56 120 .TP
arg@396 121 .B Mod1-0
arg@395 122 View all windows with any
arg@395 123 .BR "tag" .
arg@395 124 .TP
arg@396 125 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
arg@288 126 Add/remove all windows with
arg@288 127 .B tag n
arg@288 128 to/from the view.
arg@264 129 .TP
arg@293 130 .B Mod1-Shift-q
arg@293 131 Quit
arg@293 132 .B dwm.
arg@256 133 .SS Mouse commands
garbeam@82 134 .TP
garbeam@59 135 .B Mod1-Button1
arg@238 136 Move current
garbeam@59 137 .B window
arg@293 138 while dragging
arg@293 139 .RB ( floating
arg@293 140 mode only).
garbeam@59 141 .TP
arg@238 142 .B Mod1-Button2
arg@238 143 Zoom current
arg@238 144 .B window
arg@238 145 to the
arg@238 146 .B master
arg@293 147 column
arg@293 148 .RB ( tiling
arg@293 149 mode only).
arg@238 150 .TP
garbeam@59 151 .B Mod1-Button3
arg@238 152 Resize current
garbeam@59 153 .B window
arg@293 154 while dragging
arg@293 155 .RB ( floating
arg@293 156 mode only).
garbeam@82 157 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
garbeam@82 158 .B dwm
arg@174 159 is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
arg@174 160 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
arg@264 161 .SH CAVEATS
arg@347 162 The status bar may display
arg@288 163 .B broken pipe
arg@264 164 when
arg@264 165 .B dwm
arg@264 166 has been started by
arg@264 167 .BR xdm (1),
arg@264 168 because it closes standard output before executing
arg@288 169 .BR dwm .
arg@201 170 .SH SEE ALSO
arg@201 171 .BR dmenu (1)