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updated README
author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:59:09 +0200
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1 gridwm 1 gridwm
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4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid. 4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
5 One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC. 5 arranges all windows in a grid.
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8 Configuration
9 -------------
10 You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to
11 provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and
12 maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition
13 in wm.c.
6 14
7 15
8 Requirements 16 Requirements
9 ------------ 17 ------------
10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files. 18 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
28 exec gridwm 36 exec gridwm
29 37
30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that 38 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: 39 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
32 40
33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii 41 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
34 42
35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. 43 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
36 44
37 45
38 Configuration 46 Configuration
39 ------------- 47 -------------
40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h 48 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
41 source file. 49 customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the
50 status command definition in wm.c.
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