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author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:32:22 +0200
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1 gridwm 1 dwm
2 ------ 2 ------
3 3
4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It 4 dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
5 arranges all windows in a grid.
6 5
7 6
8 Requirements 7 Requirements
9 ------------ 8 ------------
10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files. 9 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
11 10
12 11
13 Installation 12 Installation
14 ------------ 13 ------------
15 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into 14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
16 the /usr/local namespace by default. 15 the /usr/local namespace by default.
17 16
18 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if 17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
19 necessary as root): 18 necessary as root):
20 19
21 make clean install 20 make clean install
22 21
23 22
24 Running gridwm 23 Running dwm
25 -------------- 24 --------------
26 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx: 25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
27 26
28 exec gridwm 27 exec dwm
29 28
30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that 29 In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: 30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
32 31
33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm 32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
34 33
35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. 34 This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
36 35
37 36
38 Configuration 37 Configuration
39 ------------- 38 -------------
40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the wm.h source file. To 39 The configuration of dwm is done by customizing the wm.h source file. To
41 customize the key bindings edit kb.c. 40 customize the key bindings edit kb.c.