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author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:46:42 +0200
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19 </center> 19 </center>
20 <h3>Description</h3> 20 <h3>Description</h3>
21 <p> 21 <p>
22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. 22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
23 </p> 23 </p>
24 <h3>Philosophy</h3> 24 <h4>Philosophy</h4>
25 <p> 25 <p>
26 As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that 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 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 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 29 want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
31 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a 31 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a
32 href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model, 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 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. 34 needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
35 </p> 35 </p>
36 <h3>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h3> 36 <h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>
37 <p> 37 <p>
38 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. 38 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
39 </p> 39 </p>
40 <ul> 40 <ul>
41 <li> 41 <li>
83 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like 83 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
84 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than 84 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
85 larsremote, wmiir and what not... 85 larsremote, wmiir and what not...
86 </li> 86 </li>
87 <li> 87 <li>
88 Anselm <b>does not</b> wants stupid feedback to dwm. If you ask for 88 It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
89 support, feature requests, or if you report "bugs" (<i>real bugs 89 of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
90 are welcome though</i>), they will be <b>ignored</b> with a high
91 chance. However you are free to download and distribute/relicense
92 it, with the conditions of the <a
93 href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
94 </li> 90 </li>
95 </ul> 91 </ul>
96 <h3>Documentation</h3> 92 <h4>Links</h4>
97 <ul> 93 <ul>
98 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li> 94 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
99 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li> 95 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li>
96 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>
100 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li> 97 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
101 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li> 98 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
102 </ul> 99 </ul>
103 <h3>Development</h3> 100 <h3>Development</h3>
104 <p> 101 <p>