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diff dwm.1 @ 79:aabebd6e61f3
fixed XSync handling and finished man page
author | Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> |
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date | Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:51:44 +0200 |
parents | d31b5ad96b0b |
children | 8125f908c80c |
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1.1 --- a/dwm.1 Sat Jul 15 18:11:14 2006 +0200 1.2 +++ b/dwm.1 Sat Jul 15 18:51:44 2006 +0200 1.3 @@ -7,14 +7,60 @@ 1.4 .SH DESCRIPTION 1.5 .SS Overview 1.6 .B dwm 1.7 -is a dynamic window manager for X11. 1.8 +is a dynamic window manager for X11. It consists of a small status bar at the 1.9 +top of the screen and arranges windows in either a tiled or floating mode. 1.10 +.P 1.11 +If 1.12 +.B dwm 1.13 +is in tiled mode, it consists of two columns. The left master column 1.14 +contains only one window per time, the right column contains all other windows 1.15 +in a stack. In tiled mode 1.16 +.B dwm 1.17 +.B don't 1.18 +handles incremental resizals, some terminal programs like 1.19 +.B xterm 1.20 +may not work correctly with this in tiled mode. 1.21 +.P 1.22 +If 1.23 +.B dwm 1.24 +is in floating mode, it arranges all windows with the reqyested geometry and 1.25 +allows the user to move or resize them. Some windows, like 1.26 +dialog windows, are treated floating even if 1.27 +.B dwm 1.28 +is in tiled mode. In floating mode 1.29 +.B dwm 1.30 +handles incremental resizals. 1.31 +.P 1.32 +Windows are grouped by tags. You can view all windows with a specific tag per 1.33 +time. However, each window is allowed to contain more than one tag, which 1.34 +allows to make windows visible in all views. 1.35 +.P 1.36 +.B dwm 1.37 +reads from 1.38 +.I stdin 1.39 +to display status text, if written. 1.40 +.P 1.41 +.B dwm 1.42 +draws 1-pixel borders around windows to indicate the focus state and save as 1.43 +much screen real estate as possible. Unfocused windows contain a small bar 1.44 +in front of the window indicating the tags and the window title. 1.45 .SS Options 1.46 .TP 1.47 .B \-v 1.48 -prints version information to stdout, then exits. 1.49 -.SS Status text 1.50 +prints version information to 1.51 +.I stdout 1.52 +, then exits. 1.53 +.SS Customization 1.54 .B dwm 1.55 -reads from stdin to display status text if provided. 1.56 +is customized through editing its source code. It is assumed that 1.57 +dwm users are high experienced users who know how a window manager works 1.58 +and who are able to patch 1.59 +.B dwm 1.60 +for their needs. This keeps 1.61 +.B dwm 1.62 +fast, secure and simple, because it does not process any input data, except 1.63 +window properties and the status text read from 1.64 +.I stdin . 1.65 .SS Default Key Bindings 1.66 .TP 16 1.67 .I Key 1.68 @@ -96,3 +142,7 @@ 1.69 Resizes current 1.70 .B window 1.71 while dragging 1.72 +.SH BUGS 1.73 +Some terminal programs do not behave correctly in tiled mode, because 1.74 +incremental resizals are ignored to use maximum screen real estate. You can 1.75 +patch the code to fix this.