garbeam@37: dwm - dynamic window manager
garbeam@37: ----------------------------
garbeam@34: dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
garbeam@17: 
garbeam@17: 
garbeam@0: Requirements
garbeam@0: ------------
garbeam@34: In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
garbeam@0: 
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garbeam@0: Installation
garbeam@0: ------------
garbeam@34: Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
garbeam@0: the /usr/local namespace by default.
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34: Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
garbeam@0: necessary as root):
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@0:     make clean install
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34: Running dwm
garbeam@37: -----------
garbeam@34: Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34:     exec dwm
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34: In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0: the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34:     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@34: This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
garbeam@0: 
garbeam@0: 
arg@132: Displaying status info
arg@132: ----------------------
arg@132: In order to display status info in the bar, you can do following
arg@132: in .xinitrc:
arg@132: 
arg@132:     $HOME/.dwm/status | dwm
arg@132: 
arg@132: Assumed $HOME/.dwm/status is an executable script like:
arg@132: 
arg@132:     #!/bin/sh
arg@132:     while true
arg@132:     do
arg@132:         echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
arg@132:         sleep 5
arg@132:     done
arg@132: 
arg@132: 
garbeam@0: Configuration
garbeam@0: -------------
garbeam@87: The configuration of dwm is done by customizing source code,
garbeam@87: grep for CUSTOMIZE keyword.