# HG changeset patch # User Anselm R. Garbe # Date 1152637149 -7200 # Node ID aaf520f53110cd4b893ce69b54bbb71eff0f9a4e # Parent 359b6e563b95bcc574f9f2824e7b9643dd739c41 updated README diff -r 359b6e563b95 -r aaf520f53110 README --- a/README Tue Jul 11 18:53:41 2006 +0200 +++ b/README Tue Jul 11 18:59:09 2006 +0200 @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ gridwm ------ -gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid. -One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC. +gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It +arranges all windows in a grid. + + +Configuration +------------- +You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to +provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and +maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition +in wm.c. Requirements @@ -30,12 +38,14 @@ In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: - DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii + DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. Configuration ------------- -The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h -source file. +The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To +customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the +status command definition in wm.c. +