dwm-meillo

annotate README @ 15:00d4d52b231f

removed unnecessary sel stuff
author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:19:01 +0200
parents 491f34c11291
children aaf520f53110
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garbeam@0 1 gridwm
garbeam@0 2 ------
garbeam@0 3
garbeam@0 4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
garbeam@9 5 One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC.
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garbeam@0 7
garbeam@0 8 Requirements
garbeam@0 9 ------------
garbeam@0 10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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garbeam@0 12
garbeam@0 13 Installation
garbeam@0 14 ------------
garbeam@0 15 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
garbeam@0 16 the /usr/local namespace by default.
garbeam@0 17
garbeam@0 18 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
garbeam@0 19 necessary as root):
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garbeam@0 21 make clean install
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garbeam@0 23
garbeam@0 24 Running gridwm
garbeam@0 25 --------------
garbeam@0 26 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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garbeam@0 28 exec gridwm
garbeam@0 29
garbeam@0 30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0 31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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garbeam@0 33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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garbeam@0 35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
garbeam@0 36
garbeam@0 37
garbeam@0 38 Configuration
garbeam@0 39 -------------
garbeam@0 40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
garbeam@0 41 source file.