dwm-meillo

annotate README @ 18:1efa34c6e1b6

added mouse-based resizals
author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:24:10 +0200
parents aaf520f53110
children 082c75b937b5
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garbeam@0 1 gridwm
garbeam@0 2 ------
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garbeam@17 4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
garbeam@17 5 arranges all windows in a grid.
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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 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.
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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 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
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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@17 33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
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garbeam@0 35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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garbeam@0 38 Configuration
garbeam@0 39 -------------
garbeam@17 40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
garbeam@18 41 customize the key bindings edit kb.c. To change the status output, edit the
garbeam@17 42 status command definition in wm.c.
garbeam@17 43