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212 | 1 .TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION |
0 | 2 .SH NAME |
39 | 3 dwm \- dynamic window manager |
0 | 4 .SH SYNOPSIS |
38 | 5 .B dwm |
0 | 6 .RB [ \-v ] |
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8 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and |
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10 environment for the application in use and the task performed. |
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13 area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the |
504 | 14 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be |
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15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, |
667 | 16 regardless of the mode applied. |
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18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple |
470 | 19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags. |
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20 .P |
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21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode, |
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22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The |
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23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused |
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25 which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in |
606 | 26 the top left corner. |
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27 .P |
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28 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state. |
342 | 29 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title. |
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30 .SH OPTIONS |
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32 .B \-v | |
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33 prints version information to standard output, then exits. |
82 | 34 .SH USAGE |
256 | 35 .SS Status bar |
36 .TP | |
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37 .B Standard input |
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38 is read and displayed in the status text area. |
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41 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode |
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43 .TP |
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398 | 53 .B Mod1-Button1 |
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54 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window. |
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57 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window. |
256 | 58 .SS Keyboard commands |
55 | 59 .TP |
293 | 60 .B Mod1-Shift-Return |
61 Start | |
62 .BR xterm (1). | |
63 .TP | |
64 .B Mod1-Tab | |
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65 Focus next window. |
293 | 66 .TP |
67 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab | |
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68 Focus previous window. |
293 | 69 .TP |
55 | 70 .B Mod1-Return |
504 | 71 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode). |
477 | 72 .TP |
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74 Grow master area (tiling mode only). |
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77 Shrink master area (tiling mode only). |
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80 Increase the number of windows in the master area (tiling mode only). |
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85 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n] |
293 | 86 Apply |
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88 tag to current window. |
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96 tag to/from current window. |
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99 Close focused window. |
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525 | 102 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows). |
56 | 103 .TP |
585 | 104 .B Mod1-Shift-space |
592 | 105 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only). |
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113 View all windows with any tag. |
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121 Quit dwm. |
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131 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only). |
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139 .BR xdm (1), |
632 | 140 because those close standard output before executing dwm. |
141 .P | |
142 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows | |
143 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early | |
634 | 144 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround |
145 you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you | |
146 can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif | |
632 | 147 backend instead): |
148 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit . | |
201 | 149 .SH SEE ALSO |
150 .BR dmenu (1) |