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fixed several stuff (gridwm gets better and better)
author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:52:57 +0200
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1 gridwm
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4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
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5 One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC.
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8 Requirements
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9 ------------
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10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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13 Installation
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14 ------------
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15 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
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16 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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18 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
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19 necessary as root):
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21 make clean install
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24 Running gridwm
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26 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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28 exec gridwm
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30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
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31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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38 Configuration
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39 -------------
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40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
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41 source file.