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| author | Anselm R. Garbe <arg@10kloc.org> |
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| date | Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:32:50 +0200 (2006-09-01) |
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| 34 | 1 <html> |
| 2 <head> | |
| 3 <title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title> | |
| 4 <meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe"> | |
| 5 <meta name="generator" content="ed"> | |
| 6 <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe"> | |
| 249 | 7 <link rel="dwm icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> |
| 34 | 8 <style type="text/css"> |
| 9 body { | |
| 10 color: #000000; | |
| 11 font-family: sans-serif; | |
| 36 | 12 margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px; |
| 34 | 13 } |
| 14 </style> | |
| 15 </head> | |
| 16 <body> | |
| 17 <center> | |
| 35 | 18 <img src="dwm.png"/><br /> |
| 118 | 19 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3> |
| 36 | 20 </center> |
| 118 | 21 <h3>Description</h3> |
| 34 | 22 <p> |
| 23 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. | |
| 24 </p> | |
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25 <h4>Background</h4> |
| 47 | 26 <p> |
| 27 As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that | |
| 28 wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features | |
| 29 and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only | |
| 30 want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got | |
| 31 finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I | |
| 88 | 32 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a |
| 33 href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model, | |
| 34 which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my | |
| 35 needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. | |
| 47 | 36 </p> |
| 90 | 37 <h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4> |
| 34 | 38 <p> |
| 88 | 39 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
| 34 | 40 </p> |
| 41 <ul> | |
| 36 | 42 <li> |
| 205 | 43 dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no editable |
| 88 | 44 tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes |
| 45 without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping | |
| 46 the mouse. | |
| 36 | 47 </li> |
| 48 <li> | |
| 49 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never | |
| 50 exceed 2000 SLOC. | |
| 51 </li> | |
| 52 <li> | |
| 88 | 53 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however |
| 54 simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in | |
| 55 tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, | |
| 56 depending on the application in use and the task performed. | |
| 36 | 57 </li> |
| 58 <li> | |
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59 dwm doesn't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or |
| 88 | 60 tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in |
| 61 tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. | |
| 62 Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however. | |
| 63 </li> | |
| 64 <li> | |
| 65 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it | |
| 66 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data | |
| 67 which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names | |
| 68 and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn | |
| 69 Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X | |
| 70 resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs, | |
| 155 | 71 you <b>only</b> have to learn C (at least editing header files). |
| 88 | 72 </li> |
| 73 <li> | |
| 74 Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's | |
| 75 pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase | |
| 76 small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions. | |
| 36 | 77 </li> |
| 78 <li> | |
| 79 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real | |
| 88 | 80 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of |
| 81 unfocused clients. | |
| 82 </li> | |
| 83 <li> | |
| 84 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like | |
| 85 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than | |
| 86 larsremote, wmiir and what not... | |
| 36 | 87 </li> |
| 88 <li> | |
| 90 | 89 It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions |
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90 of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
| 36 | 91 </li> |
| 205 | 92 <li> |
| 93 Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu. | |
| 94 </li> | |
| 34 | 95 </ul> |
| 90 | 96 <h4>Links</h4> |
| 89 | 97 <ul> |
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98 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li> |
| 241 | 99 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060810)</li> |
| 100 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060810)</li> | |
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101 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li> |
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102 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://10kloc.org/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a> <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.dwm">(GMANE Archive)</a></li> |
| 89 | 103 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li> |
| 104 </ul> | |
| 155 | 105 <h3>Download</h3> |
| 106 <ul> | |
| 390 | 107 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-1.2.tar.gz">dwm 1.2</a> (15kb) (20060830)</li> |
| 375 | 108 <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.6.tar.gz">dmenu 0.6</a> (7kb) (20060828)</li> |
| 155 | 109 </ul> |
| 118 | 110 <h3>Development</h3> |
| 34 | 111 <p> |
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112 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command: |
| 34 | 113 </p> |
| 114 <p> | |
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115 <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code> |
| 34 | 116 </p> |
| 188 | 117 <p> |
| 118 <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code> | |
| 119 </p> | |
| 118 | 120 <h3>Miscellaneous</h3> |
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122 You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a> |
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123 if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm. |
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124 </p> |
| 169 | 125 <p><small>--Anselm</small></p> |
| 34 | 126 </body> |
| 127 </html> |