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removed the CONFIG variable from config.mk, renamed config.h into config.default.h, after first clone/extract one needs to copy config.default.h to config.h, that is easier than always heavy typing make CONFIG=blafasel

author	arg@10ksloc.org
date	Wed, 02 Aug 2006 16:46:59 +0200
parents	a011f447af88
children	697715541a25

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37 eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	1 dwm - dynamic window manager
eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	2 ----------------------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	3 dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
17 aaf520f53110 updated README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 9 diff changeset	4
aaf520f53110 updated README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 9 diff changeset	5
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	6 Requirements
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	7 ------------
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	8 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	9
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	10
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	11 Installation
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	12 ------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	13 Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	14 the /usr/local namespace by default).
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	15
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	16 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	17 necessary as root):
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	18
166 e0535db04dfe removed the CONFIG variable from config.mk, renamed config.h into config.default.h, after first clone/extract one needs to copy config.default.h to config.h, that is easier than always heavy typing make CONFIG=blafasel arg@10ksloc.org parents: 154 diff changeset	19 cp config.default.h config.h
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	20 make clean install
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	21
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	22
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	23 Running dwm
37 eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	24 -----------
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	26
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	27 exec dwm
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	28
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	29 In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	31
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	33
154 a011f447af88 simplified README arg@10ksloc.org parents: 146 diff changeset	34 (This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	35
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	36 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	37 like this in your .xinitrc:
132 59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	38
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	39 while true
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	40 do
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	41 echo `date` `uptime \| sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	42 sleep 1
135 a4305fb0cfac changed the status info README hint (more simple now, no extra script necessary) arg@10ksloc.org parents: 132 diff changeset	43 done \| dwm
132 59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	44
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	45
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	46 Configuration
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	47 -------------
146 f328ce9c558c centralized/externalized configuration to config.h arg@10ksloc.org parents: 143 diff changeset	48 The configuration of dwm is done by editing config.h.

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