dwm-meillo

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author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:10:05 +0200
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garbeam@0 1 gridwm
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garbeam@0 4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
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garbeam@0 7 Requirements
garbeam@0 8 ------------
garbeam@0 9 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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garbeam@0 12 Installation
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garbeam@0 14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
garbeam@0 15 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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garbeam@0 17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
garbeam@0 18 necessary as root):
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garbeam@0 20 make clean install
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garbeam@0 23 Running gridwm
garbeam@0 24 --------------
garbeam@0 25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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garbeam@0 27 exec gridwm
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garbeam@0 29 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0 30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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garbeam@0 32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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garbeam@0 34 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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garbeam@0 37 Configuration
garbeam@0 38 -------------
garbeam@0 39 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
garbeam@0 40 source file.