dwm-meillo: README annotate

dwm-meillo

added grid mode on Mod1Mask g

author	Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date	Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:00:51 +0200
parents	aaf520f53110
children	082c75b937b5

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garbeam@0	1 gridwm
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garbeam@17	4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
garbeam@17	5 arranges all windows in a grid.
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garbeam@0	8 Requirements
garbeam@0	9 ------------
garbeam@0	10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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garbeam@0	13 Installation
garbeam@0	14 ------------
garbeam@0	15 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
garbeam@0	16 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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garbeam@0	18 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
garbeam@0	19 necessary as root):
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garbeam@0	21 make clean install
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garbeam@0	24 Running gridwm
garbeam@0	25 --------------
garbeam@0	26 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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garbeam@0	28 exec gridwm
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garbeam@0	30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0	31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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garbeam@17	33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
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garbeam@0	35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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garbeam@0	38 Configuration
garbeam@0	39 -------------
garbeam@17	40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
garbeam@18	41 customize the key bindings edit kb.c. To change the status output, edit the
garbeam@17	42 status command definition in wm.c.
garbeam@17	43