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author Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
date Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:02:28 +0200
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6 <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe"> 6 <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe">
7 <style type="text/css"> 7 <style type="text/css">
8 body { 8 body {
9 color: #000000; 9 color: #000000;
10 font-family: sans-serif; 10 font-family: sans-serif;
11 margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
11 } 12 }
12 </style> 13 </style>
13 </head> 14 </head>
14 <body> 15 <body>
15 <center> 16 <center>
16 <img src="dwm.png"/><br /> 17 <img src="dwm.png"/><br />
17 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3> 18 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
18 <center> 19 </center>
19 <h2>Description</h3> 20 <h3>Description</h3>
20 <p> 21 <p>
21 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. 22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
22 </p> 23 </p>
23 <h2>Differences to wmii</h2 24 <h3>Differences to wmii</h3
24 <p> 25 <p>
25 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. 26 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
26 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. dwm does 27 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.
27 <b>not</b> include following features wmii provides:
28 </p> 28 </p>
29 <ul> 29 <ul>
30 <li>9P support</li> 30 <li>
31 <li>status bar</li> 31 dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, no editable tagbars,
32 <li>menu</li> 32 no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without
33 <li>editable tagbars</li> 33 any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the
34 <li>shell-based config/control file</li> 34 mouse.
35 <li>small tools (selection printer, mouse warper)</li> 35 </li>
36 <li>
37 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
38 exceed 2000 SLOC.
39 </li>
40 <li>
41 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
42 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
43 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
44 </li>
45 <li>
46 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
47 than wmii or larswm).
48 </li>
49 <li>
50 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
51 managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are
52 managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup-
53 and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
54 </li>
55 <li>
56 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
57 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
58 clients.
59 </li>
60 <li>
61 garbeam <b>don't</b> wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
62 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b>
63 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
64 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
65 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
66 </li>
36 </ul> 67 </ul>
68 <h3>Screenshot</h3>
37 <p> 69 <p>
38 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never 70 <a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060713)
39 exceed 2000 SLOC.
40 </p> 71 </p>
41 <p> 72 <h3>Development</h3>
42 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
43 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
44 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
45 </p>
46 <p>
47 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
48 than wmii or larswm).
49 </p>
50 <p>
51 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or managed
52 layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are managed or not
53 managed, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- and
54 fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
55 </p>
56 <p>
57 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
58 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
59 clients.
60 </p>
61 <p>
62 garbeam <b>don't</b> wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
63 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b>
64 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
65 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
66 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
67 </p>
68 <h2>Development</h2>
69 <p> 73 <p>
70 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/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: 74 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/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:
71 </p> 75 </p>
72 <p> 76 <p>
73 <em>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</em> 77 <code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
74 </p> 78 </p>
75 <p>--Anselm</p> 79 <p>--Anselm (20060713)</p>
76 </body> 80 </body>
77 </html> 81 </html>