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| date | Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:36:37 +0100 |
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1 .TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION
2 .SH NAME
3 dwm \- dynamic window manager
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B dwm
6 .RB [ \-v ]
7 .SH DESCRIPTION
8 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and
9 floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
11 .P
12 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
13 area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
14 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
16 regardless of the mode selected.
17 .P
18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
20 .P
21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode,
22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
24 window are indicated with a small point in the top left corner. The tags which
25 are applied to one or more clients are indicated with a top line.
26 .P
27 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
28 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
29 .SH OPTIONS
30 .TP
31 .B \-v
32 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
33 .SH USAGE
34 .SS Status bar
35 .TP
36 .B Standard input
37 is read and displayed in the status text area.
38 .TP
39 .B Button1
40 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
41 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
42 .TP
43 .B Button3
44 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
45 .TP
46 .B Mod1-Button1
47 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
48 .TP
49 .B Mod1-Button3
50 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
51 .SS Keyboard commands
52 .TP
53 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
54 Start
55 .BR xterm (1).
56 .TP
57 .B Mod1-Tab
58 Focus next window.
59 .TP
60 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
61 Focus previous window.
62 .TP
63 .B Mod1-Return
64 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
65 .TP
66 .B Mod1-g
67 Grow master area (tiling mode only).
68 .TP
69 .B Mod1-s
70 Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
71 .TP
72 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
73 Apply
74 .RB nth
75 tag to current window.
76 .TP
77 .B Mod1-Shift-0
78 Apply all tags to current window.
79 .TP
80 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
81 Add/remove
82 .B nth
83 tag to/from current window.
84 .TP
85 .B Mod1-Shift-c
86 Close focused window.
87 .TP
88 .B Mod1-space
89 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
90 .TP
91 .B Mod1-Shift-space
92 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
93 .TP
94 .B Mod1-[1..n]
95 View all windows with
96 .BR nth
97 tag.
98 .TP
99 .B Mod1-0
100 View all windows with any tag.
101 .TP
102 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
103 Add/remove all windows with
104 .BR nth
105 tag to/from the view.
106 .TP
107 .B Mod1-Shift-q
108 Quit dwm.
109 .SS Mouse commands
110 .TP
111 .B Mod1-Button1
112 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
113 .TP
114 .B Mod1-Button2
115 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
116 .TP
117 .B Mod1-Button3
118 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
119 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
120 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
121 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
122 .SH CAVEATS
123 The status bar may display
124 .BR "broken pipe"
125 when dwm has been started by
126 .BR xdm (1),
127 because it closes standard output before executing dwm.
128 .SH SEE ALSO
129 .BR dmenu (1)