garbeam@0: gridwm
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garbeam@17: gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager.  It
garbeam@17: arranges all windows in a grid.
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garbeam@17: Configuration
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garbeam@17: You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to
garbeam@17: provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and
garbeam@17: maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition
garbeam@17: in wm.c.
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garbeam@0: Requirements
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garbeam@0: In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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garbeam@0: Installation
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garbeam@0: Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
garbeam@0: the /usr/local namespace by default.
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garbeam@0: Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
garbeam@0: necessary as root):
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garbeam@0:     make clean install
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garbeam@0: Running gridwm
garbeam@0: --------------
garbeam@0: Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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garbeam@0:     exec gridwm
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garbeam@0: In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
garbeam@0: the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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garbeam@17:     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
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garbeam@0: This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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garbeam@0: Configuration
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garbeam@17: The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
garbeam@17: customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the
garbeam@17: status command definition in wm.c.
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