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@@ -1,49 +1,65 @@ -dwm - dynamic window manager -============================ + ______________________________ + + DWM - DYNAMIC WINDOW MANAGER + + Suckless + ______________________________ + + dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X. Requirements ------------- -In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files. +============ + + In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files. Installation ------------- -Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into -the /usr/local namespace by default). +============ -Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if -necessary as root): + Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into the + /usr/local namespace by default). - make clean install + Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if + necessary as root): + ,---- + | make clean install + `---- Running dwm ------------ -Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx: +=========== - exec dwm + Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx: + ,---- + | exec dwm + `---- -In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that -the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: + In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that the + DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: - DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm + ,---- + | DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm + `---- -(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.) + (This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.) -In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something -like this in your .xinitrc: + In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something like + this in your .xinitrc: - while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`" - do - sleep 1 - done & - exec dwm + ,---- + | while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`" + | do + | sleep 1 + | done & + | exec dwm + `---- Configuration -------------- -The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling -the source code. Refer to dwm(1) (stored in this repository as well) to find -more information. +============= + + The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h and + (re)compiling the source code. Refer to dwm(1) (stored in this + repository as well) to find more information. |