polytreewm/README.md

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PolytreeWM - tiling window manager

PolytreeWM is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic tiling window manager for X.

Requirements

In order to build PolytreeWM you need the Xlib header files.

Installation

./configure
make clean all
sudo make install

Running

Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start PolytreeWM using startx:

exec polytreewm

In order to connect PolytreeWM to a specific display, make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:

DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec polytreewm

(This will start PolytreeWM on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)

Credits

PolytreeWM is a fork of dwm.

Applied patches

  • alwayscenter
  • fakefullscreen
  • focusonclick
  • hide_vacant_tags
  • movestack
  • nametag
  • nmaxmaster
  • pertag
  • resetnmaster
  • smartborders
  • swallow

Interesting patches (not applied)

  • attachdirection
  • current_desktop
  • ewmhtags
  • focusmaster
  • focusmonmouse
  • rotatestack
  • stacker