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118 lines
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<title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title>
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<meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe">
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<meta name="generator" content="ed">
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<meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe">
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<style type="text/css">
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body {
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color: #000000;
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font-family: sans-serif;
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margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<center>
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<img src="dwm.png"/><br />
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<h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
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</center>
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<h3>Description</h3>
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<p>
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dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
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</p>
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<h4>Philosophy</h4>
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<p>
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As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
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wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
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and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only
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want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
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finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I
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considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a
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href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model,
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which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my
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needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
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</p>
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<h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>
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<p>
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In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable
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tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
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without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
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the mouse.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
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exceed 2000 SLOC.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however
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simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in
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tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,
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depending on the application in use and the task performed.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
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tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
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tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
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Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
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extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data
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which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names
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and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
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Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
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resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
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you <b>only</b> have to learn C.
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</li>
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<li>
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Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
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pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase
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small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
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estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of
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unfocused clients.
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</li>
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<li>
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dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
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the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
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larsremote, wmiir and what not...
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</li>
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<li>
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It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
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of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h4>Links</h4>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
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<li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li>
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<li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>
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<li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
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<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Development</h3>
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<p>
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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:
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<p>
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<code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
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</p>
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<h3>Download</h3>
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<ul>
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<li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/dwm-0.2.tar.gz">dwm 0.2</a> (13kb) (20060717)</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
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<p>
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You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a>
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if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.
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</p>
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<p><small>--Anselm (20060714)</small></p>
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</body>
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</html>
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