-gridwm
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-
-gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
-One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC.
+dwm - dynamic window manager
+============================
+dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.
Requirements
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-In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
+In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
Installation
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-Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
-the /usr/local namespace by default.
+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 gridwm (if
+Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
necessary as root):
make clean install
+If you are going to use the default bluegray color scheme it is highly
+recommended to also install the bluegray files shipped in the dextra package.
+
-Running gridwm
---------------
-Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
+Running dwm
+-----------
+Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
- exec gridwm
+ exec dwm
-In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
+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 wmii
+ DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
+
+(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:
-This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
+ while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
+ do
+ sleep 1
+ done &
+ exec dwm
Configuration
-------------
-The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
-source file.
+The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
+and (re)compiling the source code.
Got questions, comments, patches, etc.? Contact Jason Woofenden