and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the
environment for the application in use and the task performed.
.P
-In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
+In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
stacking area contains all other windows. In monocle layout all windows are
maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
.P
-dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
-the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. A
-floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
-floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows
-title. The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
-the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
-corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
-with an empty square in the top left corner.
+Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the
+layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window
+name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an
+empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square
+before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a different
+color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
+top left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
+indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.
.P
dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
.SH OPTIONS
.SH USAGE
.SS Status bar
.TP
-.B Standard input
-is read and displayed in the status text area.
+.B X root window name
+is read and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the
+.BR xsetroot (1)
+command.
.TP
.B Button1
click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
Start
-.BR xterm.
+.BR uxterm (1).
.TP
-.B Mod1\-Return
-Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiled layout only).
+.B Mod1\-,
+Focus previous screen, if any.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-Tab
-Toggles to the previously selected tags.
+.B Mod1\-.
+Focus next screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-,
+Send focused window to previous screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-.
+Send focused window to next screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-b
+Toggles bar on and off.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-t
+Sets tiled layout.
.TP
.B Mod1\-f
-Apply floating layout.
+Sets floating layout.
.TP
.B Mod1\-m
-Apply monocle layout.
+Sets monocle layout.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-v
-Apply vertical tiled layout.
-.TP
-.B Mod1\-h
-Apply horizontal tiled layout.
+.B Mod1\-space
+Toggles between current and previous layout.
.TP
.B Mod1\-j
Focus next window.
.B Mod1\-k
Focus previous window.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-r
-Re-applies tagging rules to all windows.
+.B Mod1\-i
+Increase clients in master area.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
-Apply
-.RB nth
-tag to current window.
+.B Mod1\-d
+Decrease clients in master area.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
-Apply all tags to current window.
+.B Mod1\-l
+Increase master area size.
.TP
-.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
-Add/remove
-.B nth
-tag to/from current window.
+.B Mod1\-h
+Decrease master area size.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Return
+Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
Close focused window.
.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
.TP
+.B Mod1\-Tab
+Toggles to the previously selected tags.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
+Apply nth tag to focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
+Apply all tags to focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
+Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window.
+.TP
.B Mod1\-[1..n]
-View all windows with
-.BR nth
-tag.
+View all windows with nth tag.
.TP
.B Mod1\-0
View all windows with any tag.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
-Add/remove all windows with
-.BR nth
-tag to/from the view.
+Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
Quit dwm.
.SS Mouse commands
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button1
-Move current window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
+Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button2
-Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area. If it is floating (but not fixed) it will be toggled to the tiled state instead.
+Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button3
-Resize current window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
+Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.SH CUSTOMIZATION
dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dmenu (1)
.SH BUGS
-The status bar may display
-.BR "EOF"
-when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
-.BR xdm (1),
-because those close standard output before executing dwm.
-.P
Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
-JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
-you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
-can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
-backend instead):
-.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
+JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds
+are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the
+environment variable
+.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit
+(to use the older Motif backend instead) or running
+.B xprop -root -f _NET_WM_NAME 32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D
+or
+.B wmname LG3D
+(to pretend that a non-reparenting window manager is running that the
+XToolkit/XAWT backend can recognize) or when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable
+.BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 .
.P
-Recent GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
+GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
.BR Save\-As
file dialog implementation,
which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
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