X-Git-Url: https://jasonwoof.com/gitweb/?p=dwm.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=dwm.1;h=6687011c6cfcb6e1ebbbee65592e6d009f73b44d;hp=f1b030e75e3516f50e2754520b0fe0807780b870;hb=HEAD;hpb=2cce4b95cdce5617318fc4fb5d21abe41110c27a diff --git a/dwm.1 b/dwm.1 index f1b030e..6687011 100644 --- a/dwm.1 +++ b/dwm.1 @@ -1,30 +1,34 @@ -.TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION +.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION .SH NAME dwm \- dynamic window manager .SH SYNOPSIS .B dwm .RB [ \-v ] .SH DESCRIPTION -dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and -floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the +dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle +and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the environment for the application in use and the task performed. .P -In tiling mode 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 floating mode windows can be -resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, -regardless of the mode selected. +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 +moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the +layout applied. .P 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 mode, -the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The -selected tags are highlighted with a different color, the tags of the focused -window are highlighted with a small point. +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 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state. -Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title. +dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-v @@ -32,91 +36,141 @@ prints version information to standard output, then exits. .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 mode -label toggles between tiling and floating mode. +click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout +label toggles between tiled and floating layout. .TP .B Button3 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view. .TP -.B Mod1-Button1 +.B Mod1\-Button1 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window. .TP -.B Mod1-Button3 +.B Mod1\-Button3 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window. .SS Keyboard commands .TP -.B Mod1-Shift-Return +.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return Start -.BR xterm (1). +.BR st(1). .TP -.B Mod1-Tab +.B Mod1\-, +Focus previous screen, if any. +.TP +.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 +Sets floating layout. +.TP +.B Mod1\-m +Sets monocle layout. +.TP +.B Mod1\-space +Toggles between current and previous layout. +.TP +.B Mod1\-j Focus next window. .TP -.B Mod1-Shift-Tab +.B Mod1\-k Focus previous window. .TP -.B Mod1-Return -Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode). +.B Mod1\-i +Increase clients in master area. .TP -.B Mod1-g -Grow master area (tiling mode only). +.B Mod1\-d +Decrease clients in master area. .TP -.B Mod1-s -Shrink master area (tiling mode only). +.B Mod1\-l +Increase master area size. .TP -.B Mod1-Shift-[1..n] -Apply -.RB nth -tag to current window. +.B Mod1\-h +Decrease master area size. .TP -.B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n] -Add/remove -.B nth -tag to/from current window. +.B Mod1\-Return +Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only). .TP -.B Mod1-Shift-c +.B Mod1\-Shift\-c Close focused window. .TP -.B Mod1-space -Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows). +.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-[1..n] -View all windows with -.BR nth -tag. +.B Mod1\-Shift\-0 +Apply all tags to focused window. .TP -.B Mod1-0 +.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n] +Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window. +.TP +.B Mod1\-[1..n] +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. +.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n] +Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view. .TP -.B Mod1-Shift-q +.B Mod1\-Shift\-q Quit dwm. .SS Mouse commands .TP -.B Mod1-Button1 -Move current window while dragging (floating mode only). +.B Mod1\-Button1 +Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state. .TP -.B Mod1-Button2 -Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only). +.B Mod1\-Button2 +Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state. .TP -.B Mod1-Button3 -Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only). +.B Mod1\-Button3 +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 CAVEATS -The status bar may display -.BR "broken pipe" -when dwm has been started by -.BR xdm (1), -because it closes standard output before executing dwm. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR dmenu (1) +.BR dmenu (1), +.BR st (1) +.SH BUGS +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. 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 +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 +window is still respondable during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker +until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately +GTK 2.10.12+ versions.