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dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
- Philosophy
+ Philosophy
As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only
want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I
- considered useful. This resulted in an extreme CADT
- development model, which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of
- dwm is simply to fit my needs (maybe yours as well). That's it.
+ considered useful. This resulted in an extreme CADT development model,
+ which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply to fit my
+ needs (maybe yours as well). That's it.
- Differences to wmii
Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii
- In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
- Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.
+ In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
-
- dwm has no 9P support, no editable tagbars, no shell-based
- configuration and remote control and comes without any additional
- tools like printing the selection or warping the mouse.
+ dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable
+ tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
+ without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
+ the mouse.
-
dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
exceed 2000 SLOC.
-
- dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
- extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
- hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
+ dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however
+ simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in
+ tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,
+ depending on the application in use and the task performed.
-
- dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
- than wmii or larswm).
+ dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
+ tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
+ tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
+ Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however.
-
- dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
- managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are
- managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup-
- and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
+ dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
+ extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data
+ which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names
+ and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
+ Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
+ resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
+ you only have to learn C.
+
+ -
+ Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
+ pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase
+ small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
-
dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
- estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
- clients.
+ estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of
+ unfocused clients.
-
- dwm reads from stdin to print arbitrary status text (like the
- date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than larsremote,
- wmiir and what not...
+ dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
+ the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
+ larsremote, wmiir and what not...
-
- Anselm does not want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
- feature requests, or if you report bugs, they will be ignored
- with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit Anselms needs.
- However you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
- conditions of the MIT/X Consortium license.
+ It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
+ of the MIT/X Consortium license.
- Screenshot
-
- Click here for a screenshot (20060714)
-
+ Links
+
Development
dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can browse its source code repository or get a copy using Mercurial with following command:
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