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dynamic window manager

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Description

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Description

dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.

Differences to wmii

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. +

Differences to wmii

In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. - Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. dwm does - not include following features wmii provides: + Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.

9P support
status bar
menu
editable tagbars
shell-based config/control file
small tools (selection printer, mouse warper)
+ dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, 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 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 wmii or larswm). +
+ 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 uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real + estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused + clients. +
+ garbeam 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 garbeams needs. + However you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the + conditions of the MIT/X Consortium license. +

Screenshot

- 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 wmii or larswm). -

- dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or managed - layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are managed or not - managed, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- and - fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. -

- 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. -

- garbeam don't wants 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 garbeam's needs, - however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the - conditions of the MIT/X Consortium license. + Click here for a screenshot (20060713)

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:

- hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm + hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm

--Anselm

--Anselm (20060713)