dwm: README@36cabfe408cd (annotated)

37 eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	1	dwm - dynamic window manager
eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	2	----------------------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	3	dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
17 aaf520f53110 updated README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 9 diff changeset	4
aaf520f53110 updated README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 9 diff changeset	5
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	6	Requirements
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	7	------------
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	8	In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	11	Installation
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	12	------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	13	Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	14	the /usr/local namespace by default).
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34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	16	Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	17	necessary as root):
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	19	make clean install
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34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	22	Running dwm
37 eb14fb2c0ee0 small changes to README Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 34 diff changeset	23	-----------
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	24	Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
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34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	26	exec dwm
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34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	28	In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	29	the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	30
34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	31	DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
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34 cd30cce52b78 added logo+description Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: 32 diff changeset	33	This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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132 59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	36	Displaying status info
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	37	----------------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	38	In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	39	like this in your .xinitrc:
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59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	41	while true
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	42	do
59e997ca04a6 added a note how to achieve status info in the bar arg@10ksloc.org parents: 87 diff changeset	43	echo `date` `uptime \| sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	44	sleep 1
135 a4305fb0cfac changed the status info README hint (more simple now, no extra script necessary) arg@10ksloc.org parents: 132 diff changeset	45	done \| dwm
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0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	48	Configuration
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	49	-------------
143 36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	50	The configuration of dwm is done by customizing its source code
36cabfe408cd applied Sanders patches arg@10ksloc.org parents: 136 diff changeset	51	(grep for the CUSTOMIZE keyword).

author	arg@10ksloc.org
	Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:32:33 +0200
changeset 143	36cabfe408cd
parent 136	3a9caa6d565b
child 146	f328ce9c558c
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