dwm: README@491f34c11291 (annotated)

0 491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	1	gridwm
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	4	gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	7	Requirements
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	9	In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	12	Installation
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	13	------------
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	14	Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	15	the /usr/local namespace by default.
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	17	Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	18	necessary as root):
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	20	make clean install
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	21
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	23	Running gridwm
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	25	Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	27	exec gridwm
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	29	In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	30	the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	32	DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	34	This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	37	Configuration
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491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	39	The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
491f34c11291 initial import Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de> parents: diff changeset	40	source file.

author	Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam@wmii.de>
	Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:38:18 +0200
changeset 0	491f34c11291
child 9	d567f430a81d
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