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gridwm |
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gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It |
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arranges all windows in a grid. |
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Configuration |
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You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to |
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provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and |
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maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition |
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in wm.c. |
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Requirements |
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In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files. |
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Installation |
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into |
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the /usr/local namespace by default. |
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Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if |
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necessary as root): |
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make clean install |
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Running gridwm |
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Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx: |
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exec gridwm |
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In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that |
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the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: |
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DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm |
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This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. |
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Configuration |
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The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To |
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customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the |
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status command definition in wm.c. |
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