1 gridwm

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     4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.

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     7 Requirements

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     9 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.

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    12 Installation

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    14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into

    15 the /usr/local namespace by default.

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    17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if

    18 necessary as root):

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    20     make clean install

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    23 Running gridwm

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    25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:

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    27     exec gridwm

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    29 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that

    30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:

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    32     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii

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    34 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.

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    37 Configuration

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    39 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h

    40 source file.