19 </center> |
19 </center> |
20 <h3>Description</h3> |
20 <h3>Description</h3> |
21 <p> |
21 <p> |
22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. |
22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. |
23 </p> |
23 </p> |
24 <h3>Philosophy</h3> |
24 <h4>Philosophy</h4> |
25 <p> |
25 <p> |
26 As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that |
26 As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that |
27 wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features |
27 wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features |
28 and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only |
28 and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only |
29 want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got |
29 want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got |
31 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a |
31 considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a |
32 href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model, |
32 href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model, |
33 which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my |
33 which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my |
34 needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. |
34 needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. |
35 </p> |
35 </p> |
36 <h3>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h3> |
36 <h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4> |
37 <p> |
37 <p> |
38 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
38 In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
39 </p> |
39 </p> |
40 <ul> |
40 <ul> |
41 <li> |
41 <li> |
83 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like |
83 dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like |
84 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than |
84 the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than |
85 larsremote, wmiir and what not... |
85 larsremote, wmiir and what not... |
86 </li> |
86 </li> |
87 <li> |
87 <li> |
88 Anselm <b>does not</b> wants stupid feedback to dwm. If you ask for |
88 It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions |
89 support, feature requests, or if you report "bugs" (<i>real bugs |
89 of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
90 are welcome though</i>), they will be <b>ignored</b> with a high |
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91 chance. However you are free to download and distribute/relicense |
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92 it, with the conditions of the <a |
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93 href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
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94 </li> |
90 </li> |
95 </ul> |
91 </ul> |
96 <h3>Documentation</h3> |
92 <h4>Links</h4> |
97 <ul> |
93 <ul> |
98 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li> |
94 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li> |
99 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li> |
95 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li> |
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96 <li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li> |
100 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li> |
97 <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li> |
101 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li> |
98 <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li> |
102 </ul> |
99 </ul> |
103 <h3>Development</h3> |
100 <h3>Development</h3> |
104 <p> |
101 <p> |