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17 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3> |
18 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3> |
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19 <h2>Description</h3> |
20 <h3>Description</h3> |
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21 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. |
22 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. |
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23 <h2>Differences to wmii</h2 |
24 <h3>Differences to wmii</h3 |
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25 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. |
26 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. |
26 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. dwm does |
27 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
27 <b>not</b> include following features wmii provides: |
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29 <ul> |
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30 <li>9P support</li> |
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31 <li>status bar</li> |
31 dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, no editable tagbars, |
32 <li>menu</li> |
32 no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without |
33 <li>editable tagbars</li> |
33 any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the |
34 <li>shell-based config/control file</li> |
34 mouse. |
35 <li>small tools (selection printer, mouse warper)</li> |
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37 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never |
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38 exceed 2000 SLOC. |
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41 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it |
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42 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which |
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43 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names. |
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46 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler |
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47 than wmii or larswm). |
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50 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or |
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51 managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are |
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52 managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- |
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53 and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. |
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55 <li> |
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56 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real |
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57 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused |
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58 clients. |
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59 </li> |
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60 <li> |
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61 garbeam <b>don't</b> wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support, |
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62 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b> |
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63 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs, |
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64 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the |
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65 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
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66 </li> |
36 </ul> |
67 </ul> |
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68 <h3>Screenshot</h3> |
37 <p> |
69 <p> |
38 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never |
70 <a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060713) |
39 exceed 2000 SLOC. |
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40 </p> |
71 </p> |
41 <p> |
72 <h3>Development</h3> |
42 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it |
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43 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which |
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44 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names. |
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45 </p> |
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46 <p> |
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47 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler |
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48 than wmii or larswm). |
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49 </p> |
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51 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or managed |
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52 layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are managed or not |
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53 managed, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- and |
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54 fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. |
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55 </p> |
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57 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real |
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58 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused |
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59 clients. |
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60 </p> |
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62 garbeam <b>don't</b> wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support, |
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63 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b> |
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64 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs, |
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65 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the |
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66 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. |
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68 <h2>Development</h2> |
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70 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command: |
74 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command: |
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76 <p> |
73 <em>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</em> |
77 <code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code> |
74 </p> |
78 </p> |
75 <p>--Anselm</p> |
79 <p>--Anselm (20060713)</p> |
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