diff -r 000000000000 -r 491f34c11291 README --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README Mon Jul 10 16:38:18 2006 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +gridwm +------ + +gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid. + + +Requirements +------------ +In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files. + + +Installation +------------ +Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into +the /usr/local namespace by default. + +Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if +necessary as root): + + make clean install + + +Running gridwm +-------------- +Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx: + + exec gridwm + +In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that +the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: + + DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii + +This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. + + +Configuration +------------- +The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h +source file.