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.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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dwm \- dynamic window manager
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dwm
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.RB [ \-v ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle
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and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the
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environment for the application in use and the task performed.
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.P
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In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
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area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
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stacking area contains all other windows. In monocle layout all windows are
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maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
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moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
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layout applied.
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Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
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tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
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dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
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the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window name
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property. A floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
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floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title.
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The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
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window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags
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which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
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the top left corner.
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dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.B \-v
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prints version information to standard output, then exits.
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.SH USAGE
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.SS Status bar
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.TP
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.B Standard input
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is read and displayed in the status text area.
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.TP
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.B Button1
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click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
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label toggles between tiled and floating layout.
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.TP
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.B Button3
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click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Button1
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click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Button3
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click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
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.SS Keyboard commands
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
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Start
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.BR xterm.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-b
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Toggles bar on and off.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-t
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Sets tiled layout.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-f
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Sets floating layout.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-m
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Sets monocle layout.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-space
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Toggles between current and previous layout.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-j
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Focus next window.
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.B Mod1\-k
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Focus previous window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-h
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Decrease master area size.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-l
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Increase master area size.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Return
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Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
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Close focused window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
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Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Tab
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Toggles to the previously selected tags.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
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Apply
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.RB nth
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tag to focused window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
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Apply all tags to focused window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
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Add/remove
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.B nth
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tag to/from focused window.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-[1..n]
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View all windows with
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.BR nth
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tag.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-0
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View all windows with any tag.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
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Add/remove all windows with
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.BR nth
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tag to/from the view.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
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Quit dwm.
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.SS Mouse commands
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Button1
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Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Button2
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Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
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.TP
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.B Mod1\-Button3
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Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
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.SH CUSTOMIZATION
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dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
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code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR dmenu (1)
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.SH BUGS
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The status bar may display
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.BR "EOF"
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when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
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.BR xdm (1),
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because those close standard output before executing dwm.
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.P
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Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
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only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
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JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
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you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
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can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
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backend instead):
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.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
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.P
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GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
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.BR Save\-As
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file dialog implementation,
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which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
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window is still respondable during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker
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until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately
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GTK 2.10.12+ versions.
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