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<img src="dwm.png"/><br /> |
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<h3>dynamic window manager</h3> |
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<h3>Description</h3> |
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dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11. |
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<h3>Philosophy</h3> |
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As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that |
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wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features |
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and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only |
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want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got |
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finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I |
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considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> |
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development model, which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of |
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dwm is simply <i>to fit my needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. |
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<h3>Differences to wmii</h3 |
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In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. |
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Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. |
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dwm has no 9P support, no menu, no editable tagbars, |
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no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without |
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any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the |
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mouse. |
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dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never |
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exceed 2000 SLOC. |
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dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it |
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extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which |
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hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names. |
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dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler |
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than wmii or larswm). |
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dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or |
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managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are |
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managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- |
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and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. |
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dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real |
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estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused |
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clients. |
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dwm reads from <b>stdin</b> to print arbirary status text (like the |
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date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than larsremote, |
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wmiir and what not... |
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garbeam <b>does not</b> want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support, |
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feature requests, or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b> |
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with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeams needs. |
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However you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the |
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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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<h3>Screenshot</h3> |
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<a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060713) |
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<h3>Development</h3> |
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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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<code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code> |
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<h3>Download</h3> |
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<p>There is no release yet.</p> |
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<h3>Miscellaneous</h3> |
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You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a> |
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if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by garbeam. |
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<p><small>--Anselm (20060714)</small></p> |
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