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author | xAlpharax <42233094+xAlpharax@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-08-15 00:06:43 +0300 |
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committer | xAlpharax <42233094+xAlpharax@users.noreply.github.com> | 2023-08-15 00:06:43 +0300 |
commit | 15346749a4ce015906ed1a98f60c335cf8c07745 (patch) | |
tree | c15dd5f8179cd0f8f2ad1dba526a17c799e94ce0 /README |
Initial fork from https://git.suckless.org/dwm
Changes to be committed:
new file: LICENSE
new file: Makefile
new file: README
new file: config.def.h
new file: config.mk
new file: drw.c
new file: drw.h
new file: dwm.1
new file: dwm.c
new file: dwm.png
new file: transient.c
new file: util.c
new file: util.h
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@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +dwm - dynamic window manager +============================ +dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X. + + +Requirements +------------ +In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files. + + +Installation +------------ +Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into +the /usr/local namespace by default). + +Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if +necessary as root): + + make clean install + + +Running dwm +----------- +Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx: + + exec dwm + +In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that +the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: + + DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm + +(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.) + +In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something +like this in your .xinitrc: + + while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`" + do + sleep 1 + done & + exec dwm + + +Configuration +------------- +The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h +and (re)compiling the source code. |