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1 | .TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION |
2 | .SH NAME | |
3 | dwm \- dynamic window manager | |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 | .B dwm | |
6 | .RB [ \-v ] | |
7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
8 | dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle | |
9 | and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the | |
10 | environment for the application in use and the task performed. | |
11 | .P | |
12 | In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master | |
13 | area on the left contains one window by default, and the stacking area on the | |
14 | right contains all other windows. The number of master area windows can be | |
15 | adjusted from zero to an arbitrary number. In monocle layout all windows are | |
16 | maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and | |
17 | moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the | |
18 | layout applied. | |
19 | .P | |
20 | Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple | |
21 | tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags. | |
22 | .P | |
23 | Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the | |
24 | layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window | |
25 | name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an | |
26 | empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square | |
27 | before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a different | |
28 | color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the | |
29 | top left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are | |
30 | indicated with an empty square in the top left corner. | |
31 | .P | |
32 | dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state. | |
33 | .SH OPTIONS | |
34 | .TP | |
35 | .B \-v | |
36 | prints version information to stderr, then exits. | |
37 | .SH USAGE | |
38 | .SS Status bar | |
39 | .TP | |
40 | .B X root window name | |
41 | is read and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the | |
42 | .BR xsetroot (1) | |
43 | command. | |
44 | .TP | |
45 | .B Button1 | |
46 | click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout | |
47 | label toggles between tiled and floating layout. | |
48 | .TP | |
49 | .B Button3 | |
50 | click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view. | |
51 | .TP | |
52 | .B Mod1\-Button1 | |
53 | click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window. | |
54 | .TP | |
55 | .B Mod1\-Button3 | |
56 | click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window. | |
57 | .SS Keyboard commands | |
58 | .TP | |
59 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-Return | |
60 | Start | |
61 | .BR st(1). | |
62 | .TP | |
63 | .B Mod1\-p | |
64 | Spawn | |
65 | .BR dmenu(1) | |
66 | for launching other programs. | |
67 | .TP | |
68 | .B Mod1\-, | |
69 | Focus previous screen, if any. | |
70 | .TP | |
71 | .B Mod1\-. | |
72 | Focus next screen, if any. | |
73 | .TP | |
74 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-, | |
75 | Send focused window to previous screen, if any. | |
76 | .TP | |
77 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-. | |
78 | Send focused window to next screen, if any. | |
79 | .TP | |
80 | .B Mod1\-b | |
81 | Toggles bar on and off. | |
82 | .TP | |
83 | .B Mod1\-t | |
84 | Sets tiled layout. | |
85 | .TP | |
86 | .B Mod1\-f | |
87 | Sets floating layout. | |
88 | .TP | |
89 | .B Mod1\-m | |
90 | Sets monocle layout. | |
91 | .TP | |
92 | .B Mod1\-space | |
93 | Toggles between current and previous layout. | |
94 | .TP | |
95 | .B Mod1\-j | |
96 | Focus next window. | |
97 | .TP | |
98 | .B Mod1\-k | |
99 | Focus previous window. | |
100 | .TP | |
101 | .B Mod1\-i | |
102 | Increase number of windows in master area. | |
103 | .TP | |
104 | .B Mod1\-d | |
105 | Decrease number of windows in master area. | |
106 | .TP | |
107 | .B Mod1\-l | |
108 | Increase master area size. | |
109 | .TP | |
110 | .B Mod1\-h | |
111 | Decrease master area size. | |
112 | .TP | |
113 | .B Mod1\-Return | |
114 | Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only). | |
115 | .TP | |
116 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-c | |
117 | Close focused window. | |
118 | .TP | |
119 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-space | |
120 | Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state. | |
121 | .TP | |
122 | .B Mod1\-Tab | |
123 | Toggles to the previously selected tags. | |
124 | .TP | |
125 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n] | |
126 | Apply nth tag to focused window. | |
127 | .TP | |
128 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-0 | |
129 | Apply all tags to focused window. | |
130 | .TP | |
131 | .B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n] | |
132 | Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window. | |
133 | .TP | |
134 | .B Mod1\-[1..n] | |
135 | View all windows with nth tag. | |
136 | .TP | |
137 | .B Mod1\-0 | |
138 | View all windows with any tag. | |
139 | .TP | |
140 | .B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n] | |
141 | Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view. | |
142 | .TP | |
143 | .B Mod1\-Shift\-q | |
144 | Quit dwm. | |
145 | .SS Mouse commands | |
146 | .TP | |
147 | .B Mod1\-Button1 | |
148 | Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state. | |
149 | .TP | |
150 | .B Mod1\-Button2 | |
151 | Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state. | |
152 | .TP | |
153 | .B Mod1\-Button3 | |
154 | Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state. | |
155 | .SH CUSTOMIZATION | |
156 | dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source | |
157 | code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple. | |
158 | .SH SEE ALSO | |
159 | .BR dmenu (1), | |
160 | .BR st (1) | |
161 | .SH ISSUES | |
162 | Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows | |
163 | only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early | |
164 | JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds | |
165 | are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the | |
166 | environment variable | |
167 | .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit | |
168 | (to use the older Motif backend instead) or running | |
169 | .B xprop -root -f _NET_WM_NAME 32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D | |
170 | or | |
171 | .B wmname LG3D | |
172 | (to pretend that a non-reparenting window manager is running that the | |
173 | XToolkit/XAWT backend can recognize) or when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable | |
174 | .BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 . | |
175 | .SH BUGS | |
176 | Send all bug reports with a patch to hackers@suckless.org. |