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- .TH DWM 1 dwm-VERSION
- .SH NAME
- dwm \- dynamic window manager
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .B dwm
- .RB [ \-v ]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiling and
- floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
- environment for the application in use and the task performed.
- .P
- In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
- area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
- stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
- resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
- regardless of the mode selected.
- .P
- Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
- tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
- .P
- dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode,
- the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
- selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
- window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags
- which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
- the top left corner.
- .P
- dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
- Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
- .SH OPTIONS
- .TP
- .B \-v
- prints version information to standard output, then exits.
- .SH USAGE
- .SS Status bar
- .TP
- .B Standard input
- is read and displayed in the status text area.
- .TP
- .B Button1
- click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
- label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
- .TP
- .B Button3
- click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Button1
- click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Button3
- click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
- .SS Keyboard commands
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-Return
- Start
- .BR xterm (1).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Tab
- Focus next window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
- Focus previous window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Return
- Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-g
- Grow master area (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-s
- Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-plus
- Increase clients of master area (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-minus
- Decrease clients of master area (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
- Apply
- .RB nth
- tag to current window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-0
- Apply all tags to current window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
- Add/remove
- .B nth
- tag to/from current window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-c
- Close focused window.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-space
- Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-space
- Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-[1..n]
- View all windows with
- .BR nth
- tag.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-0
- View all windows with any tag.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
- Add/remove all windows with
- .BR nth
- tag to/from the view.
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Shift-q
- Quit dwm.
- .SS Mouse commands
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Button1
- Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Button2
- Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
- .TP
- .B Mod1-Button3
- Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
- .SH CUSTOMIZATION
- dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
- code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
- .SH CAVEATS
- The status bar may display
- .BR "EOF"
- when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
- .BR xdm (1),
- because those close standard output before executing dwm.
- .P
- Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
- only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
- JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
- you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
- can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
- backend instead):
- .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .BR dmenu (1)
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