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dwm - dynamic window manager
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dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
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Requirements
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In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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Installation
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
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the /usr/local namespace by default.
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Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
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necessary as root):
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make clean install
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Running dwm
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Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
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exec dwm
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In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
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the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
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This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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Configuration
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The configuration of dwm is done by customizing the wm.h source file. To
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customize the key bindings edit dev.c.
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