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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, mono…
	9 and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimisi…
	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 …
	13 area on the left contains one window by default, and the stacking area o…
	14 right contains all other windows. The number of master area windows can …
	15 adjusted from zero to an arbitrary number. In monocle layout all windows…
	16 maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized …
	17 moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of …
	18 layout applied.
	19 .P
	20 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multi…
	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 tag…
	24 layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root…
	25 name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated …
	26 empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled …
	27 before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a differ…
	28 color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square…
	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 …
	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 …
	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…
	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 t…
	155 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
	156 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the so…
	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 wind…
	163 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.…
	164 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possi…
	165 are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or s…
	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 e…
	174 .BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 .
	175 .SH BUGS
	176 Send all bug reports with a patch to [email protected].