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1 Launching |
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3 To launch dwm, ideally you should setup a `~/.xinitrc` with at least `ex… |
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4 dwm`. |
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6 Introduction |
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7 ------------ |
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8 Using dwm can be done in pure keyboard control or through some extra mou… |
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9 handling. See the [config.def.h](//git.suckless.org/dwm/plain/config.def… |
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10 what are the default bindings. They are used in this tutorial. |
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12 [Shift]+[Alt]+[Enter] - launch terminal |
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13 [Alt]+[p] - dmenu for running programs like the x-www-browser |
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15 By default there are 9 tags. |
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16 |
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17 Window model |
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19 Launch a few terminals with `[Shift]+[Alt]+[Enter]` and dwm will _tile_ … |
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20 windows between the **master** and **stack**. A new terminal appears on … |
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21 **master** window. Existing windows are pushed upon a **stack** to the r… |
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22 the screen. `[Alt]+[Enter]` toggles windows between master and stack. |
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24 +------+----------------------------------+--------+ |
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25 | tags | title | status | |
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26 +------+---------------------+------------+--------+ |
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31 | master | stack | |
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37 |
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38 Moving Around |
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40 To **move to another terminal**, press `[Alt]+[j]` or `[Alt]+[k]`. |
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42 To **move a terminal to another _tag_**, hover to the terminal and press |
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43 `[Shift]+[Alt]+[2]`. Note! If you are a frequent user of the text editor… |
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44 the key sequence [Shift]+[Alt]+[4] will stomp on nano's softwrap M-$. To… |
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45 around this you can unbind nano's M-$ in .nanorc thus: |
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47 unbind M-$ all |
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49 and rebind it to a new sequence thus (here bind it to 'Meta Key' + ';'): |
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50 |
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51 bind M-; softwrap all |
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53 There are several other nano key sequences that dwm will stomp on - use … |
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55 To **focus on another _tag_**, press `[Alt]+[tag number]`. |
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57 To **change the amount of windows in the master area**, press `[Alt]+[d]… |
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58 |
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59 To **toggle a window between the master and stack area**, press `[Alt]+[… |
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61 As stated in the dwm manpage, you can click tags with the left mouse but… |
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62 into your current focus. |
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64 To **kill a window**, press `[Shift]+[Alt]+[c]`. |
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65 |
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66 Layouts |
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68 By default dwm is in **tiled** layout mode. Ensure it is tiled mode with: |
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70 [Alt]+[t] |
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72 You should also notice the `[]=` symbol between the tag numbers and the … |
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73 bar. |
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75 dwm has two further layout modes, **floating** `><>` `[Alt]+[f]` and |
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76 **monocle** `[M]` `[Alt]+[m]`. Monocle is good for ensuring a window is … |
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77 maximized and focused. This is useful in web kiosk environments and watc… |
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78 flash videos. Further layout modes can be included through |
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79 [patches](//dwm.suckless.org/patches/). |
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81 Floating |
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83 Floating layout will be familiar to Windows users. Use `[Alt]+[right mou… |
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84 button]` to resize the floating window and `[Alt]+[left mouse button]` t… |
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85 it around. This can also be used to raise a floating window. |
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87 There are several ways to get specific windows into being managed as a f… |
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88 window, despite the tiled layout being activated. First there is |
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89 `[Alt]+[Shift]+[space]`, which will toggle floating mode on the active w… |
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90 Second method is to simply resize the window using `[Alt]+[right mouse b… |
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91 The last method is to `[Alt]+[middle mouse button]` onto the window, to … |
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92 it in being floating. These floating windows then can be used to force c… |
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93 window sizes, when some application requires this for aesthetics or simp… |
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94 being usable. |
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96 If you want to set some type of window to be always floating, look at the |
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97 [config.def.h](//git.suckless.org/dwm/plain/config.def.h) and the `rules` |
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98 array, where the last but one element defines this behaviour. |
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100 Quitting |
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101 -------- |
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102 To quit dwm cleanly: |
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104 [Shift]+[Alt]+[q] |
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106 Status |
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108 By default dwm is showing `dwm-X.X` in its statusbar. This text can be c… |
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109 by setting the `WM_NAME` property of the root window. |
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111 Using the tools of X.org, this can be set using: |
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113 % xsetroot -name "Some Text" |
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115 or |
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117 % xprop -root -set WM_NAME "Some Text" |
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119 There are various tools and methods to populate this text with useful |
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120 information from your system or services running on your system. A bareb… |
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121 doing this in C is [dwmstatus](../status_monitor/). See the |
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122 [xinitrc](xinitrc.example) example for how to do it using a script. |
