Configuration of dwm for Mac Computers
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  1. <html>
  2. <head>
  3. <title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title>
  4. <meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe">
  5. <meta name="generator" content="ed">
  6. <meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe">
  7. <style type="text/css">
  8. body {
  9. color: #000000;
  10. font-family: sans-serif;
  11. margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;
  12. }
  13. </style>
  14. </head>
  15. <body>
  16. <center>
  17. <img src="dwm.png"/><br />
  18. <h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
  19. </center>
  20. <h3>Description</h3>
  21. <p>
  22. dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
  23. </p>
  24. <h3>Philosophy</h3>
  25. <p>
  26. As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
  27. wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
  28. and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only
  29. want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
  30. finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I
  31. considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a
  32. href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model,
  33. which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my
  34. needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
  35. </p>
  36. <h3>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h3>
  37. <p>
  38. In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
  39. </p>
  40. <ul>
  41. <li>
  42. dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable
  43. tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
  44. without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
  45. the mouse.
  46. </li>
  47. <li>
  48. dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
  49. exceed 2000 SLOC.
  50. </li>
  51. <li>
  52. dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however
  53. simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in
  54. tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,
  55. depending on the application in use and the task performed.
  56. </li>
  57. <li>
  58. dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
  59. tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
  60. tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
  61. Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however.
  62. </li>
  63. <li>
  64. dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
  65. extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data
  66. which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names
  67. and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
  68. Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
  69. resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
  70. you <b>only</b> have to learn C.
  71. </li>
  72. <li>
  73. Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
  74. pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase
  75. small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
  76. </li>
  77. <li>
  78. dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
  79. estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of
  80. unfocused clients.
  81. </li>
  82. <li>
  83. dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
  84. the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
  85. larsremote, wmiir and what not...
  86. </li>
  87. <li>
  88. Anselm <b>does not</b> wants stupid feedback to dwm. If you ask for
  89. support, feature requests, or if you report "bugs" (<i>real bugs
  90. are welcome though</i>), they will be <b>ignored</b> with a high
  91. chance. However you are free to download and distribute/relicense
  92. it, with the conditions of the <a
  93. href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
  94. </li>
  95. </ul>
  96. <h3>Documentation</h3>
  97. <ul>
  98. <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
  99. <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li>
  100. <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
  101. <li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
  102. </ul>
  103. <h3>Development</h3>
  104. <p>
  105. dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
  106. </p>
  107. <p>
  108. <code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
  109. </p>
  110. <h3>Download</h3>
  111. <ul>
  112. <li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/dwm-0.2.tar.gz">dwm 0.2</a> (13kb) (20060717)</li>
  113. </ul>
  114. <h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
  115. <p>
  116. You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a>
  117. if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.
  118. </p>
  119. <p><small>--Anselm (20060714)</small></p>
  120. </body>
  121. </html>