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																		and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only | 
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																		and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got | 
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																		want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I | 
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																		considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> | 
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																		development model, which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of | 
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																		dwm is simply <i>to fit my needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. | 
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																		considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it. | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		<h3>Differences to wmii</h3	 | 
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																		<h3>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h3> | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else. | 
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																		Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. | 
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																		In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler. | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			dwm has no 9P support, no editable tagbars, no shell-based | 
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																			configuration and remote control and comes without any additional | 
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																			tools like printing the selection or warping the mouse. | 
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																			dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never | 
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																			exceed 2000 SLOC. | 
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																			exceed 2000 SLOC. | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real | 
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																			dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused | 
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																			date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than larsremote, | 
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																			Anselm <b>does not</b> want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support, | 
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																			feature requests, or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b> | 
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																			However you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the | 
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																			conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>. | 
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																			dwm is only intended to fit Anselms needs. That means, Anselm | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			though</i>), they will be <b>ignored</b> with a high | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																			chance.  However you are free to download and distribute/relicense | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		<h3>Documentation</h3> | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		There is a <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">man page</a>. | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		<h3>Screenshot</h3> | 
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																		<h3>Screenshot</h3> | 
															
														
														
													
														
															
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																		<a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Click here for a screenshot</a> (20060714) | 
															
														
														
													
												
													
														
															
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