README

   1 gridwm
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   4 gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid.
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   7 Requirements
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   9 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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  12 Installation
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  14 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
  15 the /usr/local namespace by default.
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  17 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
  18 necessary as root):
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  20     make clean install
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  23 Running gridwm
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  25 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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  27     exec gridwm
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  29 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
  30 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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  32     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii
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  34 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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  37 Configuration
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  39 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h
  40 source file.