dwm.1

   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 tiling and
   9 versatile layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
  10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
  11 .P
  12 In tiling layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
  13 area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
  14 stacking area contains all other windows. In versatile layout windows can be
  15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed versatile,
  16 regardless of the layout applied.
  17 .P
  18 Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
  19 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
  20 .P
  21 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
  22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. A
  23 versatile window is indicated with an empty square and a maximized
  24 versatile window is indicated with a filled square before the windows
  25 title.  The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
  26 the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
  27 corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
  28 with an empty square in the top left corner.
  29 .P
  30 dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
  31 .SH OPTIONS
  32 .TP
  33 .B \-v
  34 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
  35 .SH USAGE
  36 .SS Status bar
  37 .TP
  38 .B Standard input
  39 is read and displayed in the status text area.
  40 .TP
  41 .B Button1
  42 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
  43 label toggles between tiling and versatile layout.
  44 .TP
  45 .B Button3
  46 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
  47 .TP
  48 .B Button4
  49 click on the layout label increases the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
  50 .TP
  51 .B Button5
  52 click on the layout label decreases the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
  53 .TP
  54 .B Mod1-Button1
  55 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
  56 .TP
  57 .B Mod1-Button3
  58 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
  59 .SS Keyboard commands
  60 .TP
  61 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
  62 Start
  63 .BR xterm (1).
  64 .TP
  65 .B Mod1-Return
  66 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling layout only).
  67 .TP
  68 .B Mod1-j
  69 Focus next window.
  70 .TP
  71 .B Mod1-k
  72 Focus previous window.
  73 .TP
  74 .B Mod1-l
  75 Increase master area width (tiling layout only).
  76 .TP
  77 .B Mod1-h
  78 Decrease master area width (tiling layout only).
  79 .TP
  80 .B Mod1-i
  81 Increase the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
  82 .TP
  83 .B Mod1-d
  84 Decrease the number of windows in the master area (tiling layout only).
  85 .TP
  86 .B Mod1-m
  87 Toggles maximization of current window (versatile layout only).
  88 .TP
  89 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
  90 Apply
  91 .RB nth
  92 tag to current window.
  93 .TP
  94 .B Mod1-Shift-0
  95 Apply all tags to current window.
  96 .TP
  97 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
  98 Add/remove
  99 .B nth
 100 tag to/from current window.
 101 .TP
 102 .B Mod1-Shift-c
 103 Close focused window.
 104 .TP
 105 .B Mod1-space
 106 Toggle between tiling and versatile layout (affects all windows).
 107 .TP
 108 .B Mod1-Shift-space
 109 Toggle focused window between versatile and non-versatile state (tiling layout only).
 110 .TP
 111 .B Mod1-[1..n]
 112 View all windows with
 113 .BR nth
 114 tag.
 115 .TP
 116 .B Mod1-0
 117 View all windows with any tag.
 118 .TP
 119 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
 120 Add/remove all windows with
 121 .BR nth
 122 tag to/from the view.
 123 .TP
 124 .B Mod1-Shift-q
 125 Quit dwm.
 126 .SS Mouse commands
 127 .TP
 128 .B Mod1-Button1
 129 Move current window while dragging (versatile layout only).
 130 .TP
 131 .B Mod1-Button2
 132 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling layout only).
 133 .TP
 134 .B Mod1-Button3
 135 Resize current window while dragging (versatile layout only).
 136 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
 137 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
 138 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
 139 .SH SEE ALSO
 140 .BR dmenu (1)
 141 .SH BUGS
 142 The status bar may display
 143 .BR "EOF"
 144 when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
 145 .BR xdm (1),
 146 because those close standard output before executing dwm.
 147 .P
 148 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
 149 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
 150 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
 151 you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
 152 can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
 153 backend instead):
 154 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .