README

   1 gridwm
   2 ------
   3
   4 gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager.  It
   5 arranges all windows in a grid.
   6
   7
   8 Requirements
   9 ------------
  10 In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
  11
  12
  13 Installation
  14 ------------
  15 Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
  16 the /usr/local namespace by default.
  17
  18 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
  19 necessary as root):
  20
  21     make clean install
  22
  23
  24 Running gridwm
  25 --------------
  26 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
  27
  28     exec gridwm
  29
  30 In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
  31 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
  32
  33     DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
  34
  35 This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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  37
  38 Configuration
  39 -------------
  40 The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the wm.h source file. To
  41 customize the key bindings edit kb.c.