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