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 floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
  10 environment for the application in use and the task performed.
  11 .P
  12 In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
  13 area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
  14 stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
  15 resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
  16 regardless of the mode selected.
  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 mode,
  22 the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
  23 selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
  24 window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner.  The tags
  25 which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
  26 the top left corner.
  27 .P
  28 dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
  29 Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
  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 mode
  42 label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
  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 Mod1-Button1
  48 click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
  49 .TP
  50 .B Mod1-Button3
  51 click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
  52 .SS Keyboard commands
  53 .TP
  54 .B Mod1-Shift-Return
  55 Start
  56 .BR xterm (1).
  57 .TP
  58 .B Mod1-Tab
  59 Focus next window.
  60 .TP
  61 .B Mod1-Shift-Tab
  62 Focus previous window.
  63 .TP
  64 .B Mod1-Return
  65 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
  66 .TP
  67 .B Mod1-g
  68 Grow master area (tiling mode only).
  69 .TP
  70 .B Mod1-s
  71 Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
  72 .TP
  73 .B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
  74 Apply
  75 .RB nth
  76 tag to current window.
  77 .TP
  78 .B Mod1-Shift-0
  79 Apply all tags to current window.
  80 .TP
  81 .B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
  82 Add/remove
  83 .B nth
  84 tag to/from current window.
  85 .TP
  86 .B Mod1-Shift-c
  87 Close focused window.
  88 .TP
  89 .B Mod1-space
  90 Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
  91 .TP
  92 .B Mod1-Shift-space
  93 Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
  94 .TP
  95 .B Mod1-[1..n]
  96 View all windows with
  97 .BR nth
  98 tag.
  99 .TP
 100 .B Mod1-0
 101 View all windows with any tag.
 102 .TP
 103 .B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
 104 Add/remove all windows with
 105 .BR nth
 106 tag to/from the view.
 107 .TP
 108 .B Mod1-Shift-q
 109 Quit dwm.
 110 .SS Mouse commands
 111 .TP
 112 .B Mod1-Button1
 113 Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
 114 .TP
 115 .B Mod1-Button2
 116 Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
 117 .TP
 118 .B Mod1-Button3
 119 Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
 120 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
 121 dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
 122 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
 123 .SH CAVEATS
 124 The status bar may display
 125 .BR "broken pipe"
 126 when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
 127 .BR xdm (1),
 128 because those close standard output before executing dwm.
 129 .P
 130 Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
 131 only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
 132 JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As workaround
 133 wether you use JDK 1.4 (which don't contains the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
 134 define the following environment variable accordingly (to use the older Motif
 135 backend instead):
 136 .BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
 137 .SH SEE ALSO
 138 .BR dmenu (1)