<p>
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
</p>
- <h3>Philosophy</h3>
+ <h4>Background</h4>
<p>
As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my
needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
</p>
- <h3>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h3>
+ <h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>
<p>
In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
- dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable
+ dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no editable
tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
the mouse.
and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
- you <b>only</b> have to learn C.
+ you <b>only</b> have to learn C (at least editing header files).
</li>
<li>
Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
larsremote, wmiir and what not...
</li>
<li>
- Anselm <b>does not</b> wants stupid feedback to dwm. If you ask for
- support, feature requests, or if you report "bugs" (<i>real bugs
- are welcome though</i>), they will be <b>ignored</b> with a high
- chance. However you are free to download and distribute/relicense
- it, with the conditions of the <a
- href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
+ It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
+ of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu.
</li>
</ul>
- <h3>Documentation</h3>
+ <h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
- <li><a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li>
- <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://wmii.de/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060807a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060807)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060807b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060807)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>
+ <li>Mailing List: <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://10kloc.org/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a></li>
<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
</ul>
+ <h3>Download</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.7.tar.gz">dwm 0.7</a> (14kb) (20060807)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.2.tar.gz">dmenu 0.2</a> (7kb) (20060807)</li>
+ </ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>
- dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://
wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
+ dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://
10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
</p>
<p>
- <code>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
+ <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code>
</p>
- <h3>Download</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://wmii.de/download/dwm-0.2.tar.gz">dwm 0.2</a> (13kb) (20060717)</li>
- </ul>
<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
<p>
You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a>
if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.
</p>
- <p><small>--Anselm (20060714)</small></p>
+ <p><small>--Anselm</small></p>
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