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dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
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- <h4>Philosophy</h4>
+ <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
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<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.
depending on the application in use and the task performed.
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<li>
- dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
+ dwm doesn't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however.
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>
<h4>Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
- <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060801.png">Screenshot</a> (20060801)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060810)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060810)</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>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> <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.dwm">(GMANE Archive)</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-0.6.tar.gz">dwm 0.6</a> (14kb) (20060802)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.9.tar.gz">dwm 0.9</a> (15kb) (20060815)</li>
+ <li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.4.tar.gz">dmenu 0.4</a> (7kb) (20060815)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>
<p>
<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
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+ <p>
+ <code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code>
+ </p>
<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
<p>
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