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-gridwm
-------
-
-gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager.  It
-arranges all windows in a grid.
-
-
-Configuration
--------------
-You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to
-provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and
-maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition
-in wm.c.
+dwm - dynamic window manager
+----------------------------
+dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
 
 
 Requirements
 ------------
-In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
+In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
 
 
 Installation
 ------------
-Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
+Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
 the /usr/local namespace by default.
 
-Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
+Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
 necessary as root):
 
     make clean install
 
 
-Running gridwm
---------------
-Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
+Running dwm
+-----------
+Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
 
-    exec gridwm
+    exec dwm
 
-In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
+In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
 
-    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
+    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
+
+This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
 
-This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
+
+Displaying status info
+----------------------
+In order to display status info in the bar, you can do following
+in .xinitrc:
+
+    $HOME/.dwm/status | dwm
+
+Assumed $HOME/.dwm/status is an executable script like:
+
+    #!/bin/sh
+    while true
+    do
+        echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
+        sleep 5
+    done
 
 
 Configuration
 -------------
-The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
-customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the
-status command definition in wm.c.
-
+The configuration of dwm is done by customizing source code,
+grep for CUSTOMIZE keyword.