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1dwm - dynamic window manager 1## Installation
2============================
3dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.
4
5
6Requirements
7------------
8In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
9
10
11Installation
12------------ 2------------
13Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into 3Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
14the /usr/local namespace by default). 4the /usr/local namespace by default).
@@ -16,33 +6,37 @@ the /usr/local namespace by default).
16Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if 6Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
17necessary as root): 7necessary as root):
18 8
9```bash
19 make clean install 10 make clean install
11```
20 12
21 13## Running dwm
22Running dwm
23-----------
24Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx: 14Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
25 15```bash
26 exec dwm 16 exec dwm
17```
27 18
28In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that 19In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
29the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: 20the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
30 21
22```bash
31 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm 23 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
32 24```
33(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
34
35In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something 25In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
36like this in your .xinitrc: 26like this in your .xinitrc:
37 27
38 while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`" 28```bash
29 while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
39 do 30 do
40 sleep 1 31 sleep 1
41 done & 32 done &
42 exec dwm 33 exec dwm
34```
43 35
44 36## Configuration
45Configuration
46-------------
47The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h 37The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
48and (re)compiling the source code. 38and (re)compiling the source code.
39
40## Additional resources
41
42Restart patch pulled from (gist.github.org/bpsuntrup)[bpsuntrup's gist]