1.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION
  2.SH NAME
  3dwm \- dynamic window manager
  4.SH SYNOPSIS
  5.B dwm
  6.RB [ \-v ]
  7.SH DESCRIPTION
  8dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle
  9and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the
 10environment for the application in use and the task performed.
 11.P
 12In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
 13area contains the window which currently needs most attention, whereas the
 14stacking area contains all other windows. In monocle layout all windows are
 15maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
 16moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
 17layout applied.
 18.P
 19Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
 20tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
 21.P
 22dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
 23the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. A
 24floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised
 25floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows
 26title.  The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
 27the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
 28corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
 29with an empty square in the top left corner.
 30.P
 31dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
 32.SH OPTIONS
 33.TP
 34.B \-v
 35prints version information to standard output, then exits.
 36.SH USAGE
 37.SS Status bar
 38.TP
 39.B Standard input
 40is read and displayed in the status text area.
 41.TP
 42.B Button1
 43click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
 44label toggles between tiled and floating layout.
 45.TP
 46.B Button3
 47click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
 48.TP
 49.B Mod1\-Button1
 50click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
 51.TP
 52.B Mod1\-Button3
 53click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
 54.SS Keyboard commands
 55.TP
 56.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
 57Start
 58.BR xterm.
 59.TP
 60.B Mod1\-b
 61Toggles bar on and off.
 62.TP
 63.B Mod1\-space
 64Toggles between layouts.
 65.TP
 66.B Mod1\-j
 67Focus next window.
 68.TP
 69.B Mod1\-k
 70Focus previous window.
 71.TP
 72.B Mod1\-h
 73Decrease master area size.
 74.TP
 75.B Mod1\-l
 76Increase master area size.
 77.TP
 78.B Mod1\-Return
 79Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
 80.TP
 81.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
 82Close focused window.
 83.TP
 84.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
 85Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
 86.TP
 87.B Mod1\-Tab
 88Toggles to the previously selected tags.
 89.TP
 90.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
 91Apply
 92.RB nth
 93tag to focused window.
 94.TP
 95.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
 96Apply all tags to focused window.
 97.TP
 98.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
 99Add/remove
100.B nth
101tag to/from focused window.
102.TP
103.B Mod1\-[1..n]
104View all windows with
105.BR nth
106tag.
107.TP
108.B Mod1\-0
109View all windows with any tag.
110.TP
111.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
112Add/remove all windows with
113.BR nth
114tag to/from the view.
115.TP
116.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
117Quit dwm.
118.SS Mouse commands
119.TP
120.B Mod1\-Button1
121Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
122.TP
123.B Mod1\-Button2
124Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
125.TP
126.B Mod1\-Button3
127Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
128.SH CUSTOMIZATION
129dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
130code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
131.SH SEE ALSO
132.BR dmenu (1)
133.SH BUGS
134The status bar may display
135.BR "EOF"
136when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
137.BR xdm (1),
138because those close standard output before executing dwm.
139.P
140Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
141only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
142JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
143you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
144can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
145backend instead):
146.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
147.P
148GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
149.BR Save\-As
150file dialog implementation,
151which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
152window is still respondable during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker
153until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately
154GTK 2.10.12+ versions.