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1gridwm
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4gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
5arranges all windows in a grid.
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8Requirements
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10In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.
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13Installation
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15Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
16the /usr/local namespace by default.
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18Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if
19necessary as root):
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21 make clean install
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24Running gridwm
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26Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:
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28 exec gridwm
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30In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
31the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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33 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm
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35This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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38Configuration
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40The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
41customize the key bindings edit kb.c. To change the status output, edit the
42status command definition in wm.c.
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