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\-m
 79Toggle focused window between maximisation and normal state.
 80.TP
 81.B Mod1\-Return
 82Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
 83.TP
 84.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
 85Close focused window.
 86.TP
 87.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
 88Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
 89.TP
 90.B Mod1\-Tab
 91Toggles to the previously selected tags.
 92.TP
 93.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
 94Apply
 95.RB nth
 96tag to focused window.
 97.TP
 98.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
 99Apply all tags to focused window.
100.TP
101.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
102Add/remove
103.B nth
104tag to/from focused window.
105.TP
106.B Mod1\-[1..n]
107View all windows with
108.BR nth
109tag.
110.TP
111.B Mod1\-0
112View all windows with any tag.
113.TP
114.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
115Add/remove all windows with
116.BR nth
117tag to/from the view.
118.TP
119.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
120Quit dwm.
121.SS Mouse commands
122.TP
123.B Mod1\-Button1
124Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
125.TP
126.B Mod1\-Button2
127Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
128.TP
129.B Mod1\-Button3
130Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
131.SH CUSTOMIZATION
132dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
133code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
134.SH SEE ALSO
135.BR dmenu (1)
136.SH BUGS
137The status bar may display
138.BR "EOF"
139when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
140.BR xdm (1),
141because those close standard output before executing dwm.
142.P
143Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
144only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
145JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
146you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
147can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
148backend instead):
149.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
150.P
151GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
152.BR Save\-As
153file dialog implementation,
154which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
155window is still respondable during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker
156until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately
157GTK 2.10.12+ versions.