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 tiling and
  9floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically, optimizing the
 10environment for the application in use and the task performed.
 11.P
 12In tiling mode windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
 13area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the
 14stacking area contains all other windows. In floating mode windows can be
 15resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating,
 16regardless of the mode selected.
 17.P
 18Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
 19tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
 20.P
 21dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the mode,
 22the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. The
 23selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused
 24window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner.  The tags
 25which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in
 26the top left corner.
 27.P
 28dwm draws a 1-pixel border around windows to indicate the focus state.
 29Unfocused windows contain a small bar in front of them displaying their title.
 30.SH OPTIONS
 31.TP
 32.B \-v
 33prints version information to standard output, then exits.
 34.SH USAGE
 35.SS Status bar
 36.TP
 37.B Standard input
 38is read and displayed in the status text area.
 39.TP
 40.B Button1
 41click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the mode
 42label toggles between tiling and floating mode.
 43.TP
 44.B Button3
 45click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
 46.TP
 47.B Mod1-Button1
 48click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
 49.TP
 50.B Mod1-Button3
 51click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
 52.SS Keyboard commands
 53.TP
 54.B Mod1-Shift-Return
 55Start
 56.BR xterm (1).
 57.TP
 58.B Mod1-Tab
 59Focus next window.
 60.TP
 61.B Mod1-Shift-Tab
 62Focus previous window.
 63.TP
 64.B Mod1-Return
 65Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area (tiling mode), toggles maximization current window (floating mode).
 66.TP
 67.B Mod1-g
 68Grow master area (tiling mode only).
 69.TP
 70.B Mod1-s
 71Shrink master area (tiling mode only).
 72.TP
 73.B Mod1-i
 74Increase windows of master area (tiling mode only).
 75.TP
 76.B Mod1-d
 77Decrease windows of master area (tiling mode only).
 78.TP
 79.B Mod1-Shift-[1..n]
 80Apply
 81.RB nth
 82tag to current window.
 83.TP
 84.B Mod1-Shift-0
 85Apply all tags to current window.
 86.TP
 87.B Mod1-Control-Shift-[1..n]
 88Add/remove
 89.B nth
 90tag to/from current window.
 91.TP
 92.B Mod1-Shift-c
 93Close focused window.
 94.TP
 95.B Mod1-space
 96Toggle between tiling and floating mode (affects all windows).
 97.TP
 98.B Mod1-Shift-space
 99Toggle focused window between floating and non-floating state (tiling mode only).
100.TP
101.B Mod1-[1..n]
102View all windows with
103.BR nth
104tag.
105.TP
106.B Mod1-0
107View all windows with any tag.
108.TP
109.B Mod1-Control-[1..n]
110Add/remove all windows with
111.BR nth
112tag to/from the view.
113.TP
114.B Mod1-Shift-q
115Quit dwm.
116.SS Mouse commands
117.TP
118.B Mod1-Button1
119Move current window while dragging (floating mode only).
120.TP
121.B Mod1-Button2
122Zoom current window to the master area (tiling mode only).
123.TP
124.B Mod1-Button3
125Resize current window while dragging (floating mode only).
126.SH CUSTOMIZATION
127dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
128code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
129.SH CAVEATS
130The status bar may display
131.BR "EOF"
132when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
133.BR xdm (1),
134because those close standard output before executing dwm.
135.P
136Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
137only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
138JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
139you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
140can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
141backend instead):
142.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
143.SH SEE ALSO
144.BR dmenu (1)