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17 <h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
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19 <h2>Description</h3>
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21 dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
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23 <h2>Differences to wmii</h2
24 <p>
25 In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
26 Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. dwm does
27 <b>not</b> include following features wmii provides:
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29 <ul>
30 <li>9P support</li>
31 <li>status bar</li>
32 <li>menu</li>
33 <li>editable tagbars</li>
34 <li>shell-based config/control file</li>
35 <li>small tools (selection printer, mouse warper)</li>
36 </ul>
37 <p>
38 dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
39 exceed 2000 SLOC.
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42 dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
43 extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
44 hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
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47 dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
48 than wmii or larswm).
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51 dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or managed
52 layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are managed or not
53 managed, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- and
54 fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
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57 dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
58 estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
59 clients.
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61 <p>
62 garbeam <b>don't</b> wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
63 feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be <b>ignored</b>
64 with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
65 however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
66 conditions of the <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
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68 <h2>Development</h2>
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70 dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm">browse</a> its source code repository or get a copy using <a href="http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/">Mercurial</a> with following command:
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73 <em>hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</em>
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75 <p>--Anselm</p>
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