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
 22Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
 23the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window name
 24property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an
 25empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square
 26before the windows title.  The selected tags are indicated with a different
 27color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
 28top left corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
 29indicated with 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\-,
 61Focus previous screen, if any.
 62.TP
 63.B Mod1\-.
 64Focus next screen, if any.
 65.TP
 66.B Mod1\-Shift\-,
 67Send focused window to previous screen, if any.
 68.TP
 69.B Mod1\-Shift\-,
 70Send focused window to next screen, if any.
 71.TP
 72.B Mod1\-b
 73Toggles bar on and off.
 74.TP
 75.B Mod1\-t
 76Sets tiled layout.
 77.TP
 78.B Mod1\-f
 79Sets floating layout.
 80.TP
 81.B Mod1\-m
 82Sets monocle layout.
 83.TP
 84.B Mod1\-space
 85Toggles between current and previous layout.
 86.TP
 87.B Mod1\-j
 88Focus next window.
 89.TP
 90.B Mod1\-k
 91Focus previous window.
 92.TP
 93.B Mod1\-h
 94Decrease master area size.
 95.TP
 96.B Mod1\-l
 97Increase master area size.
 98.TP
 99.B Mod1\-Return
100Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
101.TP
102.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
103Close focused window.
104.TP
105.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
106Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
107.TP
108.B Mod1\-Tab
109Toggles to the previously selected tags.
110.TP
111.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
112Apply
113.RB nth
114tag to focused window.
115.TP
116.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
117Apply all tags to focused window.
118.TP
119.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
120Add/remove
121.B nth
122tag to/from focused window.
123.TP
124.B Mod1\-[1..n]
125View all windows with
126.BR nth
127tag.
128.TP
129.B Mod1\-0
130View all windows with any tag.
131.TP
132.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
133Add/remove all windows with
134.BR nth
135tag to/from the view.
136.TP
137.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
138Quit dwm.
139.SS Mouse commands
140.TP
141.B Mod1\-Button1
142Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
143.TP
144.B Mod1\-Button2
145Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
146.TP
147.B Mod1\-Button3
148Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
149.SH CUSTOMIZATION
150dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
151code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
152.SH SEE ALSO
153.BR dmenu (1)
154.SH BUGS
155The status bar may display
156.BR "EOF"
157when dwm has been started by an X session manager like
158.BR xdm (1),
159because those close standard output before executing dwm.
160.P
161Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
162only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
163JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. As a workaround
164you can use JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or you
165can set the following environment variable (to use the older Motif
166backend instead):
167.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit .
168.P
169GTK 2.10.9+ versions contain a broken
170.BR Save\-As
171file dialog implementation,
172which requests to reconfigure its window size in an endless loop. However, its
173window is still respondable during this state, so you can simply ignore the flicker
174until a new GTK version appears, which will fix this bug, approximately
175GTK 2.10.12+ versions.