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fork of suckless dynamic window manager

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  1.TH DWM 1 dwm-0.1
  2.SH NAME
  3dwm \- dynamic window manager
  4.SH SYNOPSIS
  5.B dwm
  6.RB [ \-v ]
  7.SH DESCRIPTION
  8.B dwm
  9is a dynamic window manager for X11. It consists of a small status bar and
 10arranges windows in either a tiled or floating mode.
 11.P
 12In tiled mode
 13.B dwm
 14manages all windows in a left master column and a right stacking column. The
 15master column contains a single window, the left stacking column all other
 16windows. Dialog windows are treated floating.
 17.P
 18In floating mode
 19.B dwm
 20manages all windows in a conventional way. They can be resized and moved freely
 21with the mouse.
 22.P
 23Windows are grouped by tags. You can view all windows with a specific tag per
 24time.  However, each window is allowed to contain more than one tag, which
 25allows to make windows visible in all views.
 26.P
 27.B dwm
 28reads from standard input to display status text, if written.
 29.P
 30.B dwm
 31draws 1-pixel borders around windows to indicate the focus state and providing as
 32much screen real estate as possible. Unfocused windows contain a small bar
 33in front of the window indicating the tags and the window title.
 34.SH OPTIONS
 35.TP
 36.B \-v
 37prints version information to standard output, then exits.
 38.SH CUSTOMIZATION
 39.B dwm
 40is customized through editing its source code. It is assumed that
 41.B dwm
 42users know to patch it for their needs. This keeps it fast, secure and simple,
 43because it does not process any input data, except window properties and
 44the status text read from standard input.
 45.SS Keyboard Control
 46.TP 16
 47.I Key	
 48.I Action
 49.TP
 50.B Mod1-Return
 51Zoom
 52.B window
 53to the 
 54.B master
 55column
 56.TP
 57.B Mod1-k
 58Focus previous
 59.B window
 60.TP
 61.B Mod1-j
 62Focus next
 63.B window
 64.TP
 65.B Mod1-m
 66Maximize current
 67.B window
 68.TP
 69.B Mod1-[0..n]
 70Focus
 71.B nth
 72tag
 73.TP
 74.B Mod1-space
 75(Re-)arrange
 76.B all
 77windows tiled
 78.TP
 79.B Mod1-Shift-space
 80(Re-)arrange
 81.B all
 82windows floating
 83.TP
 84.B Mod1-Shift-[0..n]
 85Apply
 86.B nth
 87tag to current
 88.B window
 89.TP
 90.B Mod1-Shift-q
 91Quit
 92.B dwm
 93.TP
 94.B Mod1-Shift-Return
 95Start
 96.B terminal
 97.TP
 98.B Mod1-Shift-w
 99Start
100.B web browser
101.TP
102.B Mod1-Shift-l
103Lock
104.B screen
105.TP
106.B Control-[0..n]
107Append
108.B nth
109tag to cureent
110.B window
111.SS Mouse Control
112.TP
113.B Mod1-Button1
114Moves current
115.B window
116while dragging
117.TP
118.B Mod1-Button2
119Lowers current
120.B window
121.TP
122.B Mod1-Button3
123Resizes current
124.B window
125while dragging