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											< h3 > dynamic window manager< / h3 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										< h3 > Description< / h3 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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										< h3 > Differences to wmii< /h3	
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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											dwm has no 9P support, no status bar, no menu, no editable tagbars,
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											no shell-based configuration and remote control and comes without
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											any additional tools like printing the selection or warping the
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											exceed 2000 SLOC.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											than wmii or larswm).
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											managed layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											managed or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup-
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											and fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged. 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											clients.
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
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											garbeam < b > does not< / b >  want any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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											feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be < b > ignored< / b > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
							 
							
								
							 
							
								 
							 
							
							
											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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										< h3 > Screenshot< / h3 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										< a  href = "http://wmii.de/shots/dwm-20060713.png" > Click here for a screenshot< / a >  (20060713)
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										< h3 > Development< / h3 > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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										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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										< p > --Anselm (20060713)< / p > 
							 
						 
					
						
							
								
									
										
										
										
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