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.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dwm \- dynamic window manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dwm
.RB [ \-v ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows only in tiled layout,
But chosen windows can be set to be floating or fullscreen, optimising the
environment for the application in use and the task performed.
.P
In tiled layout windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
area on the left contains one window by default, and the stacking area on the
right contains all other windows. The number of master area windows can be
adjusted from zero to an arbitrary number. Floating windows can be resized and
moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating.
.P
Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
.P
Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags,
and the text read from the root window name property, if the screen is focused.
The selected tags are indicated with a different color.
The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
top left corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.
.P
dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to stderr, then exits.
.SH USAGE
.SS Status bar
.TP
.B X root window name
is read and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the
.BR xsetroot (1)
command.
.TP
.B Button1
click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
label toggles between tiled and floating layout.
.TP
.B Button3
click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button1
click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button3
click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
.SS Keyboard commands
.TP
.B Mod1\-Return
Start
.BR st(1).
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
Start
.BR qutebrowser(1).
.TP
.B Mod1\-p
Spawn
.BR dmenu(1)
for launching other programs.
.TP
.B Mod1\-b
Toggles bar on and off.
.TP
.B Mod1\-j
Focus next window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-k
Focus previous window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-v
Focus master window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-M
Increase number of windows in master area.
.TP
.B Mod1\-m
Decrease number of windows in master area.
.TP
.B Mod1\-l
Increase master area size.
.TP
.B Mod1\-h
Decrease master area size.
.TP
.B Mod1\-space
Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-o
Close focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-F
Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-f
Enable/Disable fullscreen state for the focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\--
Decrease the gaps between windows.
.TP
.B Mod1\-=
Increase the gaps between windows.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\--
Decrease the border between windows.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-=
Increase the border between windows.
.TP
.B Mod4\-[h,j,k,l]
Move windows in floating state.
.TP
.B Mod4\-Shift\-[h,j,k,l]
Resize windows in floating state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-w
Change wallpaper.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
Apply nth tag to focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
Apply all tags to focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window.
.TP
.B Mod1\-[1..n]
View all windows with nth tag.
.TP
.B Mod1\-0
View all windows with any tag.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view.
.TP
.B Mod4\-Shift\-0
Quit dwm.
.SS Mouse commands
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button1
Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button2
Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
.TP
.B Mod1\-Button3
Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dmenu (1),
.BR st (1)
.SH ISSUES
Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds
are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the
environment variable
.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit
(to use the older Motif backend instead) or running
.B xprop -root -f _NET_WM_NAME 32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D
or
.B wmname LG3D
(to pretend that a non-reparenting window manager is running that the
XToolkit/XAWT backend can recognize) or when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable
.BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 .
.SH BUGS
Send all bug reports with a patch to suleyman@farajli.net.