dtos-dotfiles/dwm

My dwm (Dynamic Window Manager) build

dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.

My Keybindings

Keybinding	Action
MODKEY + Keypad Insert	opens run launcher (dmenu is the run launcher but can be easily changed)
MODKEY + Enter	opens terminal (st is the terminal but can be easily changed)
MODKEY + j	focus stack +1 (switches focus between windows in the stack)
MODKEY + k	focus stack -1 (switches focus between windows in the stack)
MODKEY + SHIFT + j	rotate stack +1 (rotates the windows in the stack)
MODKEY + SHIFT + k	rotate stack -1 (rotates the windows in the stack)
MODKEY + h	setmfact -0.05 (decreases window width)
MODKEY + l	setmfact +0.05 (increases window width)
MODKEY + ,	focusmon -1 (switches focus between monitors)
MODKEY + .	focusmon +1 (switches focus between monitors)

Requirements

In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.

Installation

Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if necessary as root):

make clean install

Running dwm

Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:

exec dwm

In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:

DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm

(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)

In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something like this in your .xinitrc:

while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
do
	sleep 1
done &
exec dwm

Configuration

The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code.