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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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				|  |  | -		<h4>Background</h4>
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				|  |  | -		As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that
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				|  |  | -		wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features
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				|  |  | -		and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only
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				|  |  | -		want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got
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				|  |  | -		finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I
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				|  |  | -		considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a
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				|  |  | -		href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model,
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				|  |  | -		which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my
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				|  |  | -		needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.
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				|  |  | -		<h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>
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				|  |  | -		In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.
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				|  |  | -			dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no editable
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				|  |  | -			tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes
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				|  |  | -			without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping
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				|  |  | -			the mouse.
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				|  |  | -			dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
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				|  |  | -			exceed 2000 SLOC.
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				|  |  | -			dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however
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				|  |  | -			simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in
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				|  |  | -			tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,
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				|  |  | -			depending on the application in use and the task performed.
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				|  |  | -			dwm doesn't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or
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				|  |  | -			tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in
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				|  |  | -			tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.
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				|  |  | -			Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however. 
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				|  |  | -			dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
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				|  |  | -			extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data
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				|  |  | -			which hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names
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				|  |  | -			and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn
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				|  |  | -			Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X
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				|  |  | -			resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,
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				|  |  | -			you <b>only</b> have to learn C (at least editing header files).
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				|  |  | -			Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's
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				|  |  | -			pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase
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				|  |  | -			small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.
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				|  |  | -			dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
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				|  |  | -			estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of
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				|  |  | -			unfocused clients.
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				|  |  | -			dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like
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				|  |  | -			the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than
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				|  |  | -			larsremote, wmiir and what not...
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				|  |  | -			It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions
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				|  |  | -			of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.
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				|  |  | -			Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu.
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				|  |  | -		<h4>Links</h4>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060810)</li>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060810)</li>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>
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				|  |  | -			<li>Mailing List: <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dwm">dwm at wmii dot de</a> <a href="http://10kloc.org/pipermail/dwm/">(Archives)</a> <a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.dwm">(GMANE Archive)</a></li>
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				|  |  | -			<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
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				|  |  | -		<h3>Download</h3>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-1.2.tar.gz">dwm 1.2</a> (15kb) (20060830)</li>
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				|  |  | -			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.6.tar.gz">dmenu 0.6</a> (7kb) (20060828)</li>
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				|  |  | -		<h3>Development</h3>
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				|  |  | -		dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can <a href="http://10kloc.org/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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				|  |  | -		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>
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				|  |  | -		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code>
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				|  |  | -		<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
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				|  |  | -		if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.
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				|  |  | -		<p><small>--Anselm</small></p>
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