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@@ -7,14 +7,60 @@ dwm \- dynamic window manager
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SS Overview
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.B dwm
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-is a dynamic window manager for X11.
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+is a dynamic window manager for X11. It consists of a small status bar at the
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+top of the screen and arranges windows in either a tiled or floating mode.
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+.P
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+If
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+.B dwm
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+is in tiled mode, it consists of two columns. The left master column
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+contains only one window per time, the right column contains all other windows
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+in a stack. In tiled mode
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+.B dwm
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+.B don't
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+handles incremental resizals, some terminal programs like
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+.B xterm
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+may not work correctly with this in tiled mode.
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+.P
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+If
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+.B dwm
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+is in floating mode, it arranges all windows with the reqyested geometry and
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+allows the user to move or resize them. Some windows, like
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+dialog windows, are treated floating even if
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+.B dwm
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+is in tiled mode. In floating mode
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+.B dwm
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+handles incremental resizals.
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+.P
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+Windows are grouped by tags. You can view all windows with a specific tag per
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+time. However, each window is allowed to contain more than one tag, which
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+allows to make windows visible in all views.
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+.P
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+.B dwm
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+reads from
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+.I stdin
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+to display status text, if written.
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+.P
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+.B dwm
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+draws 1-pixel borders around windows to indicate the focus state and save as
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+much screen real estate as possible. Unfocused windows contain a small bar
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+in front of the window indicating the tags and the window title.
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.SS Options
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.TP
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.B \-v
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-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
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-.SS Status text
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+prints version information to
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+.I stdout
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+, then exits.
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+.SS Customization
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+.B dwm
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+is customized through editing its source code. It is assumed that
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+dwm users are high experienced users who know how a window manager works
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+and who are able to patch
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+.B dwm
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+for their needs. This keeps
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.B dwm
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-reads from stdin to display status text if provided.
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+fast, secure and simple, because it does not process any input data, except
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+window properties and the status text read from
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+.I stdin .
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.SS Default Key Bindings
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.TP 16
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.I Key
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@@ -96,3 +142,7 @@ Lowers current
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Resizes current
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.B window
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while dragging
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+.SH BUGS
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+Some terminal programs do not behave correctly in tiled mode, because
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+incremental resizals are ignored to use maximum screen real estate. You can
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+patch the code to fix this.
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