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<html>	<head>		<title>dwm - dynamic window manager</title>		<meta name="author" content="Anselm R. Garbe">		<meta name="generator" content="ed">		<meta name="copyright" content="(C)opyright 2006 by Anselm R. Garbe">		<style type="text/css">			body {				color: #000000;				font-family: sans-serif;				margin: 20px 20px 20px 20px;			}		</style>	</head>	<body>		<center>			<img src="dwm.png"/><br />			<h2>dynamic window manager</h2>		</center>		<h2>Description</h2>		<p>		dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.		</p>		<h4>Philosophy</h4>		<p>		As founder and main developer of wmii I came to the conclusion that		wmii is too clunky for my needs. I don't need so many funky features		and all this hype about remote control through a 9P service, I only		want to manage my windows in a simple, but dynamic way. wmii never got		finished because I listened to users, who proposed arbitrary ideas I		considered useful. This resulted in an extreme <a		href="http://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html">CADT</a> development model,		which was a mistake. Thus the philosophy of dwm is simply <i>to fit my		needs</i> (maybe yours as well). That's it.		</p>		<h4>Differences to ion, larswm, and wmii</h4>		<p>		In contrast to ion, larswm, and wmii, dwm is much smaller, faster and simpler.		</p>		<ul>			<li>			dwm has no Lua integration, no 9P support, no menu, no editable			tagbars, no shell-based configuration, no remote control, and comes			without any additional tools like printing the selection or warping			the mouse.			</li>			<li>			dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never			exceed 2000 SLOC.			</li>			<li>			dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however			simpler than ion, wmii or larswm). It manages windows in			tiling and floating modes. Either mode can be applied dynamically,			depending on the application in use and the task performed.			</li>			<li>			dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or			tiled layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are in			tiled mode or not, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly.			Popup- and fixed-size windows are treated floating, however. 			</li>			<li>			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			and status text read from standard input. You don't have to learn			Lua/sh/ruby or some weird configuration file format (like X			resource files), beside C to customize it for your needs,			you <b>only</b> have to learn C.			</li>			<li>			Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it's			pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase			small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions.			</li>			<li>			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.			</li>			<li>			dwm reads from standard input to print arbitrary status text (like			the date, load, battery charge). That's much simpler than			larsremote, wmiir and what not...			</li>			<li>			It can be downloaded and distributed under the conditions			of the <a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm?f=f10eb1139362;file=LICENSE;style=raw">MIT/X Consortium license</a>.			</li>		</ul>		<h4>Links</h4>		<ul>			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/man/man2html?query=dwm">Man page</a></li>			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060714.png">Screenshot</a> (20060714)</li>			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/poster.ps">A4 poster (PostScript)</a></li>			<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></li>			<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>		</ul>		<h2>Development</h2>		<p>		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:		</p>		<p>		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm</code>		</p>		<h2>Download</h2>		<ul>			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-0.3.tar.gz">dwm 0.3</a> (13kb) (20060719)</li>		</ul>		<h2>Miscellaneous</h2>		<p>		You can purchase this <a href="https://www.spreadshirt.net/shop.php?op=article&article_id=3298632&view=403">tricot</a>		if you like dwm and the dwm logo, which has been designed by Anselm.		</p>		<p><small>--Anselm (20060719)</small></p>	</body></html>