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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">
		<link rel="dwm icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
		<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 />
			<h3>dynamic window manager</h3>
		</center>
		<h3>Description</h3>
		<p>
		dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
		</p>
		<h4>Background</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 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 doesn'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 (at least editing header files).
			</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>
			<li>
			Optionally you can install <b>dmenu</b> to extend dwm with a wmii-alike menu.
			</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-20060810a.png">Screenshot of tiled mode</a> (20060810)</li>
			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/shots/dwm-20060810b.png">Screenshotof floating mode</a> (20060810)</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>&nbsp;<a href="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.window-managers.dwm">(GMANE Archive)</a></li>
			<li>IRC channel: <code>#dwm</code> at <code>irc.oftc.net</code></li>
		</ul>
		<h3>Download</h3>
		<ul>
			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dwm-1.2.tar.gz">dwm 1.2</a> (15kb) (20060830)</li>
			<li><a href="http://10kloc.org/download/dmenu-0.6.tar.gz">dmenu 0.6</a> (7kb) (20060828)</li>
		</ul>
		<h3>Development</h3>
		<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>
		<p>
		<code>hg clone http://10kloc.org/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dmenu</code>
		</p>
		<h3>Miscellaneous</h3>
		<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</small></p>
	</body>
</html>
Console

   (X) #0   09/12/06  console commands
   (X) #1   09/12/06  quick find
   (X) #2   09/12/06  open with
   (X) #4   09/12/06  history for console
   (X) #13  09/12/27  display docstring of a command


General

   (X) #5   09/12/06  move code from fm into objects
   (X) #6   09/12/06  move main to __init__
   (X) #7   09/12/06  cooler titlebar
   (X) #8   09/12/17  Add operations to modify files/directories
   (X) #9   09/12/24  add a widget for managing running operations
   (X) #10  09/12/24  sorting
   (X) #11  09/12/27  filter
   (X) #12  09/12/27  jump through the list in a specific order
   (X) #14  09/12/29  make filelists inherit from pagers
   (X) #15  09/12/29  better way of running processes!!~
   (X) #16  10/01/01  list of bookmarks
   (X) #21  10/01/01  write help!
   (X) #22  10/01/03  add getopt options to change flags/mode
   (X) #29  10/01/06  add chmod command
   (X) #30  10/01/06  add a way to create symlinks
   (X) #32  10/01/08  place the (hidden) cursor to a meaningful position
   (X) #34  10/01/09  display free disk space
   (X) #35  10/01/09  display disk usage of files in current directory
   ( ) #36  10/01/11  help coloring is terribly inefficient
   (X) #37  10/01/13  better tab completion for OpenConsole
   ( ) #38  10/01/16  searching in pager
   (X) #39  10/01/17  flushinput not always good
   (X) #42  10/01/17  memorize directory for `` when using :cd
   (X) #43  10/01/18  internally treat the bookmarks ` and ' the same
   ( ) #44  10/01/18  more error messages :P
   (X) #47  10/01/19  less restricive auto preview
   (X) #48  10/01/19  abbreviate commands with first unambiguous substring
   ( ) #50  10/01/19  add more unit tests
   ( ) #51  10/01/21  remove directory.marked_items ?
   (X) #55  10/01/24  allow change of filename when pasting
          you're given the choice between overwriting or appending a "_"
   ( ) #56  10/01/30  warn before deleting mount points
   ( ) #57  10/01/30  warn before deleting unseen marked files
   (X) #58  10/02/04  change the title of the terminal
   (X) #61  10/02/09  show sum of size of marked files
   (X) #63  10/02/15  limit filesize in previews
   ( ) #64  10/02/25  scroll in previews
   (X) #66  10/02/28  explain how colorschemes work
   (X) #70  10/03/14  mouse handler for titlebar
   (X) #71  10/03/21  previews: black/whitelist + read file


Bugs

   (X) #17  10/01/01  why do bookmarks disappear sometimes?
   (X) #18  10/01/01  fix notify widget (by adding a LogView?)
   (X) #19  10/01/01  resizing after pressing g
   (X) #23  10/01/04  stop dir loading with ^C -> wont load anymore
   (X) #25  10/01/06  directories sometimes dont reload correctly
   (X) #26  10/01/06  :delete on symlinks of directories fails
   (X) #31  10/01/06  ^C breaks cd-after-exit by stopping sourced shell script
   (X) #40  10/01/17  freeze with unavailable sshfs
          Not rangers fault (?)
   (X) #41  10/01/17  capital file extensions are not recognized
   (X) #46  10/01/19  old username displayed after using su
   (X) #49  10/01/19  fix unit tests :'(
   (X) #52  10/01/23  special characters in tab completion
   (X) #54  10/01/23  max_dirsize_for_autopreview not working
   ( ) #60  10/02/05  utf support improvable
   (X) #62  10/02/15  curs_set can raise an exception
   (X) #65  10/02/16  "source ranger ranger some/file.txt" shouldn't cd after exit
   (X) #67  10/03/08  terminal title in tty
   (X) #69  10/03/11  tab-completion breaks with Apps subclass
   (X) #73  10/03/21  when clicking on the first column, it goes 1x down
   (X) #74  10/03/21  console doesn't scroll


Ideas

   ( ) #20  10/01/01  use inotify to monitor filesystem changes
   ( ) #24  10/01/06  progress bar
   (X) #27  10/01/06  hide bookmarks in list which contain hidden dir
   (X) #28  10/01/06  use regexp instead of string for searching
   ( ) #33  10/01/08  accelerate mousewheel speed
   (X) #45  10/01/18  hooks for events like setting changes
   ( ) #53  10/01/23  merge fm and environment
   ( ) #68  10/03/10  threads, to seperate ui and loading
   ( ) #72  10/03/21  ranger daemon which does the slow io tasks
   ( ) #75  10/03/28  navigate in history
   (X) #76  10/03/28  save history between sessions
   (X) #77  10/03/28  colorscheme overlay in options.py