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add "inverse" color set, for indicating in the status bar when in command mode
author paulo
date Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:17:32 -0700
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paulo@0 1 dwm - dynamic window manager
paulo@0 2 ============================
paulo@0 3 dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.
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paulo@0 6 Requirements
paulo@0 7 ------------
paulo@0 8 In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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paulo@0 11 Installation
paulo@0 12 ------------
paulo@0 13 Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
paulo@0 14 the /usr/local namespace by default).
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paulo@0 16 Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
paulo@0 17 necessary as root):
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paulo@0 19 make clean install
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paulo@0 22 Running dwm
paulo@0 23 -----------
paulo@0 24 Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
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paulo@0 26 exec dwm
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paulo@0 28 In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
paulo@0 29 the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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paulo@0 31 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
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paulo@0 33 (This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
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paulo@0 35 In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
paulo@0 36 like this in your .xinitrc:
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paulo@0 38 while true
paulo@0 39 do
paulo@0 40 echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`
paulo@0 41 sleep 1
paulo@0 42 done | dwm
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paulo@0 45 Configuration
paulo@0 46 -------------
paulo@0 47 The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
paulo@0 48 and (re)compiling the source code.