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