fixed README of dmenu f1495a11
arg@10ksloc.org · 2006-08-04 17:15 1 file(s) · +10 −27
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dwm - dynamic window manager
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dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
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dmenu - dynamic menu
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dwm is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window
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System.
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Requirements
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In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.
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Installation
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Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
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the /usr/local namespace by default).
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Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
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Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu (if
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necessary as root):
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    make clean install
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Running dwm
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Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
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    exec dwm
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In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
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the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
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(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
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In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
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like this in your .xinitrc:
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    while true
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    do
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        echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
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        sleep 1
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    done | dwm
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Running dmenu
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See the man page for details.
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Configuration
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The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
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The configuration of dmenu is done by creating a custom config.h
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and (re)compiling the source code.