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| 1 | 1 | gridwm |
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| 2 | 2 | ------ |
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| 4 | - | gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid. |
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| 5 | - | One goal is not to exceed 3kSLOC. |
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| 4 | + | gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It |
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| 5 | + | arranges all windows in a grid. |
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| 8 | + | Configuration |
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| 9 | + | ------------- |
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| 10 | + | You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to |
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| 11 | + | provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and |
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| 12 | + | maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition |
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| 13 | + | in wm.c. |
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| 8 | 16 | Requirements |
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| 30 | 38 | In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that |
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| 31 | 39 | the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: |
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| 33 | - | DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii |
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| 41 | + | DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm |
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| 35 | 43 | This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. |
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| 38 | 46 | Configuration |
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| 39 | 47 | ------------- |
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| 40 | - | The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h |
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| 41 | - | source file. |
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| 48 | + | The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To |
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| 49 | + | customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the |
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| 50 | + | status command definition in wm.c. |
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