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@@ -20,16 +20,32 @@ layout applied. Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags. .P -Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the -layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window -name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an -empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square -before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a different -color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the -top left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are -indicated with an empty square in the top left corner. +Each screen contains two small status bars. +.P +One bar displays all available tags, the layout, the title of the focused +window, and the text read from the root window name property, if the screen is +focused. A floating window is indicated with an empty square and a maximised +floating window is indicated with a filled square before the windows title. The +selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of the focused +window are indicated with a filled square in the top left corner. The tags +which are applied to one or more windows are indicated with an empty square in +the top left corner. +.P +Another bar contains a tab for each window of the current view and allows +navigation between windows, especially in the monocle mode. The different +display modes of this bar are described under the Mod1\-w Keybord command +section. When a single tag is selected, this tag is indicated in the left corner +of the tab bar. .P dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state. +.P +On start, dwm can start additional programs that may be specified in two special +shell scripts (see the FILES section below), autostart_blocking.sh and +autostart.sh. The former is executed first and dwm will wait for its +termination before starting. The latter is executed in the background before +dwm enters its handler loop. +.P +Either of these files may be omitted. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-v @@ -44,7 +60,8 @@ command. .TP .B Button1 click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout -label toggles between tiled and floating layout. +label toggles between tiled and floating layout, click on a window name in the +tab bar brings focus to that window. .TP .B Button3 click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view. @@ -110,12 +127,21 @@ Increase master area size. .B Mod1\-h Decrease master area size. .TP +.B Mod1\-w +Cycle over the tab bar display modes: never displayed, always displayed, +displayed only in monocle mode when the view contains more than one window (auto +mode). Some display modes can be disabled in the configuration, config.h. In +the default configuration only "never" and "auto" display modes are enabled. +.TP .B Mod1\-Return Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only). .TP .B Mod1\-Shift\-c Close focused window. .TP +.B Mod1\-Shift\-f +Toggle fullscreen for focused window. +.TP .B Mod1\-Shift\-space Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state. .TP @@ -152,6 +178,21 @@ Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state. .TP .B Mod1\-Button3 Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state. +.SH FILES +The files containing programs to be started along with dwm are searched for in +the following directories: +.IP "1. $XDG_DATA_HOME/dwm" +.IP "2. $HOME/.local/share/dwm" +.IP "3. $HOME/.dwm" +.P +The first existing directory is scanned for any of the autostart files below. +.TP 15 +autostart.sh +This file is started as a shell background process before dwm enters its handler +loop. +.TP 15 +autostart_blocking.sh +This file is started before any autostart.sh; dwm waits for its termination. .SH CUSTOMIZATION dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple. |