Description
dwm is a dynamic window manager for X11.
Differences to wmii
In contrast to wmii, dwm is only a window manager, and nothing else.
Hence, it is much smaller, faster and simpler. dwm does
not include following features wmii provides:
- 9P support
- status bar
- menu
- editable tagbars
- shell-based config/control file
- small tools (selection printer, mouse warper)
dwm is only a single binary, it's source code is intended to never
exceed 2000 SLOC.
dwm is customized through editing its source code, that makes it
extremely fast and secure - it does not process any input data which
hasn't been known at compile time, except window title names.
dwm is based on tagging and dynamic window management (however simpler
than wmii or larswm).
dwm don't distinguishes between layers, there is no floating or managed
layer. Wether the clients of currently selected tag are managed or not
managed, you can re-arrange all clients on the fly. Popup- and
fixed-size windows are treated unmanaged.
dwm uses 1-pixel borders to provide the maximum of screen real
estate to clients. Small titlebars are only drawn in front of unfocused
clients.
garbeam don't wants any feedback to dwm. If you ask for support,
feature requests or if you report bugs, they will be ignored
with a high chance. dwm is only intended to fit garbeam's needs,
however you are free to download and distribute/relicense it, with the
conditions of the MIT/X Consortium license.
Development
dwm is actively developed in parallel to wmii. You can browse its source code repository or get a copy using Mercurial with following command:
hg clone http://wmii.de/cgi-bin/hgwebdir.cgi/dwm
--Anselm
