/dwm

My custom build of dwm

Primary LanguageCMIT LicenseMIT

dwm - dynamic window manager (my custom build)

dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X.

If you want to see my scripts and dotfiles.

screenshot

Patches applied

  • dwm-hide_vacant_tags
  • dwm-alpha
  • dwm-fullgaps
  • dwm-statuscmd - for clickable statusbar (I use dwmblocks-async)
  • dwm-restartsig
  • dwm-noborderfloatingfix
  • dwm-floatrules

Installation

Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if necessary as root):

make clean install

Running dwm

Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:

exec dwm

Configuration

The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code.