lnhrnndz/dwm

My build of dwm

https://dwm.suckless.org/

See also

• my st build
• my dmenu build
• my dotfiles

Installation

Clone and build dwm

git clone https://github.com/lnhrnndz/dwm
cd dwm
sudo make install

Add the following at the bottom of your .xinitrc

exec dbus-run-session dwm

Start X

startx

Exit with

pkill dwm

Keybindings

keybinding	description
super + shift + return	spawn new st
super + p	run dmenu
super + j|k	focus window below or above on stack
super + shift + j|k	move focused window down or up the stack
super + return	swap master and focused window
super + [1..n]	view all windows with nth tag
super + shift + [1..n]	apply nth tag to focused window
super + control + [1..n]	add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view
super + shift + control + [1..9]	add/remove tag to focused window
super + shift + space	toggle window floating
super + [arrow key]	move floating window
super + shift + [arrow key]	resize floating window
super + t	tiling layout
super + m	monocle layout
super + f	floating layout
super + r	deck layout
super + y	toggle fullscreen mode
super + shift + [arrow key]	resize floating window
super + F5	reload colors form xresources
super + shift + r	reload dwm (without quitting)

Patches

• gaps
• attachbottom
• pertag
• movestack
• alwayscenter
• moveresize
• restartsig
• xrdb
• togglefullscreen
• deck layout (+ deck-tilegap)

Desktop entry

Edit and move xinit.desktop to /usr/share/xsessions/ to have a desktop entry that runs your .xinitrc.