README.CONFIG for dwm In tiled layout, windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master area contains the windows which currently need most attention, whereas the stacking area contains all other windows. In floating layout, windows can be resized and moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the layout selected. Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with those tags. dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the name of the root window. The selected tags are highlighted with a different color, while the tags of the focused window are highlighted with a small point. dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate their focus state. MULTI-MONITOR SETUP ------------------- In multi-monitor situations, you will probably need to run some xrandr settings. For example, considering a laptop with an external monitor to the right of it, the following command would 'extend' the display (rather than the default mirroring), and set the correct resolution for both displays: $ xrandr --auto --output LVDS --primary --mode 1366x768 \ --left-of VGA-0 --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x1024 To determine your optimal resolutions and display names, simply run: $ xrandr -q To make this change permanent simply place the xrandr command before 'exec dwm' in your '.xinitrc'. CUSTOMIZATION ------------- If you wish to make changes to the default keybindings or other settings, produce a patch against config.h. config.h is a copy of config.def.h distributed with the source tarball. Place any patches in the patches/ directory before starting the SlackBuild script. A sample patch is included that will change the default terminal from 'st' to 'uxterm'. This video shows one method of patch creation: https://asciinema.org/a/30752 Here is an older video on patch creation: https://asciinema.org/a/7886 Example: $ cd dwm-$VERSION $ cp config.def.h config.h $ vi config.h [make customizations] $ diff -u config.h config.def.h > ../patches/awesome_changes.patch $ cd .. $ sh dwm.SlackBuild