ewm is a tiling window manager for X based on dwm
You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
 
 
 
 
Anselm R. Garbe 5ed16faecb updated README 19 years ago
LICENSE initial import 19 years ago
Makefile removed unnecessary sel stuff 19 years ago
README updated README 19 years ago
bar.c several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
client.c several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
cmd.c added bar event timer 19 years ago
config.h several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
config.mk added new stuff 19 years ago
draw.c new stuff 19 years ago
draw.h added several other stuff 19 years ago
event.c several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
font.c fixed several stuff (gridwm gets better and better) 19 years ago
gridmenu.1 added new stuff 19 years ago
gridwm.1 initial import 19 years ago
key.c added bar event timer 19 years ago
menu.c added protocol killing stuff 19 years ago
util.c several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
util.h removed unnecessary sel stuff 19 years ago
wm.c several changes, new stuff 19 years ago
wm.h several changes, new stuff 19 years ago

README

gridwm
------

gridwm is an extremly fast, small, and automatic X11 window manager. It
arranges all windows in a grid.


Configuration
-------------
You have to edit the source code for configuration, this WM is intended to
provide sane defaults, if something doesn't fits your needs, edit config.h and
maybe key.c. To change the status output edit that status variable definition
in wm.c.


Requirements
------------
In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files.


Installation
------------
Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into
the /usr/local namespace by default.

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

make clean install


Running gridwm
--------------
Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx:

exec gridwm

In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that
the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:

DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec gridwm

This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.


Configuration
-------------
The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h source file. To
customize the key bindings edit key.c. To change the status output, edit the
status command definition in wm.c.