dwm -- dynamic window manager

dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimizing the environment for the application in use and the task performed. It is the little brother of wmii.

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• windows
• manager
• dwm
• lavish
• minimalblue

[CCuleX]

What was the IRC client? Irssi? SIC? II?

[djlavish]

irssi ;)

[joneslee85]

I've been using wmii. Can you tell wat makes DWM better than WMII?

[djlavish]

You won't deal with uriel :P

[putzfetzenORG]

@djlavish : Wow, is this your realtime work speed? Or was video post processing involved (cutting, speedup)?

[pwnage10101]

I see you're studying the binomial theorem :)

[ClaraZettkin]

installed it 2 days ago and like it. But i was wondering, how do i switch between bottom stack tiling and normal tiling?

[Oxid0]

Cool !!!!!

[mcfiredrill]

wow it looks nearly identical in functionality to xmonad!

[rpgwapn]

Try Ion3

[1804G]

Dwm recompiles quickly, so it isn't much of a problem, but is inconvenient. Full screen works better in wmii as well, and I did not notice any difference in performance. A nice thing about dwm is that it kept my SLiM background on default.

And I like the weird commands!

[1804G]

I tried it out, and it did not meet my expectations. Wmii lets me snap to corners of windows and is layered; dwm relies too much on the mouse. I also did not find intuitive ways to create and destroy columns and I like the extra layer wmii gives me, which also lets me launch things that don't like tiles neatly while keeping the tiles on the background; dwm provides a similar functionality, but it is modal; it doesn't let me retag windows to whatever I want without recompilation.

[1804G]

Wmii is scriptable without recompilation. I've been using wmii for two weeks now (shameful), and I got it to do everything I want. I have an open mind, but what really makes dwm it better?

[thetrojan01gr]

I installed dwm yesterday night. But I have a problem when trying to open a youtube video in full screen.

How to solve this problem?