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


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


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

    exec dwm

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

    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm

(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)

In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
like this in your .xinitrc:

    while xsetroot -name "`date` `uptime | sed 's/.*,//'`"
    do
    	sleep 1
    done &
    exec dwm


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


Add this
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`sudo nvim /usr/share/xsessions/dwm.desktop`

```
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=dwm
Comment=dwm window manager
Exec=/usr/local/bin/dwm
Type=Application
```

Also create a symlink to the `autostart.sh` file inside `dwm/dwmrc`
Note the folder structure should be `Apps/dwm/dwmrc/autostart.sh`
This generates a dwm bar. Restores the wallpaper using nitrogen. Also, in some distros
`acpi` is not installed by default. Make sure to install `acpi` as well.

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