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+.TH DWM 1 dwm\-VERSION
+.SH NAME
+dwm \- dynamic window manager
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dwm
+.RB [ \-v ]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+dwm is a dynamic window manager for X. It manages windows in tiled, monocle
+and floating layouts. Either layout can be applied dynamically, optimising the
+environment for the application in use and the task performed.
+.P
+In tiled layouts windows are managed in a master and stacking area. The master
+area on the left contains one window by default, and the stacking area on the
+right contains all other windows. The number of master area windows can be
+adjusted from zero to an arbitrary number. In monocle layout all windows are
+maximised to the screen size. In floating layout windows can be resized and
+moved freely. Dialog windows are always managed floating, regardless of the
+layout applied.
+.P
+Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
+tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
+.P
+Each screen contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the
+layout, the title of the focused window, and the text read from the root window
+name property, if the screen is focused. A floating window is indicated with an
+empty square and a maximised floating window is indicated with a filled square
+before the windows title. The selected tags are indicated with a different
+color. The tags of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the
+top left corner. The tags which are applied to one or more windows are
+indicated with an empty square in the top left corner.
+.P
+dwm draws a small border around windows to indicate the focus state.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-v
+prints version information to stderr, then exits.
+.SH USAGE
+.SS Status bar
+.TP
+.B X root window name
+is read and displayed in the status text area. It can be set with the
+.BR xsetroot (1)
+command.
+.TP
+.B Button1
+click on a tag label to display all windows with that tag, click on the layout
+label toggles between tiled and floating layout.
+.TP
+.B Button3
+click on a tag label adds/removes all windows with that tag to/from the view.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Button1
+click on a tag label applies that tag to the focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Button3
+click on a tag label adds/removes that tag to/from the focused window.
+.SS Keyboard commands
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-Return
+Start
+.BR st(1).
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-p
+Spawn
+.BR dmenu(1)
+for launching other programs.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-,
+Focus previous screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-.
+Focus next screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-,
+Send focused window to previous screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-.
+Send focused window to next screen, if any.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-b
+Toggles bar on and off.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-t
+Sets tiled layout.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-f
+Sets floating layout.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-m
+Sets monocle layout.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-space
+Toggles between current and previous layout.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-j
+Focus next window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-k
+Focus previous window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-i
+Increase number of windows in master area.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-d
+Decrease number of windows in master area.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-l
+Increase master area size.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-h
+Decrease master area size.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Return
+Zooms/cycles focused window to/from master area (tiled layouts only).
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-c
+Close focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-space
+Toggle focused window between tiled and floating state.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Tab
+Toggles to the previously selected tags.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-[1..n]
+Apply nth tag to focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-0
+Apply all tags to focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Control\-Shift\-[1..n]
+Add/remove nth tag to/from focused window.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-[1..n]
+View all windows with nth tag.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-0
+View all windows with any tag.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Control\-[1..n]
+Add/remove all windows with nth tag to/from the view.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Shift\-q
+Quit dwm.
+.SS Mouse commands
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Button1
+Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Button2
+Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
+.TP
+.B Mod1\-Button3
+Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
+.SH CUSTOMIZATION
+dwm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
+code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR dmenu (1),
+.BR st (1)
+.SH ISSUES
+Java applications which use the XToolkit/XAWT backend may draw grey windows
+only. The XToolkit/XAWT backend breaks ICCCM-compliance in recent JDK 1.5 and early
+JDK 1.6 versions, because it assumes a reparenting window manager. Possible workarounds
+are using JDK 1.4 (which doesn't contain the XToolkit/XAWT backend) or setting the
+environment variable
+.BR AWT_TOOLKIT=MToolkit
+(to use the older Motif backend instead) or running
+.B xprop -root -f _NET_WM_NAME 32a -set _NET_WM_NAME LG3D
+or
+.B wmname LG3D
+(to pretend that a non-reparenting window manager is running that the
+XToolkit/XAWT backend can recognize) or when using OpenJDK setting the environment variable
+.BR _JAVA_AWT_WM_NONREPARENTING=1 .
+.SH BUGS
+Send all bug reports with a patch to hackers@suckless.org.