Dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic window manager for X. Dwm is created by the good folks at suckless.org. This is my personal build of dwm. I used a number of patches in this build to make dwm more "sensible" rather than "suckless."
echo simple-wallpaper alfath-dwm alfath-dwmstatus fonts-cool | xargs -n1 | xargs -I{} git clone https://github.com/alfathmuqoddas/{}
sudo apt install sucless-tools feh libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev build-essential
echo simple-wallpaper alfath-dwm alfath-dwmstatus fonts-cool | xargs -n1 | xargs -I{} git clone https://github.com/alfathmuqoddas/{}
cd Dowloads
cd alfath-dwm && sudo make clean install
cd alfath-dwmstatus && sudo make clean install
cp dwm.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/
cp autostart.sh ~/.dwm
sudo apt install libx11-dev libxft-dev libxinerama-dev build-essential
base-devel
make clean install
- Copy DWM.desktop to
/usr/share/xsessions/ - Copy
autostart.shto$HOME/.dwm - Install
fehandalfath-dwmstatus - Clone repo
simple-wallpaperto~/Downloads/
| Keybinding | Action |
|---|---|
| MODKEY + RETURN | opens terminal (alacritty but can be easily changed) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + RETURN | opens run launcher (dmenu but can be changed) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + c | closes window with focus |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + r | restarts dwm |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + q | quits dwm |
| MODKEY + b | hides the bar |
| MODKEY + 1-9 | switch focus to workspace (1-9) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + 1-9 | send focused window to workspace (1-9) |
| MODKEY + j | focus stack +1 (switches focus between windows in the stack) |
| MODKEY + k | focus stack -1 (switches focus between windows in the stack) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + j | rotate stack +1 (rotates the windows in the stack) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + k | rotate stack -1 (rotates the windows in the stack) |
| MODKEY + h | setmfact -0.05 (expands size of window) |
| MODKEY + l | setmfact +0.05 (shrinks size of window) |
| MODKEY + . | focusmon +1 (switches focus next monitors) |
| MODKEY + , | focusmon -1 (switches focus to prev monitors) |
| Keybinding | Action |
|---|---|
| MODKEY + d | row layout |
| MODKEY + i | column layout |
| MODKEY + TAB | cycle layout (-1) |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + TAB | cycle layout (+1) |
| MODKEY + SPACE | change layout |
| MODKEY + SHIFT + SPACE | toggle floating windows |
| MODKEY + t | layout 1 |
| MODKEY + f | layout 2 |
| MODKEY + m | layout 3 |
| MODKEY + g | layout 4 |
| Keybinding | Action |
|---|---|
| MODKEY + ALT + b | open Brave browser |
| MODKEY + ALT + s | tabbed -r 2 surf -pe x '.surf/html/homepage.html' |
| MODKEY + ALT + m | open mailspring |
| MODKEY + ALT + f | open pcmanfm (PaCMANFileManager) |
