Dwm

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Installation

A program launcher is needed to run programs from dwm. You can choose dmenu or rofi.

/etc/portage/make.conf - Set dmenu USE-flag

USE="$USE dmenu"

root # emerge -av dwm

Configuration

dwm is configured by editing /etc/portage/savedconfig/x11-wm/dwm-6.0 and rebuilding.

Enable savedconfig.

/etc/portage/package.use

x11-wm/dwm savedconfig

Edit configuration file.

root # nano /etc/portage/savedconfig/x11-wm/dwm-6.0

Rebuild dwm.

root # emerge dwm

Basic usage

Shortcut	Description
`Alt`	META
`META+p`	Run program with dmenu
`META+3`	Move to tag number 3
`META+j / k`	Move to next / previous client
`META+i / d`	Increase / decrease master clients
`META+Enter`	Move client to master area
`META+h / l`	Resize master area
`META+t / f / m`	Switch to title / floating / monocle layout
`shift+META+c`	Kill client
`shift+META+3`	Move client to tag 3
`shift+META+Enter`	Run terminal
`shift+META+q`	Quit dwm

Patching

Patches in /etc/portage/patches/x11-wm/dwm are applied when emerging dwm. Patches must have a .patch file extension.

root # mkdir -p /etc/portage/patches/x11-wm/dwm
root # cd /etc/portage/patches/x11-wm/dwm
root # wget -O dwm-6.0-pertag.patch http://dwm.suckless.org/patches/dwm-6.0-pertag.diff

Rebuild dwm.

root # emerge dwm

Customize statusbar

Dwm has a statusbar that can be customized with xsetroot. You can run xsetroot from ~/.xinitrc.

~/.xinitrc

ifname="wlan0"
interval=5

rxs=0
txs=0

while true; do
        temp="$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone1/temp | cut -b1,2)C"
        load="$(cat /proc/loadavg | cut -d " " -f 1)"
        bandwidth="${rxs}KiB/s ${txs}KiB/s"
        batusage="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)%"
        batstatus="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status)"
        date="$(date +"%a %d.%m %H:%M")"

        xsetroot -name "$temp $load | $bandwidth | $batusage $batstatus | $date"

        rx1=$(cat /sys/class/net/$ifname/statistics/rx_bytes)
        tx1=$(cat /sys/class/net/$ifname/statistics/tx_bytes)
        sleep $interval
        rx2=$(cat /sys/class/net/$ifname/statistics/rx_bytes)
        tx2=$(cat /sys/class/net/$ifname/statistics/tx_bytes)
        rxs=$(expr $rx2 - $rx1)
        txs=$(expr $tx2 - $tx1)
        rxs=$(expr $rxs / $interval)
        txs=$(expr $txs / $interval)
        rxs=$(expr $rxs / 1024)
        txs=$(expr $txs / 1024)
done &

exec dwm

Starting

You can start dwm by configuring ~/.xinitrc and running startx.

~/.xinitrc

exec dwm

user $ startx

To autostart dwm on login see Getty as display manager.

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