dwm

dwm supports multiple workspaces and, unlike ratpoison, allows moving and resizing windows with the mouse.{{cite web |url=http://www.linuxgoodies.com/review_dwm.html |title=A Review And Tutorial Of The DWM Window Manager |work=Linux Goodies |access-date=2012-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603215900/http://www.linuxgoodies.com/review_dwm.html |archive-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead }} Older versions of dwm displayed their stdin in a status bar, along the edge of the screen. Recent versions instead display the root window's name, which can be set by independent processes. This is often used to show information that would appear in the notification area of other desktop environments—a clock, system load info, laptop battery and network status, music player information and the like. This status line is often complemented with dmenu, a textual application launcher from the same developers as dwm. dwm uses a focus-follows-mouse model and lacks any window decoration other than a border to show focus. Since dwm's configurability amounts to patching the source code, many other options are possible.{{cite web|url=https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/|title=patches}}

{{see also|Comparison of application launchers}}

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dmenu is a keyboard-driven menu utility developed as part of the dwm project. When invoked, usually by a user-configured key combination, dmenu displays a horizontal menu of its stdin stream at the top edge of the screen. This is usually used to pipe in a list of executable names from the user's $PATH, but dmenu can be used for any purpose where a menu is required. The user can start typing a program name, and dmenu will narrow the list to show only substring matches for what the user typed. The user can also use the arrow keys to navigate the menu. When a choice is made, dmenu sends the selected text to stdout, which is usually piped into a shell to launch the program. Command-line options can alter the font and colors of the menu, make the search case-insensitive, as well as switch the menu to a vertical orientation or place it at the bottom of the screen. By default, only X Font Server fonts are supported although a patch exists to enable TrueType fonts using Xft.

dmenu is similar in function to application launchers such as Katapult or GNOME Do for Linux or LaunchBar or Quicksilver for Mac OS X in that it allows quick launching of programs from a graphical environment using the keyboard.

In addition to dwm,{{cite web|url=http://www.archlinux.org/static/magazine/2010/ALM-2010-Jan.html#review |title=Software Review: 2009 LnF Awards |author=Arch Linux Magazine Team |date=January 2010 |work=Arch Linux Magazine |access-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216154649/http://www.archlinux.org/static/magazine/2010/ALM-2010-Jan.html |archive-date=16 February 2010 }} dmenu is often used with other window managers like xmonad,{{cite web|url=http://www.tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-2|title=100 open source gems - part 2|date=21 May 2009|work=TuxRadar|publisher=Future Publishing|access-date=3 March 2010|archive-date=25 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090525122105/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/100-open-source-gems-part-2|url-status=dead}} or Openbox, and other software like the uzbl web browser.{{cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/341245/|title=Uzbl: a browser following the UNIX philosophy|last=Vervloesem|first=Koen|date=15 July 2009|work=LWN.net|publisher=Eklektix, Inc.|access-date=3 March 2010}} i3 uses dmenu as the default program launcher.

dwm has been an influential project; many other window managers are based on dwm's source code or inspired by it. An extensive list of forks and patches can be found at the official site. Below is a list of a few notable examples:

• awesome extends dwm with FreeType support, reconfigurability, Lua support, theming, and more layout types.
• xmonad is a dwm rewrite in Haskell with additional features.

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• {{in lang|de}} Tobias Walkowiak, Dynamische Fenster mit DWM. Ressourcen sparen mit dem etwas anderen Window Manager, freeX, issue 6/07, (Oct/Nov 2007) pp. 44–47

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• {{official website|http://dwm.suckless.org}}
• [http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/going-fast-dwm Going fast with DWM review in Linux Journal]

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