From 1076f2b6b3d3751d5d5db6fcb9ac8c247e04e893 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Anselm R. Garbe" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 16:38:18 +0200 Subject: initial import --- README | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c766f1b --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +gridwm +------ + +gridwm is an automatic X11 window manager which arranges all windows in a grid. + + +Requirements +------------ +In order to build gridwm you need the Xlib header files. + + +Installation +------------ +Edit config.mk to match your local setup. gridwm is installed into +the /usr/local namespace by default. + +Afterwards enter the following command to build and install gridwm (if +necessary as root): + + make clean install + + +Running gridwm +-------------- +Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start gridwm using startx: + + exec gridwm + +In order to connect gridwm to a specific display, make sure that +the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.: + + DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec wmii + +This will start gridwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar. + + +Configuration +------------- +The configuration of gridwm is done by customizing the config.h +source file. -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2