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<h2>DWM window manager [2]</h2>
<h3>2025-04-23</h3>
<h4>the simpler the better</h4>
<p>Mucking around with DWM proves the old adge that less is more.
So far I haven't needed to add any of the myriad of patches available for DWM, it works as it is for me.</p>
<p>I've tried dwm-blocks but right now I'm using dwm-bar as I like the battery icon to update along with the charge.</p>
<p>I have edited config.h though and changed the keybindings to work better with a French keyboard and launch a few apps.</p>
<img src="/images/blog/dwm-btop.png" alt="dwm running btop">
<p>Editing config.h is an ongoing job, but you can <a href=/txt/dwm-config.txt>see a snapshot here</a></p>
<p>ST is the default terminal emulator for DWM but I rather like Ghostty even if it consumes a bit more
memory. Adding <code>window-decoration = none</code> to <b>.config/ghostty/config</b> makes it look better in DWM.</p>
<p>I also added <code>gtk-single-instance = true</code> to make ghostty's startup faster.</p>
<p>Being able to swap between display layouts on the fly is cool. I mostly use monocle layout,
but flipping to tiling or floating comes in handy.</p>
<p>I removed the lightdm display manager and installed Slim. Here is my <b>.xinitrc</b></p>
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#!/bin/sh
# Source global X session scripts.
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
bluetooth off
clipmenud &
xscreensaver --no-splash &
ghostty &
feh --bg-scale --randomize ~/Pictures/wallpaper/* &
~/.local/src/dwm-bar/dwm_bar.sh &
# if dwm exits 0, restart -- this allows hot reloading of config.h
while type dwm >/dev/null ; do dwm && continue || break ; done
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<p>And here is my DWM configuration file (it probably isn't the latest version) <br>
<a href="/txt/dwm-config.txt">config.h</a></p>
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