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- **fileName**: dwm
- **Created on**: 2025-03-26 17:10:24

Dwm Config Explained

Appearance

static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        // border pixel of windows
static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       // snap pixel
static const int showbar            = 1;        // 0 means no bar
static const int topbar             = 1;        // 0 means bottom bar

• borderpx: Controls the window border thickness.
• snap: Defines how close windows need to be to "snap" into place.
• showbar: Enables (1) or disables (0) the status bar.
• topbar: Places the bar at the top (1) or bottom (0).

Fonts and Colors

static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=10" };
static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=10";
static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
static const char col_cyan[]        = "#005577";
static const char *colors[][3]      = {
	/*               fg         bg         border   */
	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
};

• fonts: Sets the font for window titles.
• dmenufont: Sets the font for dmenu.
• colors: Defines the color schemes for normal and selected windows.

Tagging

static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };

• tags: Defines workspaces (desktops), labeled from 1 to 9. These can be renamed to "Web", "Code", etc.

Layouts

static const float mfact     = 0.55; // factor of master area size [0.05..0.95]
static const int nmaster     = 1;    // number of clients in master area
static const int resizehints = 1;    // 1 means respect size hints in tiled resizals
static const int lockfullscreen = 1; // force focus on the fullscreen window

• mfact: Ratio between master and stack areas.
• nmaster: Number of windows in the master area.
• resizehints: Toggles strict size handling for some apps.
• lockfullscreen: Keeps focus on fullscreen apps (good for games).

static const Layout layouts[] = {
	/* symbol     arrange function */
	{ "[]=",      tile },    // first entry is default
	{ "><>",      NULL },    // no layout function means floating behavior
	{ "[M]",      monocle },
};

• layouts[]: Defines available layouts: tiling (default), floating, and monocle (fullscreen).

Rules

static const Rule rules[] = {
	/* class      instance    title       tags mask     isfloating   monitor */
	{ "Gimp",     NULL,       NULL,       0,            1,           -1 },
	{ "Firefox",  NULL,       NULL,       1 << 8,       0,           -1 },
};

• rules: Defines behavior for specific apps. For example,
  GIMP always floats, and Firefox starts on tag 9.

Keybindings Table

MODKEY is usually set to Alt or Super (Windows key) in your config.

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