dwl/dwl.1

.Dd January 8, 2021
.Dt DWL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm dwl
.Nd dwm for Wayland
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl s Ar startup command
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a Wayland compositor based on wlroots.
It is intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that
.Nm dwm
does for X11.
.Pp
When given the
.Fl v
option,
.Nm
writes its name and version to standard error and exits unsuccessfully.
.Pp
When given the
.Fl d
option,
.Nm
enables full wlroots logging, including debug information.
.Pp
When given the
.Fl s
option,
.Nm
starts a shell process running
.Ar command
when starting.
When stopping, it sends
.Dv SIGTERM
to the child process group and waits for it to exit.
.Pp
Users are encouraged to customize
.Nm
by editing the sources, in particular
.Pa config.h .
The default key bindings are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
.It Mod-[1-9]
Show only all windows with a tag.
.It Mod-Ctrl-[1-9]
Show all windows with a tag.
.It Mod-Shift-[1-9]
Move window to a single tag.
.It Mod-Ctrl-Shift-[1-9]
Toggle tag for window.
.It Mod-p
Spawn
.Xr wmenu-run 1 .
.It Mod-Shift-Return
Spawn
.Xr foot 1 .
.It Mod-[jk]
Move focus down/up the stack.
.It Mod-[id]
Increase/decrease number of windows in master area.
.It Mod-[hl]
Decrease/increase master area.
.It Mod-Return
Move window on top of stack or switch top of stack with second window.
.It Mod-Tab
Show only all windows with previous tag.
.It Mod-Shift-c
Close window.
.It Mod-t
Switch to tabbed layout.
.It Mod-f
Switch to floating layout.
.It Mod-m
Switch to monocle layout.
.It Mod-Space
Switch to previous layout.
.It Mod-Shift-Space
Toggle floating state of window.
.It Mod-e
Toggle fullscreen state of window.
.It Mod-0
Show all windows.
.It Mod-Shift-0
Set all tags for window.
.It Mod-,
Move focus to previous monitor.
.It Mod-.
Move focus to next monitor.
.It Mod-Shift-,
Move window to previous monitor.
.It Mod-Shift-.
Move window to next monitor.
.It Mod-Shift-q
Quit
.Nm .
.El
These might differ depending on your keyboard layout.
.Ss Mouse commands
.Bl -tag -width 20n -offset indent -compact
.It Mod-Button1
Move focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.It Mod-Button2
Toggles focused window between floating and tiled state.
.It Mod-Button3
Resize focused window while dragging. Tiled windows will be toggled to the floating state.
.Sh STATUS INFORMATION
.Nm
prints its status information to standard output. When the -s option is
given then the status information is printed to the standard input of the child
process.
.Pp
Said information has the following format:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
.Aq Em monitor
.Aq Em component
.Aq Em data
.Ed
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width 11n -offset 0 -compact
.It Aq Em monitor
is the name given to the output.
.It Aq Em component
is one of (in order)
.Em title
.Em appid
.Em fullscreen
.Em floating
.Em selmon
.Em tags
.Em layout
\&.
.It Aq Em data
changes depending of
.Aq Em component
.Bl -tag -width fullscreen -compact
.It Em title
The title of the focused window on
.Aq Em monitor
or nothing if there is no focused window.
.It Em appid
The app_id of the focused window on
.Aq Em monitor
or nothing if there is no focused window.
.It Em fullscreen
Prints 1 if the focused window on
.Aq Em monitor
is in fullscreen state, otherwise prints 0. If there is no focused
window it prints nothing.
.It Em floating
Prints 1 if the focused window on
.Aq Em monitor
is in floating state, otherwise prints 0. If there is no focused
window it prints nothing.
.It Em selmon
Prints 1 if
.Aq Em monitor
is the selected monitor, otherwise prints 0.
.It Em tags
Prints four bitmasks in the following order:
.Bl -bullet -width 2n -compact
.It
Occupied tags of
.Aq Em monitor
\&.
.It
Selected tags of
.Aq Em monitor
\&.
.It
Tags of the focused window on
.Aq Em monitor
\&.
.It
Tags where a where a window on
.Aq Em monitor
requested activation or has urgency hints.
.El
The bitmasks are a 32-bit unsigned integer.
.It Em layout
Prints the symbol of the current layout.
.El
.El
.Ss Examples
When there is a selected window:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
HDMI-A-1 title ~/source/repos/dwl > man -l dwl.1
HDMI-A-1 appid footclient
HDMI-A-1 fullscreen 0
HDMI-A-1 floating 0
HDMI-A-1 selmon 1
HDMI-A-1 tags 271 4 4 0
HDMI-A-1 layout [T]
.Ed
.Pp
When there is no selected window:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
HDMI-A-1 title
HDMI-A-1 appid
HDMI-A-1 fullscreen
HDMI-A-1 floating
HDMI-A-1 selmon 1
HDMI-A-1 tags 271 512 0 0
HDMI-A-1 layout [T]
.Ed
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
These environment variables are used by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
.It Ev XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
A directory where temporary user files, such as the Wayland socket,
are stored.
.It Ev XDG_CONFIG_DIR
A directory containing configuration of various programs and
libraries, including libxkbcommon.
.It Ev DISPLAY , WAYLAND_DISPLAY , WAYLAND_SOCKET
Tell how to connect to an underlying X11 or Wayland server.
.It Ev WLR_*
Various variables specific to wlroots.
.It Ev XKB_* , XLOCALEDIR , XCOMPOSEFILE
Various variables specific to libxkbcommon.
.It Ev XCURSOR_PATH
List of directories to search for XCursor themes in.
.It Ev HOME
A directory where there are always dear files there for you.
Waiting for you to clean them up.
.El
.Pp
These are set by
.Nm :
.Bl -tag -width WAYLAND_DISPLAY
.It Ev WAYLAND_DISPLAY
Tell how to connect to
.Nm .
.It Ev DISPLAY
If using
.Nm Xwayland ,
tell how to connect to the
.Nm Xwayland
server.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Start
.Nm
with s6 in the background:
.Dl dwl \-s \(aqs6\-svscan <&\-\(aq
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr foot 1 ,
.Xr wmenu 1 ,
.Xr dwm 1 ,
.Xr xkeyboard-config 7
.Sh BUGS
All of them.