From 9bee98d758492dede3708674e30af97ffa570bc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Anselm R. Garbe" Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:42:54 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] updated README --- README | 35 ++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index f670c956..6195a24d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,15 +1,10 @@ Abstract -------- -window manager improved 2 (wmii) [1] is an improved, modularized and -lightweight X11 window manager which supports tabbed, tiled and -conventional window management through layouts. -wmii consists of components that are independent processes and -communicate via a socket-based virtual filesystem which is oriented -on the "everything is file" paradigm of the Plan 9 [2] operating system. -The core distribution of wmii contains the window manager itself, -a master file system routing utility (wmiifs), a generic bar (wmiibar), -a shortcut handler (wmiikeys), and a generic interaction menu (wmiimenu) -beside several tiny utilities like wmiir, wmiiplumb, and wmiiwarp. +window manager improved 2 is a dynamic window manager for X11. +It supports classic and tiled window management with extended +keyboard, mouse, and 9P-based [2] remote control. +It consists of the wmiiwm(1) window manager, the wmiir(1) +remote access utility, and a tiny wmiimenu(1). Requirements @@ -52,22 +47,22 @@ This will start wmii on display :1 of the host foo.bar. Configuration ------------- -The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the existing actions. -Customizing an action means copying the appropriate file from the directory -$WMII_CONFDIR (usually /usr/local/etc/wmii-3) to -$HOME/.wmii-3 and editing it to fit your needs. The action of main -interest is called 'wmiirc': it is executed on startup. +The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the wmiirc script, +which remotly controls the window manager and handles various events +the window manager reports while runtime. +To customize the wmiirc, copy the file from PREFIX/etc/wmii-3 +(usually /usr/local/etc/wmii-3) to $HOME/.wmii-3 and edit it to fit +your needs. Credits ------- -Beside all thanks to the wmi contributors, the following people have -contributed especially to wmii in various ways: +The following people have contributed especially to wmii in various ways: - Christoph Wegscheider - Georg Neis - Uwe Zeisberger -- Uriel +- Uriel - Scot Doyle - Sebastian Hartmann - Bernhard Leiner @@ -85,7 +80,5 @@ contributed especially to wmii in various ways: References ---------- [1] http://wmii.de -[2] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/plan9dist/ +[2] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html [3] http://wmii.de/repos/9base/ - ---Anselm R. Garbe