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README

Abstract
--------
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 and the wmiir(1)
the remote access utility.


Requirements
------------
In order to build wmii you need the Xlib header files and libixp. Further
dependencies are xmessage and dmenu. libixp and dmenu can be obtained from
[1].


Installation
------------
Edit config.mk to match your local setup. wmii is installed into
the /usr/local hierarchy by default.

Afterwards enter the following command to build and install wmii (if
necessary as root):

    make clean install


Running wmii
------------
Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start wmii using startx:

    exec wmii

In order to connect wmii or wmiir 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 wmii on display :1 of the host foo.bar.


Configuration
-------------
The configuration of wmii is done by customizing the sh script wmiirc,
which remotely controls the window manager and handles various events.
Copy the file from PREFIX/etc/wmii-3.5/ (usually /usr/local/etc/wmii-3.5/)
to $HOME/.wmii-3.5/ and edit it to fit your needs.


Credits
-------
The following people have contributed especially to wmii in various ways:

- Christoph Wegscheider <christoph dot wegscheider at wegi dot net>
- Georg Neis <gn at wmii dot de>
- Uwe Zeisberger <zeisberg at informatik dot uni-freiburg dot de>
- Uriel <uriel at wmii dot de>
- Scot Doyle <scot at scotdoyle dot com>
- Sebastian Hartmann <seb dot wmi at gmx dot de>
- Bernhard Leiner <bleiner at gmail dot com>
- Jonas Domeij <jonas dot domeij at gmail dot com>
- Vincent <10 dot 50 at free dot fr>
- Oliver Kopp <olly at flupp dot de>
- Sebastian Roth <sebastian dot roth at gmail dot com>
- Nico Golde <nico at ngolde dot de>
- Steve Hoffman <steveh at g2switchworks dot com>
- Christof Musik <christof at senfdax dot de>
- Steffen Liebergeld <perl at gmx dot org>
- Tobias Walkowiak <wal at ivu dot de>
- Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
- Salvador Peiro <saoret dot one at gmail dot com>
- Anthony Martin <ality at pbrane dot org>
- Icarus Sparry <wmii at icarus dot freeuk dot com>
- Norman Golisz <norman dot golisz at arcor dot de >
- Stefano K. Lee <wizinblack at gmail dot com >
- Stefan Tibus <sjti at gmx dot net>
- Neptun <neptun at gmail dot com>


References
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[1] http://suckless.org
[2] http://www.cs.bell-labs.com/sys/man/5/INDEX.html