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@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ Join us on our IRC channel: [#dwl on Libera Chat] Or on the community-maintained [Discord server]. dwl is a compact, hackable compositor for [Wayland] based on [wlroots]. It is -intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that dwm does in X11, +intended to fill the same space in the Wayland world that [dwm] does in X11, primarily in terms of functionality, and secondarily in terms of -philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is: +philosophy. Like [dwm], dwl is: - Easy to understand, hack on, and extend with patches - One C source file (or a very small number) configurable via `config.h` @@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ To enable XWayland, you should uncomment its flags in `config.mk`. ## Configuration All configuration is done by editing `config.h` and recompiling, in the same -manner as dwm. There is no way to separately restart the window manager in +manner as [dwm]. There is no way to separately restart the window manager in Wayland without restarting the entire display server, so any changes will take effect the next time dwl is executed. -As in the dwm community, we encourage users to share patches they have +As in the [dwm] community, we encourage users to share patches they have created. Check out the [dwl-patches] repository! ## Running dwl @@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ You can find a [list of useful resources on our wiki]. ## Background -dwl is not meant to provide every feature under the sun. Instead, like dwm, it +dwl is not meant to provide every feature under the sun. Instead, like [dwm], it sticks to features which are necessary, simple, and straightforward to implement given the base on which it is built. Implemented default features are: -- Any features provided by dwm/Xlib: simple window borders, tags, keybindings, +- Any features provided by [dwm]/Xlib: simple window borders, tags, keybindings, client rules, mouse move/resize. Providing a built-in status bar is an exception to this goal, to avoid dependencies on font rendering and/or drawing libraries when an external bar could work well. @@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ given the base on which it is built. Implemented default features are: - Layer shell popups (used by Waybar) - Damage tracking provided by scenegraph API -Given the Wayland architecture, dwl has to implement features from dwm **and** +Given the Wayland architecture, dwl has to implement features from [dwm] **and** the xorg-server. Because of this, it is impossible to maintain the original project goal of 2000 SLOC and have a reasonably complete compositor with -features comparable to dwm. However, this does not mean that the code will grow +features comparable to [dwm]. However, this does not mean that the code will grow indiscriminately. We will try to keep the code as small as possible. Features under consideration (possibly as patches) are: @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ developers. This was made possible in many cases by looking at how sway accomplished something, then trying to do the same in as suckless a way as possible. -Many thanks to suckless.org and the dwm developers and community for the +Many thanks to suckless.org and the [dwm] developers and community for the inspiration, and to the various contributors to the project, including: - **Devin J. Pohly for creating and nurturing the fledgling project** @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ inspiration, and to the various contributors to the project, including: [wlroots]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots +[dwm]: https://dwm.suckless.org/ [`systemd --user`]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/User [#dwl on Libera Chat]: https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#dwl [0.7-rc1]: https://codeberg.org/dwl/dwl/releases/tag/v0.7-rc1 |