DWM NOoB Tips

sesese9 · 2015-07-10 04:52:46

So like the title says, I am about to install DWM. Do any of you veterans of DWM have any tips for a total beginner? Maybe this thread can help them too! Well, thanks in advance if you do reply!

Awebb · 2015-07-10 06:50:35

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dwm ?
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74599 ?

It boils down to a topic search with "dwm". Arch is dwm dorado.

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karol · 2015-07-10 10:09:12

Why do you want to use dwm, what WM have you used previously, what do you want to do and how?

sesese9 · 2015-07-10 15:37:11

karol wrote:

Why do you want to use dwm, what WM have you used previously, what do you want to do and how?

Hi karol,
I want to use DWM because it seems easier to learn than Awesome Wm. I currently have Awesome WM on my laptop but I feel that I will be able to get more out of DWM since it is also coded in C. I don't have a lot of experience in Lua so the learning curve also scares me a bit of Awesome Wm. DWM doesn't look hard to learn C and it seems better in my opinion.

bstaletic · 2015-07-10 16:11:52

If you're hoping to learn a language by configuring software you are mistaken. I have used luakit, a browser which uses lua for its configuration. I still do not have a slightest idea how to write anything in lua. I'm also learning C/C++ and using DWM hasn't been of any help.

About DWM, the default is pretty good. The only thing I miss on default settings are per tag layouts and tabbed layout. I have never run Awesome for more then a few minutes, so I never learned it.

sesese9 · 2015-07-10 17:38:37

I'm sorry if I did come off like that, bstaletic. What I was trying to say is when I was using Awesome, I couldn't figure out the errors because I didn't know lua. However, the configuration file for DWM doesn't look to hard to learn because I have some Java experience. I am sorry if I offended you but I do believe in the saying "Learn by doing" which is true because I have already learned a lot about Linux from Arch. In addition, I do plan on applying some patches to DWM so I can have the per tag layouts and possibly other patches. Thank you for your reply!

bstaletic · 2015-07-10 19:12:27

Your post wasn't very clear so I just wanted to say if you want to learn programming, open a basic tutorial don't play with configuration files. No need to be sorry. Lua should give nice and meaningful errors if those arise. With luakit I always new exactly which line contained an error. Maybe you should try playing some more with Awesome, you may like it better then DWM.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2015-07-10 20:19:03

It's a Debian guide but the configuration tips are distribution-agnostic:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=65110

FWIW, I would agree that dwm is far simpler to configure than Awesome.

sesese9 · 2015-07-11 05:58:31

Thx both of you for your replies! They have been extremely helpful. Head_on_a_Stick, thx for the link because it is definitely useful! And I will try to be more clear in the future on my posts, bstaletic.

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DWM NOoB Tips

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