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NAME

       dvtm - dynamic virtual terminal manager

SYNOPSIS

       dvtm [-v] [-m mod] [-s status-fifo] [cmd...]

DESCRIPTION

       dvtm  is  a dynamic tiling window manager for the console.  As a console window manager it tries to make it easy to work with multiple con-
       sole based applications.

OPTIONS

       -v     prints version information to standard output, then exits.

       -m mod set default modifier at runtime.

       -d escdelay
	      set the delay ncurses waits before deciding if a character that might be part of an escape sequence is actually part  of	an  escape
	      sequence.

       -h nnn set the scrollback history buffer size at runtime.

       -s status-fifo
	      if status-fifo is a named pipe it's content is read and displayed. See the dvtm-status script for an usage example.

       [cmd...]
	      Execute cmd after dvtm is started.

USAGE

   Keyboard commands
       Mod    Each keybinding begins with Mod which defaults to ^g but can be changed in config.h or with the -m command line option.

       Mod-c  Create a new shell window.

       Mod-x  Close focused window.

       Mod-l  Increases the master area width about 5% (all except grid and fullscreen layout).

       Mod-h  Decreases the master area width about 5% (all except grid and fullscreen layout).

       Mod-j  Focus next window.

       Mod-k  Focus previous window.

       Mod-[1..n]
	      Focus the nth window.

       Mod-.  Toggle minimization of current window.

       Mod-u  Focus next non minimized window.

       Mod-i  Focus prev non minimized window.

       Mod-m  Maximize current window (change to fullscreen layout).

       Mod-PageUp
	      Scroll up.

       Mod-PageDown
	      Scroll down.

       Mod-Space
	      Toggle between defined layouts (affects all windows).

       Mod-Enter
	      Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.

       Mod-t  Change to vertical stack tiling layout.

       Mod-b  Change to bottom stack tiling layout.

       Mod-g  Change to grid layout.

       Mod-s  Shows/hides the status bar.

       Mod-r  Redraw whole screen.

       Mod-G  Escape the next typed key.

       Mod-a  Toggle keyboard multiplexing mode, if activated keypresses are sent to all non minimized windows.

       Mod-X  Lock screen.

       Mod-B  Toggle bell (off by default).

       Mod-M  Toggle dvtm mouse grabbing.

       Mod-q  Quit dvtm.

   Mouse commands
       Copy and Paste
	      By  default  dvtm  captures mouse events to provide the actions listed below. Unfortunately this interferes with the standard X copy
	      and paste mechanism. To work around this you need to hold down SHIFT while selecting or pasting text. Alternatively you can  disable
	      mouse support at compile time, or use Mod-M to toggle mouse support dynamically.

       Button1 click
	      Select window.

       Button1 double click
	      Select window and toggle maximization.

       Button2 click
	      Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.

       Button3 click
	      Toggle minimization of current window.

EXAMPLE

       See the dvtm-status script as an example.

CUSTOMIZATION

       dvtm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.

AUTHOR

       dvtm is written by Marc Andre Tanner <mat at brain-dump.org>

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