1 .TH DVTM 1 dvtm\-VERSION
3 dvtm \- dynamic virtual terminal manager
6 .RB [ \-v ] \ [ \-m \ mod ] \ [ \-s \ status-fifo ] \ [cmd...]
8 dvtm is a dynamic tiling window manager for the console.
9 As a console window manager it tries to make it easy to work with multiple
10 console based applications.
14 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
17 set default modifier at runtime.
20 set the delay ncurses waits before deciding if a character that might be part
21 of an escape sequence is actually part of an escape sequence.
24 set the scrollback history buffer size at runtime.
27 if status-fifo is a named pipe, its content is read and displayed. See the dvtm-status script
31 Execute cmd after dvtm is started.
36 Each keybinding begins with Mod which defaults to ^g but can be changed in config.h or with
37 the -m command line option.
40 Create a new shell window.
46 Increases the master area width about 5% (all except grid and fullscreen layout).
49 Decreases the master area width about 5% (all except grid and fullscreen layout).
55 Focus previous window.
63 Toggle minimization of current window.
66 Focus next non minimized window.
69 Focus prev non minimized window.
72 Maximize current window (change to fullscreen layout).
81 Toggle between defined layouts (affects all windows).
84 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.
87 Change to vertical stack tiling layout.
90 Change to bottom stack tiling layout.
93 Change to grid layout.
96 Shows/hides the status bar.
102 Escape the next typed key.
105 Toggle keyboard multiplexing mode, if activated keypresses are sent to all non minimized windows.
111 Toggle bell (off by default).
114 Toggle dvtm mouse grabbing.
117 Enter copy mode (see section below for navigation commands).
120 Enter copy mode and start searching forward.
123 Enter copy mode and start searching backwards.
126 Paste last copied text from copy mode at current cursor position.
129 Show this manual page.
136 By default dvtm captures mouse events to provide the actions listed below. Unfortunately
137 this interferes with the standard X copy and paste mechanism. To work around this
138 you need to hold down SHIFT while selecting or pasting text. Alternatively you can
139 disable mouse support at compile time, or use Mod\-M to toggle mouse support dynamically.
144 .B Button1 double click
145 Select window and toggle maximization.
148 Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.
151 Toggle minimization of current window.
154 Copy mode gives easy access to past output. The commands use vi style keybindings
155 and support number prefixes as command multiplier.
158 Copy mode can be entered with \fBMod\-v\fR.
161 Once in, navigation works with vi style keybindings (\fBh,j,k,l,^,$,g,H,M,L,G\fR) as well as with the
162 \fBArrows/Home/End/Page-Down/Page-Up\fR keys.
165 Search forward with \fB/\fR and backwards with \fB?\fR. Jump forward to next match with \fBn\fR.
166 Jump backwards to next match with \fBN\fR.
169 To start making a selection press \fBv\fR (similar to visual mode in vi).
172 To copy the current selection use \fBy\fR. If you haven't made a selection the current line is copied.
173 Add a number prefix to copy n lines starting from the current line. This command leaves the copy mode.
176 The previously copied text can be pasted at the current cursor position with \fBMod\-p\fR.
179 Copy mode is automatically left upon copying something. To manually exit at any
180 time press \fBESC\fR or \fBq\fR.
184 See the dvtm-status script as an example of how to display text in the status bar.
187 dvtm is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
188 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
191 dvtm is written by Marc Andre Tanner <mat at brain-dump.org>