<s>
dwm	B-Language
is	O
a	O
minimalist	B-Device
dynamic	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
manager	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Suckless	B-Application
that	O
has	O
influenced	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
several	O
other	O
X	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
managers	O
,	O
including	O
xmonad	B-Device
and	O
awesome	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
externally	O
similar	O
to	O
wmii	B-Language
,	O
but	O
internally	O
much	O
simpler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dwm	B-Language
is	O
written	O
purely	O
in	O
C	B-Language
for	O
performance	O
and	O
security	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
simplicity	O
,	O
and	O
lacks	O
any	O
configuration	O
interface	O
besides	O
editing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
guidelines	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
never	O
exceed	O
2000	O
SLOC	O
,	O
and	O
options	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
user-configurable	O
are	O
all	O
contained	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
header	B-Language
file	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
dwm	B-Language
supports	O
multiple	O
workspaces	O
and	O
,	O
unlike	O
ratpoison	B-Language
,	O
allows	O
moving	O
and	O
resizing	O
windows	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
dwm	B-Language
displayed	O
their	O
stdin	O
in	O
a	O
status	O
bar	O
,	O
along	O
the	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Recent	O
versions	O
instead	O
display	O
the	O
root	B-Device
window	I-Device
's	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
by	O
independent	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
status	O
line	O
is	O
often	O
complemented	O
with	O
dmenu	O
,	O
a	O
textual	O
application	O
launcher	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
developers	O
as	O
dwm	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
dwm	B-Language
uses	O
a	O
focus-follows-mouse	B-Application
model	O
and	O
lacks	O
any	O
window	O
decoration	O
other	O
than	O
a	O
border	O
to	O
show	O
focus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
dwm	B-Language
's	O
configurability	O
amounts	O
to	O
patching	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
many	O
other	O
options	O
are	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dmenu	O
is	O
a	O
keyboard-driven	O
menu	O
utility	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
dwm	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
invoked	O
,	O
usually	O
by	O
a	O
user-configured	O
key	O
combination	O
,	O
dmenu	O
displays	O
a	O
horizontal	O
menu	O
of	O
its	O
stdin	B-Operating_System
stream	I-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
top	O
edge	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
usually	O
used	O
to	O
pipe	O
in	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
executable	O
names	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
$PATH	B-Application
,	O
but	O
dmenu	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
any	O
purpose	O
where	O
a	O
menu	O
is	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
only	O
X	B-Application
Font	I-Application
Server	I-Application
fonts	O
are	O
supported	O
although	O
a	O
patch	O
exists	O
to	O
enable	O
TrueType	O
fonts	O
using	O
Xft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
dmenu	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
function	O
to	O
application	O
launchers	O
such	O
as	O
Katapult	B-Language
or	O
GNOME	B-Language
Do	I-Language
for	O
Linux	O
or	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
or	O
Quicksilver	B-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
in	O
that	O
it	O
allows	O
quick	O
launching	O
of	O
programs	O
from	O
a	O
graphical	O
environment	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
dwm	B-Language
,	O
dmenu	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
with	O
other	O
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
like	O
xmonad	B-Device
,	O
or	O
Openbox	B-Language
,	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
like	O
the	O
uzbl	B-Protocol
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dwm	B-Language
has	O
been	O
an	O
influential	O
project	O
;	O
many	O
other	O
window	B-Application
managers	I-Application
are	O
based	O
on	O
dwm	B-Language
's	O
source	O
code	O
or	O
inspired	O
by	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
awesome	B-Language
extends	O
dwm	B-Language
with	O
FreeType	B-Application
support	O
,	O
reconfigurability	O
,	O
Lua	B-Language
scripting	I-Language
support	O
,	O
theming	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
layout	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
xmonad	B-Device
is	O
a	O
dwm	B-Language
rewrite	O
in	O
Haskell	B-Language
with	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
