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@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ philosophy. Like dwm, dwl is: ## Getting Started: ### Latest semi-stable [release] -This is probably where you want to start. This builds against the dependent -packages' versions currently shipping in major distributions. If your -distribution's wlroots version is older, use an earlier dwl [release] or [0.x -branch]. +This is probably where you want to start. This builds against the [wlroots] +versions currently shipping in major distributions. If your +distribution's `wlroots` version is older, use an earlier dwl [release]. +The `wlroots` version against which a given `dwl` release builds is specified +with each release on the [release] page ### Development branch [main] Active development progresses on the `main` branch. The `main` branch is built @@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ seatd daemon. When dwl is run with no arguments, it will launch the server and begin handling any shortcuts configured in `config.h`. There is no status bar or other decoration initially; these are instead clients that can be run within the -Wayland session. Do note that the default background color is black. This can be +Wayland session. Do note that the default background color is grey. This can be modified in `config.h`. If you would like to run a script or command automatically at startup, you can @@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ automatically, you will need to configure it prior to launching `dwl`, e.g.: Information about selected layouts, current window title, app-id, and selected/occupied/urgent tags is written to the stdin of the `-s` command (see -the `printstatus()` function for details). This information can be used to +the `STATUS INFORMATION` section in `_dwl_(1)`). This information can be used to populate an external status bar with a script that parses the information. Failing to read this information will cause dwl to block, so if you do want to run a startup command that does not consume the status information, @@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ inspiration, and to the various contributors to the project, including: - Stivvo for output management and fullscreen support, and patch maintenance +[wlroots]: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots [`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 |