1DVTM(1)                     General Commands Manual                    DVTM(1)
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NAME

6       dvtm - dynamic virtual terminal manager
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       dvtm  is a dynamic tiling window manager for the console.  As a console
13       window manager it tries to make it easy to work with  multiple  console
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OPTIONS

17       -v     prints version information to standard output, then exits.
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19       -m mod set default modifier at runtime.
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21       -d escdelay
22              set  the delay ncurses waits before deciding if a character that
23              might be part of an escape  sequence  is  actually  part  of  an
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26       -h nnn set the scrollback history buffer size at runtime.
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28       -s status-fifo
29              if  status-fifo  is  a  named pipe it's content is read and dis‐
30              played. See the dvtm-status script for an usage example.
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32       [cmd...]
33              Execute cmd after dvtm is started.
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USAGE

36   Keyboard commands
37       Mod    Each keybinding begins with Mod which defaults to ^g but can  be
38              changed in config.h or with the -m command line option.
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40       Mod-c  Create a new shell window.
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44       Mod-l  Increases  the  master  area width about 5% (all except grid and
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75              Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.
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93       Mod-M  Toggle dvtm mouse grabbing.  Mod-q Quit dvtm.
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95   Mouse commands
96       Copy and Paste
97              By  default  dvtm  captures  mouse events to provide the actions
98              listed below. Unfortunately this interferes with the standard  X
99              copy  and  paste mechanism. To work around this you need to hold
100              down SHIFT while selecting or pasting  text.  Alternatively  you
101              can  disable mouse support at compile time, or use Mod-M to tog‐
102              gle mouse support dynamically.
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107       Button1 double click
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111              Zooms/cycles current window to/from master area.
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EXAMPLE

118       See the dvtm-status script as an example.
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CUSTOMIZATION

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

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