🌅 Dawnmonster

A custom build of dwm – forged with 13 carefully selected patches for speed, minimalism, and daily comfort.

Dawnmonster is my personal dwm configuration that transforms the already lightweight and flexible dwm into an even more efficient tool. Every patch is chosen to solve real‑world usability issues without bloat.

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✨ Features

• 🧩 13 essential patches (see full list below)
• 🎨 Colored status bar with systray support (status2d + systray)
• 🧹 Hide empty tags – cleaner bar
• 🖥️ True fullscreen – no flickering
• ⚙️ Cool autostart – run scripts on startup (.dwm/autostart.sh)
• 💡 Backlight control – bind brightness keys
• 🔄 Custom refresh rate – per‑monitor
• 🧱 Gapless grid layout
• 🔌 Shutdown, reboot, lock commands (shutdowncmd)
• 🖱️ Mouse gestures (gestures)
• 🚪 Exit menu (logout / reboot / shutdown)
• 🧵 Toggle window borders on/off (toggleborder)
• 👆 Click anywhere to focus (clkanywhere)
• 📌 New windows attach below – no focus stealing (attachbelow)

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🚀 Installation

From GitHub (recommended)

git clone https://github.com/linuxforgeWM/dawnmonster.git
cd dawnmonster
sudo make clean install

Dependencies (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt install build-essential libx11-dev libxinerama-dev libxft-dev stterm suckless-tools

⌨️ Default Keybindings

Keys	Action
Alt + Shift + Enter	Open terminal (st)
Alt + p	Launch dmenu (app launcher)
Alt + g	Mouse gesture trigger
Mod + Shift + e	Exit menu (logout / reboot / shutdown)
Mod + Shift + Esc	Shutdown command
Mod + b	Toggle window borders
Alt + Shift + c	Close window
Alt + Shift + q	Quit dwm

Mod = Alt key (default). All standard dwm shortcuts remain unchanged.

📦 Full Patch List

Patch	Description
status2d + systray	Colored status text + system tray icons
hide_vacant_tags	Hide tags without any windows
actualfullscreen	True fullscreen (no X11 workarounds)
cool_autostart	Execute ~/.dwm/autostart.sh on startup
backlight	Backlight control via xbacklight
customrefreshrate	Set custom refresh rate per monitor
gaplessgrid	Gapless grid tiling layout
shutdowncmd	One‑key shutdown, reboot, lock
gestures	Simple mouse gestures (e.g., up/down)
exitmenu	Interactive exit menu
toggleborder	Toggle border visibility
clkanywhere	Focus window by clicking anywhere on it
attachbelow	New windows open at the bottom of the stack

🛠️ Customization

To change keybindings, colors, or other settings:

1. Edit config.h (or config.def.h then copy to config.h)
2. Recompile and install:

sudo make clean install

📁 Autostart Example

Create ~/.dwm/autostart.sh:

#!/bin/bash
feh --bg-scale ~/wallpaper.jpg &
nm-applet &
volumeicon &
slstatus &


Make it executable:

bash
chmod +x ~/.dwm/autostart.sh

🤝 Contributing

Issues and pull requests are welcome at github.com/linuxforgeWM/dawnmonster.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

Original dwm is also MIT licensed, authored by suckless.org.

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Built with ❤️ for the love of minimalism and efficiency.
_{Dawnmonster – forge your workflow.}