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Add a quick introduction to the README
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martanne committed Nov 15, 2014
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dvtm brings dwm and it's concept of tiling window management to
the console. See http://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm for
the latest version.
the latest version. In combination with abduco it is a lightweight
alternative to tmux and screen.

Requirements
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Make sure that the pipe remains open until dvtm is closed, see the
included dvtm-status script as an example.

Quickstart
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All dvtm commands are prefixed with a modifier key: CTRL+g by default
(but run time configurable via the -m command line option). MOD+c creates
a new window, MOD+{j,k} focuses the next/previous window, MOD+Enter
zooms the current window, MOD+Space cycles through layouts.

For the rest read the manual page (MOD+?).

Configuration
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The configuration of dvtm is done by creating a custom config.h
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