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Updated for .xinitrc.d and $USERWM, simplified
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DWM-ON-OS-X.md

Installing and configuring dwm on OS X (tested on Mountain Lion, Mavericks)

  1. Install XQuartz.

  2. Install dwm using Homebrew (or whatever):

    brew install dwm

  3. Create a xinitrc.d script for dwm:

    mkdir ~/.xinitrc.d
echo "USERWM=/usr/local/bin/dwm" > ~/.xinitrc.d/00-dwm.sh
chmod +x ~/.xinitrc.d/*

  4. Run XQuartz, dwm should start.

It might be useful to tweak some XQuartz settings (just press ⌘,) like full screen, clipboard, etc.

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