dvtm
The facts below are what the maker publishes about dvtm, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from dvtm's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Configuration
- Users customize key bindings by creating a config.h file and recompiling the source.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Copy mode
- Copy mode sends the scrollback buffer to an external editor and keeps the editor's standard output for later pasting.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Download
- The project offers a source tarball that users compile with curses headers, as well as distribution-provided binary packages.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Editor integrations
- The project names sandy and vis as examples of editors that can work as filters for copy mode.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Installation
- Users can download the source tarball and compile it with curses headers, or install a distribution-provided binary package.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The project describes dvtm as a console window manager for people working with multiple console based programs.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Latest listed release
- The project page lists dvtm 0.15 as released on 2016-01-09.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Layouts
- Its default layouts are vertical stack, bottom stack, grid, and fullscreen.checked 9 Oct 2001
- License
- The project is released under the MIT/X11 license, and its terminal emulation component is under the ISC license.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Purpose
- dvtm brings tiling window management to the console to help users work with multiple console based programs.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Release status
- The project page lists dvtm 0.15 as released on 2016-01-09.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Session management
- dvtm does not include session management and recommends the separate abduco tool for detach and reattach support.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Status bar
- dvtm can read and display status messages from a named pipe, and the project provides a script that displays the current time.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Status messages
- dvtm can display status messages from a named pipe, and the project provides a dvtm-status script example.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Support
- The project directs comments, suggestions, bug reports, and patches to the suckless developer mailing list or the maintainer.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Tags
- Users can assign tags to windows and switch views to show windows with selected tags.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Warranty
- The MIT/X Consortium license provides the software as is and disclaims warranties and liability.checked 9 Oct 2001
- Window controls
- Keyboard shortcuts create, close, minimize, restore, select, and switch between windows.checked 9 Oct 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2007checked 28 Sep 2001





