Re: [dev] dwm

On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 02:43:49PM -0400, David Neu wrote:
> On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:26 AM, <M1kes_AT_web.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> hm well that should be main-features of a dynamic-window-manager and
> >> not just available pver a "patch"..these were some of the main reasons I
> >> liked wmii..
> >
> > Incorrect.  Your desires are based on a misunderstanding of dwm.  You
> > have a 'layout' (this is floating, tiled, monocle, etc) and then you
> > have 'tags'.  Tags are used to determine which set of clients to
> > display.  Layouts are used to determine how displayed clients are
> > arranged.  Reordering windows within a layout is pointless, because
> > when you are displaying two tags, and then toggle a third, what
> > determines in which order the newly-displayed clients are arranged?
> > If you only display one tag at a time, you're not using dwm properly.
> > If you want wmii, you know where to find it.  dwm's current interface
> > is basically sound, and while people temporarily patch it up to make
> > it act like a regular 'workspaces' window manager, most people I know
> > eventually stop doing that as they realize how superior dwm's
> > interface is.  There isn't really another program out there that has
> > this functionality in such a clean implementation -- dwm is the
> > standard dynamic window manager.
> >
> > --
> > # Kurt H Maier
> >
> >
>
> Hi Kurt,
>
> > If you only display one tag at a time, you're not using dwm properly.
>
> I've been using dwm for years, it sounds like I haven't been *fully*
> using it, i.e. I haven't been making use of the ability to assign
> multiple tags to a single client. Can you give me an example how you
> use this?
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> David
>

See your config file, look for TAGKEYS...

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