Re: [dev][patch] Proper window type for dwm and dmenu

From: Jan Christoph Ebersbach <jceb_AT_e-jc.de>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 21:56:56 +0200

Hi,

Here are the patches to set _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DOCK for dwm's bar
and dmenu. Would someone with commit rights apply them to master?

Thank you.

Jan Christoph

On Wed 20-07-2016 07:05 +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach wrote:

> Great, thanks for the feeback. I'll provide a patch this week.
>
> Jan Christoph
>
> On Tue 19-07-2016 20:47 +0200, v4hn wrote:
>
> > Where's the patch?
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 07:43:26PM +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach
> > wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just stumbled upon the compositor compton and came across this
> > > wiki page that describes that shadows don't work properly in
> > > combination with dwm and dmenu:
> > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Compton#dwm_.26_dmenu The
> > > reason for this is that _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE and
> > > _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE_DESKTOP aren't set for the bar/menu that is
> > > drawn.
> > >
> > > The closest I could get in my research was
> > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.misc.suckless/7688. dwm
> > > implements _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE for client windows.
> > >
> > > Is there a specific reason for not implementing
> > > _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE for dwm and dmenu other than that nobody did
> > > it so far? I think it's worth the issue because a compositor
> > > greatly improves window tearing and it would make the tools more
> > > compatible to the expected behavior.
> > >
> > > Btw, here is another issue related to compositors that might be
> > > worth considering again:
> > > http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1505/26735.html
> > >
> > > Jan Christoph
>
>
>

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Jan Christoph Ebersbach
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from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes
from trusting Christ - God’s righteousness.  Phil 3:9




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