Re: [dwm] EWMH code would enable some code cuts

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:14:10AM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote:
> I think an implementation of EWMH would make it possible to remove the
> dwm panel (the one that reads stdin and displays it) from dwm code base.
>
> In that way dwm would be smaller (or maybe just break even) and more
> symmetric with how dmenu is fitted to the equation today. It would also
> allowe the user to choose whatever kind of "panel" he or she wants. That
> is an escape and dpanel (or some other name maybe) would not have to be
> counted in the ridicules 2 kloc limit. :P
>
> But seriously, EWMH support with struts and all, should be on the top of
> the list for dwm. EWMH is too important to be left to forks.
>
> Something for 5.0?

EWMH is evil. I see reasons for people arguing to get rid of the
status text processing code in dwm, but the tagging approach is
a too integral part of dwm which heavily depends on the bar.

Thus there is no way to get rid of the bar. The overhead
introduced by EWMH and a EWMH-driven bar for the tagging concept
would make the code base much more complex.

Currently I'm at a stage to reconsider features for removal
again. Esp. DEFGEOM seems to have a lot of potential for
simplification(s).

Kind regards,

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