Re: [dwm] Re: urgent windows border

From: Tinou <tinoucas_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:44:15 +0100

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Tinou <tinoucas_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:19 PM, yy <yiyu.jgl_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2008/12/4 Tinou <tinoucas_AT_gmail.com>:
>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:31 PM, yy <yiyu.jgl_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Besides the border color, I think this patch is really useful when using
>>> the monocle layout. As clearing the urgent flag one could miss that not
>>> visible urgent window. Though it's only visible viewing another tag...
>>
>> Not really. Maybe I didn't explain myself very well in my last mail,
>> but although you remove the border color from the patch I submitted
>> you will still be able to see it in the status bar. In fact, no code
>> needs to be added to current dwm to do this, since what it does is
>> invert the color. Leaving the flag set until the window is focused is
>> everything you need.
>> Of course, the inverted color in the tag label doesn't give you so
>> much information as your taskbar idea (which looks nice), but is
>> probably more than enough for the common use case.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> - yiyus || JGL .
>>
>>
>
>
> Reading your mail, I thought I misread the code, but I just tested with
> the new 5.3: urgent flag is cleared once the tag is viewed (being viewed
> or switched to) even in monocle when the urgent window isn't visible.
>
> Since I'm having trouble falling asleep, here's a (maybe too big :-S)
> patch that adds border color, as you sent, and taskbar, as I promised
> :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Tinou
>

Oops, went a bit too quick on that one, there is no need to double
check for monocle layout... sorry for the noise

-- 
Tinou

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