fair enough (for both statements), so i guess this was more of a fix for slower systems?
On Sunday, January 11th, 2026 at 9:10 PM, Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> It was always customizable, by changing it in dwm.c and recompiling ;) The
> source-code is the configuration. Now changing this case is just a bit more
> clear and organized. The default was bumped from 60 to 120.
>
> The limit was added in 2014 because in some cases there could be lag when
> resizing or moving the window. When resizing a window it would redraw each
> change.
>
> https://git.suckless.org/dwm/commit/3d1090ba896319368c4771b88d325fcee368a608.html
>
> It might be useless or unnoticable for your configuration, thats true.
>
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 09:51:56PM +0000, ruby R53 wrote:
>
> > Now that the refresh rate for resizing and moving is customizable, I decided to update this patch so that it works on this current and future versions of dwm. I dunno why this limitation is here, I find it kinda useless.
>
> > From 70ad1df8e2a88dd75d8de4ffdd9ae39f11cd42c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> > From: ruby-R53 enkiferreiracosta867_AT_gmail.com
> > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:17:29 -0300
> > Subject: [PATCH] dwm: update refreshrate patch for v6.7
> >
> > ---
> > config.def.h | 1 -
> > dwm.c | 10 ----------
> > 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
> > index 81c3fc0..9efa774 100644
> > --- a/config.def.h
> > +++ b/config.def.h
> > _AT_@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static const float mfact = 0.55; /* factor of master area size [0.05..0.95]
> > static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area /
> > static const int resizehints = 1; / 1 means respect size hints in tiled resizals /
> > static const int lockfullscreen = 1; / 1 will force focus on the fullscreen window /
> > -static const int refreshrate = 120; / refresh rate (per second) for client move/resize */
> >
> > static const Layout layouts[] = {
> > /* symbol arrange function */
> > diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
> > index 8f4fa75..c6d05c4 100644
> > --- a/dwm.c
> > +++ b/dwm.c
> > _AT_@ -1149,7 +1149,6 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg)
> > Client *c;
> > Monitor *m;
> > XEvent ev;
> > - Time lasttime = 0;
> >
> > if (!(c = selmon->sel))
> > return;
> > _AT_@ -1172,10 +1171,6 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg)
> > handlerev.type;
> > break;
> > case MotionNotify:
> > - if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate))
> > - continue;
> > - lasttime = ev.xmotion.time;
> > -
> > nx = ocx + (ev.xmotion.x - x);
> > ny = ocy + (ev.xmotion.y - y);
> > if (abs(selmon->wx - nx) < snap)
> > _AT_@ -1304,7 +1299,6 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg)
> > Client *c;
> > Monitor *m;
> > XEvent ev;
> > - Time lasttime = 0;
> >
> > if (!(c = selmon->sel))
> > return;
> > _AT_@ -1326,10 +1320,6 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg)
> > handlerev.type;
> > break;
> > case MotionNotify:
> > - if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate))
> > - continue;
> > - lasttime = ev.xmotion.time;
> > -
> > nw = MAX(ev.xmotion.x - ocx - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1);
> > nh = MAX(ev.xmotion.y - ocy - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1);
> > if (c->mon->wx + nw >= selmon->wx && c->mon->wx + nw <= selmon->wx + selmon->ww
> > --
> > 2.52.0
>
>
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Hiltjo
Received on Mon Jan 12 2026 - 01:23:10 CET