Re: [dev] [dwm] adding WM_WINDOW_ROLE rule

2010/7/27 Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>:
> Hi David,
>
> On 26 July 2010 22:32, David DEMELIER <demelier.david_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is something that make me sad with dwm, there is a lack of role
>> rules for clients. I explain : clients have instance and name using
>> WM_CLASS, but there is also WM_WINDOW_ROLE which is really important
>> and useful.
>>
>> Example : you want your firefox window tiled but not the download
>> manager or not the preference client you could make a rule that catch
>> the WM_WINDOW_ROLE
>>
>> -> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE on the firefox windows and sub-windows
>> --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE
>> --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "Preferences" # this is preferences
>> --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE
>> --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "browser" # the main window
>> --> xprop WM_WINDOW_ROLE
>> --> WM_WINDOW_ROLE(STRING) = "Manager" # the download window
>>
>> Why is this so important? Because you can make more rules to specifig
>> windows, I personally like to have the main browser window tiled but
>> not the download window. This is also the same thing with pidgin,
>> pidgin has a conversation window and a buddy list that have differents
>> WM_WINDOW_ROLE.
>>
>> Of coure we could use the `title' rules but it's different on each
>> locale you are using so it sucks as well.
>>
>> I would like to write a patch but for the moment I don't find the good
>> function that handle WM_WINDOW_ROLE.
>
> I think the right thing to do would be to extend Rule and applyrules()
> with support for WM_WINDOW_ROLE. However I doubt that many client make
> actually use of WM_WINDOW_ROLE in a consistent way, which is why I
> believe there is no great benefit in doing so -- or in other words,
> yet another proof how hideous X has become ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Anselm
>

It's so sad to see that suckless developers don't want to add 10 lines
to the code to improve it just because *the developers* think it's
useless.

Maybe for people it's useless, but for others it can be useful. Sad.

Kind regards.

-- 
Demelier David