***SPAM*** Re: [dev] [dwm] xev's window refuses to float

On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 09:39:00PM +0200, Bastien Dejean wrote:
> I have included the following line in the rules array of my config.h :
>
> { NULL, NULL, "Event Tester", 0, True, -1 },
>
> But I don't get the expected result (xev's window stays tiled).

Dwm doesn't seem to apply rules to clients without a class hint.
A fix could be something like this:

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diff -r 131d4f6a8a1e dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c Fri Jul 29 20:01:22 2011 +0200
+++ b/dwm.c Sat Aug 13 10:31:14 2011 +0200
@@ -296,24 +296,25 @@
         if(XGetClassHint(dpy, c->win, &ch)) {
                 class = ch.res_class ? ch.res_class : broken;
                 instance = ch.res_name ? ch.res_name : broken;
- for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(rules); i++) {
- r = &rules[i];
- if((!r->title || strstr(c->name, r->title))
- && (!r->class || strstr(class, r->class))
- && (!r->instance || strstr(instance, r->instance)))
- {
- c->isfloating = r->isfloating;
- c->tags |= r->tags;
- for(m = mons; m && m->num != r->monitor; m = m->next);
- if(m)
- c->mon = m;
- }
+ } else
+ class = instance = broken;
+ for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(rules); i++) {
+ r = &rules[i];
+ if((!r->title || strstr(c->name, r->title))
+ && (!r->class || strstr(class, r->class))
+ && (!r->instance || strstr(instance, r->instance)))
+ {
+ c->isfloating = r->isfloating;
+ c->tags |= r->tags;
+ for(m = mons; m && m->num != r->monitor; m = m->next);
+ if(m)
+ c->mon = m;
                 }
- if(ch.res_class)
- XFree(ch.res_class);
- if(ch.res_name)
- XFree(ch.res_name);
         }
+ if(ch.res_class)
+ XFree(ch.res_class);
+ if(ch.res_name)
+ XFree(ch.res_name);
         c->tags = c->tags & TAGMASK ? c->tags & TAGMASK : c->mon->tagset[c->mon->seltags];
 }
 
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Eckehard Berns