Re: [dev] Re: dwm rules do not check window's first class

From: Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:42:19 +0000

Hey,

On 2 January 2012 10:45, James Campos <james.r.campos_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Ah, thank you. I'd like to request better documentation, then - the st man
> page states that the -c switch "defines the window class", but this class
> doesn't match up with dwm's rules class parameter.

Yeah, that's true. st's '-c' flag defines the *instance* name, not the
class name. Technically, POSIX applications should use the '-name'
flag to set this -- see ICCCM 4.1.2.5 [1] -- not '-c', which doesn't
really make sense when it isn't setting the class anyway. Could an st
developer fix this?

[1]: http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html#s-4.1.2.5

Thanks,
cls
Received on Mon Jan 02 2012 - 19:42:19 CET

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