Re: [dev] [dwm] Optional status bar

From: Suraj N. Kurapati <sunaku_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:40:07 -0800

On Sat 28 Jan 2012 09:03:26 PM PST, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote:
> Þann lau 28.jan 2012 19:13, skrifaði Tom Vincent:
> > targeting ewmh/icccm is out of the question. How about a new
> > "suckless" protocol between dwm and its status bar?
>
> _NET_WM_TYPE_DOCK support and XEmbed tag switcher would do half
> the job. A XID would still have to be sent. Any more complicated
> protocol would have to go over DBus, which is not an option.

DBus is overkill. A named pipe or UNIX domain socket would suffice.

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