Here is an updated version of the patch that doesn't cause dwm to crash when adding or removing monitors. There is also a know issue when multiple tags are assigned to a single window. The patch doesn't prevent you from displaying both tags on two monitors at the same time - better don't do it.
https://bitbucket.org/jceb81/dwm-patches/raw/53cc07efad29/single_clientlist.patch
Cheers,
Jan Christoph
-----Original message-----
From: Jan Christoph Ebersbach <jceb_AT_e-jc.de>
Sent: Mon 27-02-2012 21:12
Subject: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors continued
To: dev_AT_suckless.org;
CC: 78abc_AT_web.de;
> Hi Thomas,
> Hi everybody,
>
> I experienced the very same difficulties with dwm's multi-monitor
> support that Thomas described earlier this year. In the attached patch I
> solved the problem by detaching the list of clients from the monitor.
> There is just one list of clients and all tags are shared between the
> monitors.
>
> The biggest advantage in my eyes is the ability to swap tags between
> monitors while every monitor still keeps its one tag(s).
>
> It's crucial that a tag/window can't be displayed on two monitors at the
> same this. The patch implements this functionality at the cost of
> MODKEY-0 - it doesn't work anymore in a multi-monitor setup.
>
> Feedback is very welcome. The patch is very fresh and I expect that a
> number of corner cases won't work. Due to the large number of changes
> it's very likely that the patch also breaks other patches.
>
> https://bitbucket.org/jceb81/dwm-patches/raw/95eca0c72fc7/single_clientlist.patc
> h
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jan Christoph
>
>
Received on Mon Feb 27 2012 - 21:50:07 CET