Re: [dev] [dwm] systray in upstream dwm?

From: KIMURA Masaru <hiyuh.root_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 10:31:42 +0900

>> > not necessary and should not be added to mainline.
>> if you don't mind my asking, explain why?
>
> For every task there are good tools which do not require a tray
> (e.g. network manager: netcfg).
> I use the xinitrc to display all system information I require.
>
> It is a little hard to argue why you don't need a tray if you don't
> understand why it would be useful in the first place.
>
> The only time I ever thought a tray would be nice was when skype
> minimized once, but that is more of a design flaw in skype.

thank you for sharing your thoughts.
personally, systray is a (maybe, suboptimal) solution to see input
method's status like uim for me.
just my two cents.
Received on Fri Apr 06 2012 - 03:31:42 CEST