Re: [dev] I'm back

From: Jamie Bragg <tel.janin_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:57:06 -0400

I rarely use the mouse functionality of the dwm bar and wouldn't miss it. I
would kind of miss the dwm bar if it went away, simply because I'd have to
find another solution.

Jamie
On 17 Nov 2012 13:42, "Nick" <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk> wrote:

> Quoth Anselm R Garbe:
> > -> is there anyone who uses the mouse functionality of the dwm bar
> > right now? Could you live without it?
>
> I do use it sometimes, but could live without it. No strong
> preferences.
>
> > I barely use the mouse for the dwm bar and would be in favour for
> > removing the bar altogether from dwm. Instead I would output the
> > current dwm state to stdout which could be used by a different program
> > like sbar for input.
>
> Really? I like that the bar is managed by dwm, 'cos I trust dwm, and
> it seems like a reasonably OK place to do such drawing. So long as
> there was a widely used, reasonable way of doing things, which ends
> up looking and working like dwm currently does, I don't really mind.
>
> > But I wouldn't add an interface to dwm to change
> > the tags through X props or some other command interface (like stdin
> > processing) to allow other programs to amend the dwm tags. Good old
> > key commands would be enough for me.
>
> Yes, good; sensible chap.
>
> Good to hear from you again Anselm.
>
> Nick
>
>
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