Re: [dev] [dwm] [patch] Need help regarding tilegap patch

From: Enan Ajmain <3nan.ajmain_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 15:01:11 +0600

Thanks, deruzen.

About the part about 2*gappx exceeding width or height : In my case at
least, it shouldn't be a problem. I use 2 personal computers and dwm
needs to be built personally when installing. So, I need to set up the
value of gappx manually anyway.

On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 2:14 AM deurzen <devrzen_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nothing wrong with that. Only situation in which this would crash is if 2*gappx exceeds the width or height of the tiled area, obviously.
>
> > On 7 Apr 2019, at 16:15, Enan Ajmain <3nan.ajmain_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am using dwm-tilegap-6.2 patch to get gaps around windows. But the
> > gaps only show in tiling mode. I assumed that similar support for
> > monocle mode could be easily hacked. Now, I changed the monocle
> > function in `dwm.c` in the following way.
> >
> > ```
> > void
> > monocle(Monitor *m)
> > {
> > unsigned int n = 0;
> > Client *c;
> >
> > for (c = m->clients; c; c = c->next)
> > if (ISVISIBLE(c))
> > n++;
> > if (n > 0) /* override layout symbol */
> > snprintf(m->ltsymbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol, "[%d]", n);
> > for (c = nexttiled(m->clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
> > resize(c, m->wx + gappx, m->wy + gappx, m->ww - 2 * c->bw - 2 * gappx,
> > m->wh - 2 * c->bw - 2 * gappx, 0);
> > }
> > ```
> >
> > You will see that the only change I have made is adding `gappx` amount
> > of space to both `m->wx` and `m->wy` and subtracting `2 * gappx`
> > amount of space from both `m->ww` and `m->wh`. It's very simple stuff.
> > But due to my lack of experience, I wanted to make sure whether this
> > will be in any way harmful. I don't want my window manager to crash
> > when I need it. So, if someone could point out the faults if any, it
> > would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Enan Ajmain
> >
>
Received on Mon Apr 08 2019 - 11:01:11 CEST