Re: [dwm] tag-used indicator dots

From: Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:37:53 +0100

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 05:16:15PM +0100, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 05:10:17PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote:
> > Tako rzecze Anselm R. Garbe (w e-mailu datowanym 2006-12-01, 17:06):
> >
> > > > I think the line is a better idea than the dots though.. two dots was
> > > > extremely confusing. I think if I were implementing this sort of change,
> > > > I'd manipulate the font weight before adding dots and lines. Maybe
> > > > something like bold = current client, italics = empty tag.
> > >
> > > I think that might be the way to go...
> >
> > This will look terribly ugly on bitmap fonts with fake-italics (and
> > often fake-bold too.
> >
> > How about trying a different background color instead of the second dot
> > than (or any other graphic symbols)? Just one more color configurable
> > from config.h. What do you think?
>
> Nah, we already have enough colors. Let's check Sanders
> proposal.

hg tip contains sander1.png:

http://www.suckless.org/shots/sander1.png
http://www.suckless.org/shots/sander2.png

Dunno, It's definately better, but still not so great ;)

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