Re: [dwm] dwm-2.9

On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:14:50AM +0000, Tener Hades wrote:
> On 2007-01-08, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:57:02PM +0100, Antoni Grzymala wrote:
> >> And I think an indicator of some sort will make it easier (perhaps some
> >> quick visual clue instead of a number? like [***]=, just occured to me
> >> that it might be easier for quick communication. You just see the
> >> number, you don't have to read the arabic numeral :)).
> >
> > Don't make the things too complex. I changed hg tip accordingly
> > to allow the following:
> >
> > #define TILESYMBOL "[%u]="
> >
> > Now the mode label is rendered based on the newly introduced
> > mtext, which is updated whenever nmaster or arrange changes as
> > follows:
> >
> > snprintf(mtext, sizeof mtext, arrange == dofloat ? FLOATSYMBOL : TILESYMBOL, nmaster);
> >
> > This change will be part of the dwm-3.0 release.
> >
> > Regards,
>
> Semi-OT: Does dwm-2.[89] compile with X11R7? If not, that's something
> I'd like to see in 3.0. I want to make a complete switch to X11R7, but
> I refuse to leave dwm/dmenu behind.

I use x.org 7.1.1 without any problem for months.
Don't get confused by the libxcb thread!

> Also, I'd really enjoy the functionality of 2.9/3.0 in regard to the
> nmaster and mtext changes, but I'm hesitant to update because I prefer
> the bottom stack to the tiled. So, I'd like to know 1.) if the bottom
> stack patch will be implemented with these changes in mind, and 2.)
> how? "[%u]TTT" or "=[%u]=" or similar? Will the master area be split
> vertically/horizontally/both depending on landscape/portrait?

I'm not sure the wide layout patch is still necessary. Anyways
if it's maintained as a patch in the future I believe it should
support the nmaster feature.

Regards,

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