Re: [dwm] dzen-0.3

From: Julian Romero <dwm_AT_mad.mw>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:17:26 +0100

On 2/20/07, Anselm R. Garbe <arg_AT_suckless.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:27:27AM +0000, Julian Romero wrote:
> > Regarding the icon, what I want is a quick indicator to know if the text
> > that popped-up is worth reading right now or it can wait. This can be
> > combined with the ability to stack dzens: if a message is
> ultra-important it
> > will show the corresponding icon and will dismisses only when clicked.
>
> Oh, never consider adding icons - you end with scalability
> issues, handling of different formats, linking to crappy
> libraries etc. - use a decent color scheme for urgent messages
> instead.

How easy is to mix 2 fonts in the message? Is there any font that render as
symbols? This can do the trick while not sucking too much...the messages
will be a first (last) symbol character plus the message all with a contrast
color combination.

-- 
Julián
Received on Tue Feb 20 2007 - 11:17:29 UTC

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