Re: [dwm] dwm without statusbar

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 03:15:17PM +0200, Anselm R. Garbe wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 02:59:36PM +0200, lobzang wrote:
> > just a simple question , is it possible to have dwm without any status
> > bar ? (just a blank screen in fact)
>
> It is possible if you hack the code, though it is dependent from
> your intention, there are two motivations for this:
>
> a) You want make dwm simplier, so you might want remove the code
> responsible for drawing/creating/resizing the status bar
> completely.
>
> b) You only don't like the status bar on the screen, so you
> might want add a togglebar() function which shows/hides the
> status bar and performs a rearrange() accordingly - actually I
> even consider this an interesting option for mainstream dwm,
> because this way, one could define an
>
> enum { BarTop, BarBot, BarOff };
>
> and implement a togglebar() function which toggles between those
> modes. #define BARPOS BarOff in config.h could be then use to
> hide the bar by default.
>
> Is b) of your taste? I consider this useful, to have the
> possibility to hide or move the bar somewhere else on demand.
>
> What do others thing about my proposal?

I would appreciate such an option.

Diego
Received on Fri May 11 2007 - 16:24:58 UTC