Re: [dwm] addtomwfact -> setmwfact proposal

Jukka Salmi --> dwm (2007-08-19 20:53:40 +0200):
> Antoni Grzymala --> dwm (2007-08-19 19:52:22 +0200):
> > Tako rzecze Jukka Salmi (w e-mailu datowanym 2007-08-17, 12:25):
> >
> > > Sometimes I need a terminal window which has exactly 80 columns;
> > > that's where being able to set mwfact explicitly would be nice.
> >
> > I sometimes need to work remotely on an extremely old DOS[emu] system
> > and for this I have set up separate Xdefaults for xterm (which include a
> > very large font and -geometry 80x25), also xterm has a dwm floating
> > rule. For my everyday terminal needs I use urxvt. Maybe this would be a
> > solution more practical than resizing your current terminal to 80
> > columns.
>
> Thanks for the hint. I'm already using something similar: a separate
> shortcut for spawning `exec urxvtc -name whatever' and a floating rule
> for /^URxvt:fterm:/.

Of course this should read

...for spawning `exec urxvtc -name whatever' and a floating rule for
/^URxvt:whatever:/.

> However, I still resize terminals in tiling mode quite often; e.g.
> while reading man pages terminals with more than 80 columns just waste
> space.

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