Re: [dwm] [PATCH] An experiment with X resources

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 02:20:36PM +0200, Jan Christoph Ebersbach wrote:
> On Tue 25-09-2007 11:41, WyrmSkull wrote:
>
> > What about having some default bash scripts keybinding? MODKEY |
> > ShiftMask, XK_(F1 to F10), spawn, "exec bash_script_(01 to 10).sh"
> > 0 byte files don't take too much space, 0 LOC, and can be edited
> > runtime.
> >
> > You can add "edit_keybind_(F1 to F10)" dmenu entries and a "change
> > theme" one.
> >
> > I think that DWM is ready to face those problems. You just need the
> > right external tools.
>
> I use dwm the same way. An external script gives enough flexibility to
> quickly adjust the executed commands.
>
> Every other setting can just be changed by restarting dwm. The bad thing
> about it is that all windows lose their tag, maximized state and
> floating/tiled mode :-/ Instead of using Xresources, dwm could solve
> this issue by saving the state in the window's Xproperty.

I implemented tag/floating state preservation as prototype
shortly before dwm 4.4 appeared. However it made the code too
complex for my taste for a rarely used functionality. I prefer
using hibernation technologies instead of restarting dwm. And
once your setup settled there is no need to restart dwm anyways.

Regards,

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