Re: [hackers] [dwm][PATCH] Remove BUGS and TODO

From: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 11:47:29 +0200

On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 11:34:08PM -0400, Christopher Drelich wrote:
> Hiltjo,
> I submitted this particular patch because in an off-list discussion I
> asked and you replied:
>
> >> (a) Is the TODO up to date, and if so could you clarify what you want a little.
>
> >In my opinion the items in the dwm TODO could be empty/removed.
>
> Maybe I misunderstood, but I got the impression this meant that the
> TODO file was not accurate/up-to-date. If the TODO file is in fact
> up-to-date and an accurate list of what is wanted for the mainstream
> dwm project, then I will look into implementing them.
>
> In terms of bugs in dwm, there seems to be some listed in BUGS and
> some in dwm.1, is this desired behavior or would it be better to have
> them all in one place?
>

I responded to your comment about issue trackers, but some of the items in the
TODO are outdated indeed.

> On Thu, May 3, 2018 at 12:06 PM, Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo_AT_codemadness.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 07:40:54PM -0400, Christopher Drelich wrote:
> >> It is not clear if BUGS and TODO are up-to-date, and if people are
> >> already working on (or have solved these issues.) We also don't know
> >> much about an individuals setup. There are much better methods of
> >> keeping track of this information besides textfiles in the source
> >> tree. Issue trackers, wikis, etc.. are all viable options.
> >>
> >> It seems best to remove these files and discuss further options. It
> >> might even be useful to find a place to talk about wanted patches
> >> (Both thsoe that would and would not be included in the main code
> >> base.)
> >>
> >
> > Thats your opinion, I think textfiles are fine and better than most
> > issue trackers.
> >
> >> ---
> >>
> >> diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS
> >> deleted file mode 100644
> >> index 6c9574a..0000000
> >> --- a/BUGS
> >> +++ /dev/null
> >> _AT_@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
> >> ----
> >> -
> >> -18:17 < Biolunar> when i change my resolution in dwm (to a smaller
> >> one) and then back to the native, the top bar is not repainted. that's
> >> since 5.7.2, in 5.6 it worked fine
> >> -18:19 < Biolunar> is it just happening to me or a (known) bug?
> >> -18:24 < Biolunar> and in addition, mplayers fullscreen is limited to
> >> the small resolution after i changed it back to the native
> >> -
> >> -reproducible with xrandr -s but not with --output and --mode, strange
> >> -
> >> ----
> >> -
> >> -yet another corner case:
> >> -open a terminal, focus another monitor, but without moving the mouse
> >> -pointer there
> >> -if there is no client on the other monitor to get the focus, then the
> >> -terminal will be unfocused but it will accept input
> >> -
> >> ----
> >> -
> >> -Donald Allen reported this:
> >> -
> >> -starting emacs from dmenu in archlinux results in missing configure
> >> of emacs, but mod1-space or mod1-shift-space fix this problem. this
> >> problem is new and did not happen in 1.6 xorg servers
> >> -
> >> ----
> >> -
> >> -voltaic reports this:
> >> -
> >> -When I use two monitors, one larger in resolution than the other, the
> >> -bar is drawn using the smaller x-dimension on both screens. I think
> >> -what's happening is that there are two bars drawn, but the short bar
> >> -is always on top of the long bar such that I can't see the information
> >> -under the short bar. If I switch to the small screen, hide the short
> >> -bar, and then switch to the large screen, the long bar is drawn
> >> -correctly.
> >> -
> >> -A similar problem occurs when I have started dwm on a small resolution
> >> -monitor (laptop screen) and then I switch to a large external display.
> >> -When I do this, the bar itself is drawn for the original smaller
> >> -resolution, but the information to be printed on the bar is
> >> -right-aligned for a longer bar. So what I see is a bar that has the
> >> -right hand side of it cut-off. See attached screenshot.
> >> -
> >> -I am using standard options for xrandr such as --output VGA1 --auto, etc.
> >> -
> >> ----
> >> diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
> >> deleted file mode 100644
> >> index b33a08d..0000000
> >> --- a/TODO
> >> +++ /dev/null
> >> _AT_@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
> >> -- add a flag to Key to execute the command on release (needed for commands
> >> - affecting the keyboard grab, see scrot -s for example)
> >> -- add updategeom() hook for external tools like dzen
> >> -- consider onscreenkeyboard hooks for tablet deployment
> >>
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Hiltjo
> >
>

-- 
Kind regards,
Hiltjo
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