Re: [hackers] [dwm][PATCH] config.def.h: Add SDL_App to rules

From: Страхиња Радић <sr_AT_strahinja.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 10:39:26 +0100

Дана 24/12/06 11:28AM, Hiltjo Posthuma написа:
> I prefer to run my (unpublished) map application in SDL in not a special way
> (tiling is fine) also. There are other regular applications that use SDL and
> run fine in tiling mode etc.

Floating mode in itself is a compromise. It goes against the whole idea
of a tiling WM, which is for windows to share the full extent of screen
space (hence the name "tiling"). It is a hard concept to get used to
for most, who are used to traditional GUIs like Windows and MacOS, but
it is what dwm is about.

I understand that GIMP is one example of an application which simply
wasn't designed to be used in tiling mode, with its floating palettes
(though recent versions seem to use only one window, with docked
palettes). However, Firefox and programs which use the SDL library are
usually meant to take up full screen, so I don't see why would they
need to be floating.

While we are at the topic, I think that this should be taken one step
further in the opposite direction--the existing members of the rules
array in config.def.h should be commented out, because they are too
specific and add a bit of complexity, however negligible, to stock dwm.
Received on Sat Dec 07 2024 - 10:39:26 CET