[wiki] [sites] Adding runrules to dwm patches. || Ian Laird

From: <git_AT_suckless.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:01:21 +0200

commit 1580a39a1dd811d50f7e4d3dc2c2f31340336cec
Author: Ian Laird <irlaird_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed Aug 20 18:56:10 2025 -0700

    Adding runrules to dwm patches.
    
    This change adds a new patch option to the DWM wiki. The change
    includs the diff and index with a description as to it's function.

diff --git a/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/dwm-runrules-20250820-cfb8627.diff b/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/dwm-runrules-20250820-cfb8627.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e306388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/dwm-runrules-20250820-cfb8627.diff
_AT_@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+From 9a37cd46b9151c0ff28b0f0a17a244fe44fcb1de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ian Laird <irlaird_AT_gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:35:45 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Adds 2 methods to reapply rules to existing client windows.
+
+---
+ config.def.h | 2 ++
+ dwm.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
+ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 9efa774..6b27df6 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+_AT_@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
+ /* modifier key function argument */
+ { MODKEY, XK_p, spawn, {.v = dmenucmd } },
+ { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_Return, spawn, {.v = termcmd } },
++ { MODKEY, XK_r, runrulesfocused,{0} },
++ { MODKEY|ShiftMask, XK_r, runrulesall, {0} },
+ { MODKEY, XK_b, togglebar, {0} },
+ { MODKEY, XK_j, focusstack, {.i = +1 } },
+ { MODKEY, XK_k, focusstack, {.i = -1 } },
+diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
+index 1443802..bd3bcd5 100644
+--- a/dwm.c
++++ b/dwm.c
+_AT_@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ } Rule;
+
+ /* function declarations */
+-static void applyrules(Client *c);
++static void applyrules(Client *c, int default_tags);
+ static int applysizehints(Client *c, int *x, int *y, int *w, int *h, int interact);
+ static void arrange(Monitor *m);
+ static void arrangemon(Monitor *m);
+_AT_@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ static void resizeclient(Client *c, int x, int y, int w, int h);
+ static void resizemouse(const Arg *arg);
+ static void restack(Monitor *m);
+ static void run(void);
++static void runrulesall(const Arg *args);
++static void runrulesfocused(const Arg *args);
+ static void scan(void);
+ static int sendevent(Client *c, Atom proto);
+ static void sendmon(Client *c, Monitor *m);
+_AT_@ -275,7 +277,7 @@ struct NumTags { char limitexceeded[LENGTH(tags) > 31 ? -1 : 1]; };
+
+ /* function implementations */
+ void
+-applyrules(Client *c)
++applyrules(Client *c, int default_tags)
+ {
+ const char *class, *instance;
+ unsigned int i;
+_AT_@ -307,7 +309,7 @@ applyrules(Client *c)
+ XFree(ch.res_class);
+ if (ch.res_name)
+ XFree(ch.res_name);
+- c->tags = c->tags & TAGMASK ? c->tags & TAGMASK : c->mon->tagset[c->mon->seltags];
++ c->tags = c->tags & TAGMASK ? c->tags & TAGMASK : default_tags ? default_tags : c->mon->tagset[c->mon->seltags];
+ }
+
+ int
+_AT_@ -1049,7 +1051,7 @@ manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa)
+ c->tags = t->tags;
+ } else {
+ c->mon = selmon;
+- applyrules(c);
++ applyrules(c, 0);
+ }
+
+ if (c->x + WIDTH(c) > c->mon->wx + c->mon->ww)
+_AT_@ -1389,6 +1391,28 @@ run(void)
+ handler[ev.type](&ev); /* call handler */
+ }
+
++static void
++runrulesfocused(const Arg *args)
++{
++ if (selmon->sel) {
++ applyrules(selmon->sel, 0);
++ focus(NULL);
++ arrange(selmon);
++ }
++}
++
++static void
++runrulesall(const Arg *args)
++{
++ for (Monitor *m = selmon; m; m=m->next) {
++ for (Client *c = m->clients; c; c = c->next) {
++ applyrules(c, c->tags);
++ }
++ arrange(m);
++ }
++ focus(NULL);
++}
++
+ void
+ scan(void)
+ {
+--
+2.50.1
+
diff --git a/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/index.md b/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..20d8d700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dwm.suckless.org/patches/runrules/index.md
_AT_@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+runrules
+=============
+
+Description
+-----------
+This patch adds two new callable methods that reapply rules to existing client windows:
+1. One method applies rules to the currently focused window.
+2. The other method applies rules to all windows.
+
+Download
+--------
+* [dwm-runrules-20250820-cfb8627.diff](dwm-runrules-20250820-cfb8627.diff)
+
+Author
+------
+* Ian Laird - <ian.laird_AT_gmail.com>
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