Re: [wmii] Tagging rules?

Caleb,

Thanks a lot for your (very quick) reply! That makes complete sense. I
can't believe I never noticed the Mod+T keys before...that is really
cool!

Have a good night. (morning?)

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 11:32 PM, Caleb Eggensperger <calebegg_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> As I understand it, when a window that matches a tagging rule is
> mapped, it is automatically given the specified tags. You can access
> tags with Mod1 + T (then type the tag name) and can apply non-numeric
> tags with Mod1+Shift+T followed by the tag name (if it's prepended by
> a +, it adds that tag instead of switching it, and - removes that
> tag). I just use the numeric ones because they're easier, but I've
> seen some ruby-wmii code (I don't use ruby-wmii though) that lets you
> access the alphanumeric tags using the Mod1+n keys (just goes to the
> appropriate one in the list).
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Michael Schreifels <technel_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I have been using wmii for quite some time now, and I absolutely love
>> it. Today I began attempting to configure it with pywmii (a project
>> that looks to be abandoned--or at least updated anymore). I have seen
>> this come up in pywmii, python-wmii, and also when I have tried other
>> tiling window manager, and I don't really understand the concept...
>>
>> What *are* tagging rules?
>>
>> The FAQ doesn't discuss it, the man pages don't touch on it, Google
>> finds little but references to it config files...what are they used
>> for?
>>
>> For example, in pywmii, the default wmiirc has this:
>>
>> # Tagging Rules
>> wmii.tagrules = [
>> ("/SNAC/", "~"),
>> ("/XMMS.*/", "~"),
>> ("/MPlayer.*/", "~"),
>> ("/.*Untitled.*/", "~"),
>> #("/PyLaunch/", "~"),
>> #("/.*gedit.*/", "~"),
>> #(".*PyLaunch.*", "~"),
>> ("/Send & Receive.*/", "~"),
>> ("/.*Mozilla Firefox.*/", "web"),
>> ("/.*Minefield.*/", "web"),
>> ("/.*Evolution/", "mail"),
>> ("/XChat.*/", "chat"),
>> ("/mycalc\\.py/", "~"),
>> ("/KTorrent/", "torrent"),
>> ("/Pan:.*/", "news"),
>> ("/.*/", "!"),
>> ("/.*/", "0"),
>> ]
>>
>> I have seen screenshots where people will have tags like "web", but I
>> don't really get what they are for. Do you access them with MOD-# like
>> other tags? Are the programs automatically launched for that tag? Or
>> are they just auto put there after launch?
>>
>> I'd appreciate an explanation. Thanks!
>>
>>
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