On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 08:27:38PM +0200, Julien Danjou wrote:
> At 1252338759 time_t, TheSighter wrote:
> > I had made some addidionts in thsi hook. For example i added a check for
> > the icon-name of an application.
> >
> > So my problem is that i can't find any place in the rc.lua where the
> > awful.rules-table is read out, like in the old manage.register hook.
> >
> > can I simply add this check to the signal-function?
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but I'll try to explain from
> what I understand. :)
>
> When a new client is managed, the "manage" class signal is emitted.
> The function awful.rules.apply is registered to be execcuted upon that
> signal is emitted.
>
> If you want to use awful.rules but add more stuff, the best way to do
> it is to first unregister it:
> client.remove_signal"manage", awful.rules.apply)
>
> Then, register your own function
> client.add_signal("manage", my_rule_function)
>
> In my_rule_function, you can do whatever you want like:
>
> function my_rule_function(c, startup)
> -- apply awful.rules
> awful.rules.apply(c)
> -- Do the stuff you want.
> -- bla()
> end
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Julien Danjou
> // ᐰ <[email protected]> http://julien.danjou.info
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> // And thinking so much differently.
Yeah, you completely understand what i mean. :-).
I will update my config soon.
You give a good explanation to understand the
"signal-handling-principle" too.
thx pro :-)
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