On Wed 07 Dec 2011 09:58:17 PM PST, Carlos Torres wrote: > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > > I want to launch a terminal with EWMH window type "dialog" so > > that it opens in the floating layer > > you can set the -name of the terminal; that will set the WM_CLASS > to <name>, "XTerm" [...] you can then set a line in config.h of > dwm for that specific XTerm instance.
Thanks, that works well, and for any client with that WM_CLASS. :) static const Rule rules[] = { { NULL, "DIALOG", NULL, 0, True, -1 }, }; $ urxvt -name DIALOG -e top & $ xterm -name DIALOG -e top & -- "It's not just a computer -- it's your ass." -- Cal Keegan