can you send me this patch? would be nice to test it. Looks interesting.
On Tue, 5 Jun 2007 10:39:34 +0200 "y i y u s " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was maintaining a patch with this functionality for personal use. I > defined a new variable, mousemode, which was activated with a middle > mouse click in the bar and showed with an square in the layout > indicator. Then you could move windows with left button, resize with > the right one, change float state with the wheel and zoom with the > middle button. i also implemented some actions with clicks on the bar > to close windows, etc. and even you could assign tags to applications > with the mouse. > For the dmenu thing I was using fmenu, a replacement which could also > be used with the mouse (though it was intended to work with a small > set of commands, not all your path). > After some months of a quasi-exclusive use of acme for my work, I > don't maintain this patch or fmenu anymore (it is difficult to follow > dwm development). Anyway if you want I can send you the last version > (I think it was for 3.0 or 3.1), just let me know as I would have to > search in my backups... > > see you, > > -- > :: yy :: > > 2007/6/1, pancake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > These days I'm thinking about the way to bring a mouse-only interaction with > > dwm and related tools. Yes I know that is crappy, but something when i'm > > smoking or working with more than one computer at the same time i like to > > only get the mouse and not adapting my hands to different keyboards. These > > changes can be also helpful for embedded devices with touchscreens and wheel > > buttons. > > > > So I have different proposals to make dmenu and dwm more mouse friendly. Let > > me know what do you think about this. > > > > dmenu: > > > > - up/down keys act as left/right keys > > - mouse wheel act as left/right keys too > > - mouse left click activates the selected word > > - mouse right click closes dmenu (like <ESC>) > > > > dwm: > > > > - mouse wheel on tags allows to change between "desktops" (without having > > to click) > > - left click on status bar (where the stdin is printed) executes a program. > > - left click on title bar swaps current window between floating and tiled > > mode > > - right click on title bar closes the window > > > > What i don't know how to do is how to emulate alt+click options (move and > > resize) or > > how to zoom a window (alt+intro) without using the keyboard. (I really love > > these > > two actions x) > > > > These dwm options (well designed) could be done on the same way as > > keybindings are defined, > > so they could be easily configured by the user. > > > > I think some of these options can be delagated to dzen (execution of dmenu > > when clicking > > a dzen button), but the interaction with the windows should be done inside > > dwm. > > > > Let me know what do you think about this, btw it could be also possible to > > create an > > X11 program to wrap mouse gestures as keyboard shortcuts, and this will be > > probable > > cooler (for example, click on a certain area of the Xwindows and move the > > mouse out of > > it can simulate an alt+intro keybinding, etc..). > > > > This last option should take more sense on a kiss environment, but this > > will be > > probably harder to design O:) > > > > --pancake > > > > > > > -- > > > - yiyus || JGL . > --pancake
