Re: [dwm] In context of dwm 5.0

[Jan Christoph Ebersbach]

On Sat 28-06-2008 12:25 -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote:

> Since the loss of DEFGEOM, which I enjoyed in terms of the ease
> of setting up the basic parameters of display logic, attaining my
> favoured setup has become a little obscured.
>
> What would be the simplest way to define the status bar be only
> half the screen width? My intent would be to use dzen for misc info
> display, piping persistant information to dwm. I tend to jump to
> different machines with different stups and having a particular setup
> per host has become standard for me. Some have multiple displays, some
> have one, some are wifi only, some are wired only, some are mixed,
> etc...
>
> I had poked around in drawbar() this morning, seeing about possibly
> removing the stdin/status section of the bar or restricting the width
> of the bar and could only deduce that (int)ww determined the width
> bound of the bar, and the setting of dc.x = 0; determined the origin.
> Am I correct in this appraisal?

Hi Scytrin,

Just today I wrote a small patch to fix the status bar to a specific
width - it's attached to this email.

I also liked DEFGEOM since I'm using a two screen setup. It was a nice
first try to make multi screen setups enjoyable - I'm looking forward to
the next attempt.

Greetings.
-- 
Jan Christoph Ebersbach
But by the grace of God I am what I am. 1. Cor 15,10

diff -r 8d58433a1bc7 config.def.h
--- a/config.def.h	Sat Jun 28 14:24:04 2008 +0200
+++ b/config.def.h	Sat Jun 28 15:57:21 2008 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 static const char selfgcolor[]      = "#ffffff";
 static uint borderpx                = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static uint snap                    = 32;       /* snap pixel */
+static uint barwidth                = 1400;
 static Bool showbar                 = True;     /* False means no bar */
 static Bool topbar                  = True;     /* False means bottom bar */
 
diff -r 8d58433a1bc7 dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	Sat Jun 28 14:24:04 2008 +0200
+++ b/dwm.c	Sat Jun 28 15:57:21 2008 +0200
@@ -513,10 +513,10 @@
 	else
 		x = dc.x;
 	dc.w = TEXTW(stext);
-	dc.x = ww - dc.w;
+	dc.x = barwidth - dc.w;
 	if(dc.x < x) {
 		dc.x = x;
-		dc.w = ww - x;
+		dc.w = barwidth - x;
 	}
 	drawtext(stext, dc.norm, False);
 	if((dc.w = dc.x - x) > bh) {
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
 		else
 			drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);
 	}
-	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, barwin, dc.gc, 0, 0, ww, bh, 0, 0);
+	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, barwin, dc.gc, 0, 0, barwidth, bh, 0, 0);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 }
 
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
 	wa.event_mask = ButtonPressMask|ExposureMask;
 
-	barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, wx, by, ww, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+	barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, wx, by, barwidth, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
 			CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
 			CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
 	XDefineCursor(dpy, barwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
@@ -1549,8 +1549,8 @@
 updatebar(void) {
 	if(dc.drawable != 0)
 		XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
-	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, ww, bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
-	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, barwin, wx, by, ww, bh);
+	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, barwidth, bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
+	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, barwin, wx, by, barwidth, bh);
 }
 
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