fair enough (for both statements), so i guess this was more of a fix for slower systems?
On Sunday, January 11th, 2026 at 9:10 PM, Hiltjo Posthuma <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > It was always customizable, by changing it in dwm.c and recompiling ;) The > source-code is the configuration. Now changing this case is just a bit more > clear and organized. The default was bumped from 60 to 120. > > The limit was added in 2014 because in some cases there could be lag when > resizing or moving the window. When resizing a window it would redraw each > change. > > https://git.suckless.org/dwm/commit/3d1090ba896319368c4771b88d325fcee368a608.html > > It might be useless or unnoticable for your configuration, thats true. > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 09:51:56PM +0000, ruby R53 wrote: > > > Now that the refresh rate for resizing and moving is customizable, I > > decided to update this patch so that it works on this current and future > > versions of dwm. I dunno why this limitation is here, I find it kinda > > useless. > > > From 70ad1df8e2a88dd75d8de4ffdd9ae39f11cd42c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > > From: ruby-R53 [email protected] > > Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:17:29 -0300 > > Subject: [PATCH] dwm: update refreshrate patch for v6.7 > > > > --- > > config.def.h | 1 - > > dwm.c | 10 ---------- > > 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h > > index 81c3fc0..9efa774 100644 > > --- a/config.def.h > > +++ b/config.def.h > > @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static const float mfact = 0.55; /* factor of master area > > size [0.05..0.95] > > static const int nmaster = 1; /* number of clients in master area / > > static const int resizehints = 1; / 1 means respect size hints in tiled > > resizals / > > static const int lockfullscreen = 1; / 1 will force focus on the fullscreen > > window / > > -static const int refreshrate = 120; / refresh rate (per second) for client > > move/resize */ > > > > static const Layout layouts[] = { > > /* symbol arrange function */ > > diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c > > index 8f4fa75..c6d05c4 100644 > > --- a/dwm.c > > +++ b/dwm.c > > @@ -1149,7 +1149,6 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) > > Client *c; > > Monitor *m; > > XEvent ev; > > - Time lasttime = 0; > > > > if (!(c = selmon->sel)) > > return; > > @@ -1172,10 +1171,6 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) > > handlerev.type; > > break; > > case MotionNotify: > > - if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate)) > > - continue; > > - lasttime = ev.xmotion.time; > > - > > nx = ocx + (ev.xmotion.x - x); > > ny = ocy + (ev.xmotion.y - y); > > if (abs(selmon->wx - nx) < snap) > > @@ -1304,7 +1299,6 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg) > > Client *c; > > Monitor *m; > > XEvent ev; > > - Time lasttime = 0; > > > > if (!(c = selmon->sel)) > > return; > > @@ -1326,10 +1320,6 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg) > > handlerev.type; > > break; > > case MotionNotify: > > - if ((ev.xmotion.time - lasttime) <= (1000 / refreshrate)) > > - continue; > > - lasttime = ev.xmotion.time; > > - > > nw = MAX(ev.xmotion.x - ocx - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1); > > nh = MAX(ev.xmotion.y - ocy - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1); > > if (c->mon->wx + nw >= selmon->wx && c->mon->wx + nw <= selmon->wx + > > selmon->ww > > -- > > 2.52.0 > > > > -- > Kind regards, > Hiltjo
