RE: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors continued

2012-02-27 Thread Jan Christoph Ebersbach
on't do it. https://bitbucket.org/jceb81/dwm-patches/raw/53cc07efad29/single_clientlist.patch Cheers, Jan Christoph -Original message- From: Jan Christoph Ebersbach Sent: Mon 27-02-2012 21:12 Subject: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors continued To: dev@suckless.org; CC:

[dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors continued

2012-02-27 Thread Jan Christoph Ebersbach
Hi Thomas, Hi everybody, I experienced the very same difficulties with dwm's multi-monitor support that Thomas described earlier this year. In the attached patch I solved the problem by detaching the list of clients from the monitor. There is just one list of clients and all tags are shared betwee

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-16 Thread Thomas Dean
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 21:57:31 +, Rob wrote: > Check /(toggle)?(view|tag)/ functions in dwm.c > Or you could change arrange() so it sets the tagset for all other monitors too I looked into this, and the attached patch seems to result in exactly what I asked for -- synchronized tags across mo

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Thomas Dean
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 21:48:47 +, Bjartur Thorlacius wrote: > >This problem would come up if there was only one tagset and each monitor > >would be an independent view whose visible tags could be set independently. > >I rather meant that there should be only one tagset, and all monitors > >to

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Rob
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:35:02AM +0100, Thomas Dean wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:44:56 -0500, TJ Robotham wrote: > > You might find it helpful to go into sendmon and delete that one line that > > resets the window's tags to whatever's currently visible on the other > > monitor. > > That w

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Bjartur Thorlacius
Þann fös 13.jan 2012 10:32, skrifaði Thomas Dean: This problem would come up if there was only one tagset and each monitor would be an independent view whose visible tags could be set independently. I rather meant that there should be only one tagset, and all monitors together would form a combin

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Rob
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:32:42AM +0100, Thomas Dean wrote: > This problem would come up if there was only one tagset and each monitor > would be an independent view whose visible tags could be set independently. > I rather meant that there should be only one tagset, and all monitors > together wo

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Thomas Dean
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:44:56 -0500, TJ Robotham wrote: > > But with two monitors, I constantly find myself moving windows between the > > two, and searching for windows that I "lost" because I put them on the other > > monitor, which makes them lose their previously assigned tags. > > You migh

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-13 Thread Thomas Dean
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 18:09:15 +, Rob wrote: > > I would imagine that the (or my at least) workflow could be much smoother > > if there was only one tagset, independently of the number of monitors, and > > if there were (a) layout(s) suitable for multi-screen views. The first > > useful layou

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-12 Thread TJ Robotham
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 04:16:37PM +0100, Thomas Dean wrote: > But with two monitors, I constantly find myself moving windows between the > two, and searching for windows that I "lost" because I put them on the other > monitor, which makes them lose their previously assigned tags. You might find i

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-12 Thread Rob
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 04:16:37PM +0100, Thomas Dean wrote: > I would imagine that the (or my at least) workflow could be much smoother > if there was only one tagset, independently of the number of monitors, and > if there were (a) layout(s) suitable for multi-screen views. The first > useful lay

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-12 Thread Justin Pogue
I actually really prefer it this way because it's a lot more flexible. I've tried other WM's and this behavior is the reason I always come back to DWM. That said, I like your idea and would love to see it implemented in the form of a patch. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Thomas Dean <78...@web

Re: [dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-12 Thread Petr Šabata
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 04:16:37PM +0100, Thomas Dean wrote: > I've used dwm for about half a year now (3 years of wmii before), and like > it a lot. However, I find that the handling of tags for multiple monitors > keeps disturbing my workflow. Isn't it against the general philosophy of > dwm to a

[dev] [dwm] Tags vs Monitors

2012-01-12 Thread Thomas Dean
I've used dwm for about half a year now (3 years of wmii before), and like it a lot. However, I find that the handling of tags for multiple monitors keeps disturbing my workflow. Isn't it against the general philosophy of dwm to assign a definite monitor to each window, and to have separate tagsets