Re: [dev] [st] transparency - Was: [dwm] devilspie doesn't work

2011-05-07 Thread Ammar James
Oh god not this again. Haters gonna hate.

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread v4hn
On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 03:33:51PM +0200, Petr Sabata wrote: On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 03:26:11PM +0200, m1...@web.de wrote: [huge pile of crap] Oh that hurts... You did _not_ try to read this, did ya? Anselm wrote: I'm looking into mlmmj to let html mails bounce. Would be great to see

Re: [dev] [ANN] sabotage 2011-04-30, a musl+busybox based distribution

2011-05-07 Thread Abner
I would love to see a simple and fast image uncompressing library with a standard API for all them. if we just add support for compressing we can write simple tools to convert between file formats and change background images or write a nicer slock. and im sure jpg+png+gif can fit in less

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread M1kes
@Kurt well..incorrect :) there is no public definition of a dyn. wm which says this features shouldn't be present..so if i'm saying this feature should be present to make it a usable dyn. this is my opinion :) i'm not just using 1 tab, in average i'm using 5 tabs and there are situations where i

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Connor Lane Smith
Hey, On 7 May 2011 15:43, m1...@web.de wrote: in dwm i have would have to think about which terminal to use for which purpose and how much space do i need because there is no way to change de ordering of terminals in a tag an easy way or just maximise a window by stacking. Sorry, I don't

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 10:43 AM, m1...@web.de wrote: well..incorrect :) there is no public definition of a dyn. wm which says this features shouldn't be present..so if i'm saying this feature should be present to make it a usable dyn. this is my opinion :) and I'm not trying to define

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Suraj Kurapati
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:43 AM, m1...@web.de wrote: i like wmii :)  but it seems to become more and more unmaintained Kris is still around, but very busy it seems. I would guess that he will have enough free time motivation to work on wmii this summer. and there are some minor issues which

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread M1kes
@kurt and I'm not trying to define 'dynamic window manager' in the general case. I'm explaining to you why your workflow is incompatible with dwm. nope, if, at all, dwm is incompatible with my workflow ;) I can't make any of this make sense. If you want to reorder windows, there's

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Anselm R Garbe
On 7 May 2011 20:21, m1...@web.de wrote: @Connor Sorry, I don't understand -- why is Alt-Return insufficient? yes ok, this is a solution. but if i switch back via via Alt-Return the main-window gets ordered at first windows on the right side.. so if i want it to be the bottom window on the

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread M1kes
@Anselm i get tired from this..i just switched my wm..have fun with dwm ;) ___ Schon gehört? WEB.DE hat einen genialen Phishing-Filter in die Toolbar eingebaut! http://produkte.web.de/go/toolbar

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Jakub Lach
7 May 2011 20:26 Anselm R Garbe garb...@gmail.com wrote: That doesn't sound you are using dwm as it is supposed to be used. Oh, snap! I'm always using tag 1 in static style (top, syslogd etc).. Am I not worthy? Should I be anticipating van arrival?

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread David Neu
On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Kurt H Maier karmaf...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:26 AM, m1...@web.de wrote: hm well that should be main-features of a dynamic-window-manager and not just available pver a patch..these were some of the main reasons I liked wmii.. Incorrect.  

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Suraj Kurapati
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 11:21 AM, m1...@web.de wrote: fix wmii. don't try to turn dwm into it. this wuld be a solution if wmii would be documented..which is not really the case..sorry but there is nearly no documentation in it Really? wmii has a manpage, user guide, and wiki of documentation.

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread M1kes
@Suraj Finally, we arrive at the truth. Not having the time, energy, or motivation wrong, i wrote: time, the other stuff is invented by your imagination.. *imaginationlaaand* ^^ to hack on wmii is reasonable; accusing wmii of being undocumented (there is a manpage, user guide, and website) is

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread markus schnalke
[2011-05-07 20:39] m1...@web.de @Anselm i get tired from this..i just switched my wm..have fun with dwm ;) You did right. Use the window manager that matches your needs best. meillo

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Anselm R Garbe
On 7 May 2011 20:43, Jakub Lach jakub_l...@mailplus.pl wrote: 7 May 2011 20:26 Anselm R Garbe garb...@gmail.com wrote: That doesn't sound you are using dwm as it is supposed to be used. Oh, snap! I'm always using tag 1 in static style (top, syslogd etc).. Am I not worthy? Should I be

Re: [dev] [ANN] sabotage 2011-04-30, a musl+busybox based distribution

2011-05-07 Thread Ruben Mikkonen
That would be cool in my opinion, since I'm attraced to the concep of Abaco (and Acme). The only reason I don't regularly use Abaco is that it renders pages so poorly that it's much saner to use e.g. Surf. On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Jens Staal staal1...@gmail.com wrote: For a web browser I

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread hiro
Multiple tags seem cleaner to me than switching the current tag in wmii sending a client to the old tag and switching back to it again. But for this you need all your tags to be pretty organized, and more or less empty. I see the point though, but to switch would be difficult for me.

Re: [dev] Sup and dmc

2011-05-07 Thread hiro
complicated? is the most simple implementation for storing data. why non transparent? I'm not sure I understood the whole concept yet, will have to do some more reading. I guess I'm making it more difficult than it is...

RE: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Wolf Tivy
As for tags, I think joining two tags in the current view was one of the early aha moments I had when implementing dwm. Not using this feature frequently is fine though. But you will develop new working styles when joining tags that you haven't previously considered possible. Cheers,

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Andrew Hills
On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Wolf Tivy w...@tivy.com wrote: It would be nice to be able to tag a window (or a tag) as needing lots of space, and letting dwm accomodate (go into monocle or whatever) automatically, but maybe the problem is that 1024x768 just isn't enough. Use the tag mask to

Re: [dev] dwm

2011-05-07 Thread Suraj N. Kurapati
On Sat 07 May 2011 08:53:40 PM PDT, m1...@web.de wrote: Not having the time, energy, or motivation to hack on wmii is reasonable wrong, i wrote: time, the other stuff is invented by your imagination.. True, I projected my feelings into your statement whilst empathizing.

[dev] [9base] add rm and ssam from plan9port

2011-05-07 Thread Stanley Lieber
http://openbsd.stanleylieber.com:7734/9base/add_rm_ssam.diff -sl

[dev] wmii - key events are not read unless they are repeated

2011-05-07 Thread Ben Smith
Hi, I'm starting to get into scripting wmii and am having a little trouble reading key events, e.g. the programs list does not appear until its pressed a few times, or another action if called. This is also my first adventure into scripting. I'm on arch linux with the wmii installed from