Re: [dwm] EWMH code would enable some code cuts

2008-05-07 Thread Tuncer Ayaz
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Kurt H Maier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd much rather see status bar go away entirely and dwm use stdin and stdout to communicate with an external app to handle tag status. I don't think ewmh is the answer. I'd like to run dwm as dwm bar so that anything

Re: [dwm] EWMH code would enable some code cuts

2008-05-07 Thread Don Stewart
tuncer.ayaz: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Anselm R. Garbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:14:10AM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote: I think an implementation of EWMH would make it possible to remove the dwm panel (the one that reads stdin and displays it) from dwm code

Re: [dwm] EWMH code would enable some code cuts

2008-05-07 Thread Don Stewart
tuncer.ayaz: On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Don Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tuncer.ayaz: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Anselm R. Garbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:14:10AM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote: I think an implementation of EWMH would make

Re: [dwm] EWMH code would enable some code cuts

2008-05-07 Thread Anselm R. Garbe
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 07:57:44AM +0200, Tuncer Ayaz wrote: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:01 PM, Anselm R. Garbe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 12:14:10AM +0200, Henrik Holst wrote: I think an implementation of EWMH would make it possible to remove the dwm panel (the one

Re: [dwm] command line tool to notify()

2008-05-07 Thread pancake
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 01:15:15PM +0200, pancake wrote: what do you think about writing a tool for commandline to generate a notify() event to the X. This way we can call it from any program (irssi, mutt, our own shellscripts) and notify the tag where they are. it shouldnt be hard to do.

[dwm] dijkstra quote

2008-05-07 Thread Szabolcs Nagy
a dijkstra quote [1] i've just stumbled upon and would like to share: The practice is pervaded by the reassuring illusion that programs are just devices like any others, the only difference admitted being that their manufacture might require a new type of craftsmen, viz. programmers. From there

Re: [dwm] dijkstra quote

2008-05-07 Thread Matthias-Christian Ott
Szabolcs Nagy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a dijkstra quote [1] i've just stumbled upon and would like to share: The practice is pervaded by the reassuring illusion that programs are just devices like any others, the only difference admitted being that their manufacture might require a new type

Re: [dwm] dijkstra quote

2008-05-07 Thread Christoph Lohmann
Good evening. Am Wed, 7 May 2008 14:34:19 -0700 (PDT) schrieb mikshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I find it blindingly bizarre that programmers, who by definition should be logical thinkers, could be even slightly influenced toward thinking that lines of code are directly proportional to quality of

Re: [dwm] snapping bugs with multiple screens

2008-05-07 Thread John A. Grahor
Right, I propose to get rid of snapping at all. Does anyone uses snapping at all? I do. But I actually think a far better solution to the get this floating window to the edge of the screen easily is what yiyus(?) said early on (or at least, what I think he meant). If you simply prevent a

Re: [dwm] snapping bugs with multiple screens

2008-05-07 Thread Antoni Grzymala
John A. Grahor dixit (2008-05-07, 17:57): Having to use the mouse a lot can suck, but following Fitts' Law makes it suck /significantly/ less, in my opinion. It might seem like it'd be bad to not be able to move a window partially off-screen, but I don't think I've ever intentionally meant to

Re: [dwm] dijkstra quote

2008-05-07 Thread Charlie Kester
* Christoph Lohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-07 23:48:20 +0200]: Good evening. Am Wed, 7 May 2008 14:34:19 -0700 (PDT) schrieb mikshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I find it blindingly bizarre that programmers, who by definition should be logical thinkers, could be even slightly influenced toward