Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!

2009-05-09 Thread Benjamin Conner
I agree with Leandro. I mean, it seems like it's pretty simple, at least what I want to do. Anyway, thanks for the help. On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Leandro Chescotta < leandro.chesco...@gmail.com> wrote: > i dont think so, i never reaad the man page and i dont know to program in C > a lot,

Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?

2009-05-09 Thread Preben Randhol
On Sat, 9 May 2009 19:30:12 +0200 sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > My requirements are pretty simple in my opinion, but I get the > impression they seem not to be very common ... Instead current offers > are bloated with stuff I am only using once per year or not at all. I have an Asus Eee 1000H a

Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!

2009-05-09 Thread Leandro Chescotta
i dont think so, i never reaad the man page and i dont know to program in C a lot, so i think the only thing he needs are time to spare trying and examples to try and figure it out how to do the things he want On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM

Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?

2009-05-09 Thread stanio
Hello, * Adam [2009-05-09 11:50]: > Hello, I am considering getting an eee pc or something similar, and am > trying to compare prices. I am considering buying a netbook in the very near future, too. You might share your criteria and the results of your comparison -- I at least would be interest

Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!

2009-05-09 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Matthias-Christian Ott [2009-05-08 21:43]: >> Learn C. Use man. > > The award for the most useless comment in this thread goes > to... you ;) He's going to need to do exactly that if he's going to get anywhere with dwm. Nothing useles

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread stanio
* Kurt H Maier [2009-05-09 17:47]: > On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:49:53AM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > > I noticed I very rarely look at most of the stuff in this status bar thoug, > > so I am thinking of 2 staged status query -- e.g. date/time and temp in the > > dwm status bar; The rest

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread miles
`uptime` is the best combination of usefulness and simplicity in my opinion. Then again I only use dwm on the desktop and things such as wireless signal and battery life done apply to me. miles

Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!

2009-05-09 Thread Nico Golde
Hi, * Matthias-Christian Ott [2009-05-08 21:43]: > On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:14:39PM -0400, Benjamin Conner wrote: [...] > > how to setup DWM. I want some autostart programs, some keyboard shortcuts, > > and some basic stuff so I can use it. (and once I can use it, to use it well > > :P) Can a

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread Jeremy Jay
I have mine just clock and date, but it'll show other stats when they are "interesting" ie high cpu usage, discharging/low battery, low/off wifi, etc Jeremy On Sat 09 May 2009 - 10:47AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:49:53AM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > > I noticed I

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:49:53AM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > I noticed I very rarely look at most of the stuff in this status bar thoug, > so I am thinking of 2 staged status query -- e.g. date/time and temp in the > dwm status bar; The rest can be queried 'on demand' in the console.

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread Martin Oppegaard
On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 11:49:53AM +0200, sta...@cs.tu-berlin.de wrote: > I noticed I very rarely look at most of the stuff in this status bar thou= > g, > so I am thinking of 2 staged status query -- e.g. date/time and temp in t= > he > dwm status bar; The rest can be queried 'on demand' in the co

Re: [dwm] Stats script

2009-05-09 Thread stanio
* Jake Todd [2009-05-03 05:31]: > What are you guys using? I use in .Xsession while true ; do xsetroot -name "`${HOME}/.status`"; sleep 4; done & and here is .status cat .status |~ #!/bin/sh

[dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?

2009-05-09 Thread Adam
Hello, I am considering getting an eee pc or something similar, and am trying to compare prices. I currently live in germany but the only store i have bought from here before is "bora computer" which is ok, but I am looking for a few more data points. I am wondering if there are some good online sh

Re: [dwm] [OT] frequency scaling and power consumption

2009-05-09 Thread hiro
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > From a physics standpoint if you're generating less heat you're > consuming less power. > > # Kurt H Maier > > And you generate less heat when you allow the cpu to take advantage of it's high frequencies at high loads, because you can put it b

Re: [dwm] [OT] frequency scaling and power consumption

2009-05-09 Thread Matthias-Christian Ott
On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 12:29:50AM -0500, Kurt H Maier wrote: > From a physics standpoint if you're generating less heat you're > consuming less power. That's true, but I don't believe that the reduction of power consumption is proportional to the performance losings, so the performance per watt r

Re: [dwm] [OT] frequency scaling and power consumption

2009-05-09 Thread Matthias-Christian Ott
On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 01:56:09PM +0800, bill lam wrote: > > Personally I have noticed that locking my laptops scaling CPU to the > > lowest frequency does give quite a noticeable improvement to the battery > > life, around an extra hour on top of the usual 4~ hours and reduces the > > temperature

Re: [dwm] [OT] frequency scaling and power consumption

2009-05-09 Thread Preben Randhol
On Sat, 9 May 2009 13:56:09 +0800 bill lam wrote: > Thanks all for confirmation. Since I only have a desktop, no > notebook/netbook ;-( it is somehow difficult to verify the > improvement. I now lock the cpu frequency to 1.1GHZ (half of the > original 2.1G). Why on earth do you want to do this