Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
ok. I didn't think i'd actually need to learn C. Thanks very much everyone. On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Kurt H Maier [2009-05-09 19:36]: > > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Nico Golde wrote: > > > * 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 useless about that advice. > > That's simply not true, I know quite some non-C coders who > happily use dwm. Editing a header file and applying common > sense to it should work out pretty well, no need to learn C > unless you want to patch dwm functionality which a lot of > people don't want or they are using patches by others. > > Cheers > Nico > -- > Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - n...@jabber.ccc.de - GPG: 0x73647CFF > For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. > -- Tommy A-TEC Computers www.a-tecpc.net
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
Hi, * Kurt H Maier [2009-05-09 19:36]: > On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Nico Golde wrote: > > * 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 useless about that advice. That's simply not true, I know quite some non-C coders who happily use dwm. Editing a header file and applying common sense to it should work out pretty well, no need to learn C unless you want to patch dwm functionality which a lot of people don't want or they are using patches by others. Cheers Nico -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - n...@jabber.ccc.de - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. pgpi9kPDxMpIS.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
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, 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, 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 useless about that advice. >> >> # Kurt H Maier >> >> > > > -- > > - > http://aleyscha.spaces.live.com/ > > ""El lugar mas peligroso de todos es el cielo... En el, cada pensamiento se > hace realidad... sea bueno o malo... creas tu paraiso o tu infierno"" > -- Tommy A-TEC Computers www.a-tecpc.net
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
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, 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 useless about that advice. > > # Kurt H Maier > > -- - http://aleyscha.spaces.live.com/ ""El lugar mas peligroso de todos es el cielo... En el, cada pensamiento se hace realidad... sea bueno o malo... creas tu paraiso o tu infierno""
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
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 useless about that advice. # Kurt H Maier
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to > > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone > > can help. > > Learn C. Use man. The award for the most useless comment in this thread goes to... you ;) Cheers Nico -- Nico Golde - http://www.ngolde.de - n...@jabber.ccc.de - GPG: 0x73647CFF For security reasons, all text in this mail is double-rot13 encrypted. pgpGiMNxCt17Q.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Benjamin Conner wrote: > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I think most of your questions have been answered, but I'll just offer a couple more suggestions for getting started: suckless.org -- first place to start, there's a lot of good info here xbindkeys -- great utility for general purpose keyboard shortcuts xfontsel -- a utility to get the proper syntax needed for choosing different fonts (I highly recommend the terminus and dina fonts) xinitrc -- perfect for loading dwm and any other apps you wanted started automatically Google those terms and you'll be up and running in no time. Cheers
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
leandro: Thanks. I will try the xinitrc for autostarting stuff. Kurt: I have sued both of them. WAY too heavy. I have been using JWM for a window manager. But on this comp with a big monitor, I thought I'd try DWM. It's light for a slow comp, and it seems very minimal, and I really like that look and feel. Niki: I like DWM. I have tried WMII and awesome but I like the sort of extreme ligh ways of DWM. So... If I have problems, I will come back. Thanks everyone! On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Leandro Chescotta wrote: > I found wmii to be very easy to use, it was my first tiling wm, but > awesome is very popular too, but dwm is far more easy that it seems to be at > first > > > > *De:* Niki Yoshiuchi [mailto:aplu...@gmail.com] > *Enviado el:* viernes, 08 de mayo de 2009 04:52 p.m. > *Para:* dwm mail list > *Asunto:* Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works! > > > > More seriously, perhaps an easier to install/configure tiling window > manager is in order. Xmonad, awesome, wmii, etc. etc. > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Benjamin Conner > wrote: > > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't > know > > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it > to > > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if > anyone > > can help. > > > > Tommy. > > Have you considered using maybe GNOME or KDE? > > # Kurt H Maier > > > > -- > La información del presente documento es clasificada como Confidencial. >
RE: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
I found wmii to be very easy to use, it was my first tiling wm, but awesome is very popular too, but dwm is far more easy that it seems to be at first De: Niki Yoshiuchi [mailto:aplu...@gmail.com] Enviado el: viernes, 08 de mayo de 2009 04:52 p.m. Para: dwm mail list Asunto: Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works! More seriously, perhaps an easier to install/configure tiling window manager is in order. Xmonad, awesome, wmii, etc. etc. On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Kurt H Maier mailto:karmaf...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Benjamin Conner mailto:tommydabo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone > can help. > > Tommy. Have you considered using maybe GNOME or KDE? # Kurt H Maier La información del presente documento es clasificada como Confidencial.
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
More seriously, perhaps an easier to install/configure tiling window manager is in order. Xmonad, awesome, wmii, etc. etc. On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Benjamin Conner > wrote: > > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't > know > > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it > to > > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if > anyone > > can help. > > > > Tommy. > > Have you considered using maybe GNOME or KDE? > > # Kurt H Maier > >
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
Hello Benjamin! On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:14:39PM -0400, Benjamin Conner wrote: > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone > can help. It's not very hard. I'm sure that this page will help you a lot: http://dwm.suckless.org/customisation/ but if you don't understand something or you've some issues configuring dwm please share you're config.h and we'll try to help you. Enjoy dwm and good luck for the customisation (the hardest thing usually is to choose the right colors and font)! :-) Ciao, Leonardo -- Leonardo Taccari | Peace, love and NetBSD. | http://freeshells.ch/~leot/
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Benjamin Conner wrote: > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone > can help. > > Tommy. Have you considered using maybe GNOME or KDE? # Kurt H Maier
Re: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 03:14:39PM -0400, Benjamin Conner wrote: > Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know Actually it's just one mailing list. > 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff > but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to > the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone > can help. Learn C. Use man. > Tommy. Regards, Matthias-Christian
RE: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works!
I found the best way to autostart applications to be the ~/.xinitc file, an example… … AUTOSTARTED_APP_1 & AUTOSTARTED_APP_2 & Exec YOUR_WM And for dwm configuration, it is very descriptive, you change your config.h to fit your needs, that are, your font, your colors, your keybindings, and a couple of options regarding the behavior of the wm, and believe me, the only way to understand it, is by experimentation, change some color, and recompile it, change something and recompile it, be prepared to break it, and fix it at beginning… Hope it helps you ☺ De: Benjamin Conner [mailto:tommydabo...@gmail.com] Enviado el: viernes, 08 de mayo de 2009 04:15 p.m. Para: dwm@suckless.org Asunto: [dwm] HELP! I don't understand config.h or how dwm works! Hey, I'm new to the mailing lists. The subject says it all. I don't know 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 anyone give me some basic help to using DWM? I found some stuff but nothing helps for me. I can post my config.h too. I will attach it to the message. Debian Sid. DWM 5.5. Thanks. I really appreaciate if anyone can help. Tommy. La información del presente documento es clasificada como Confidencial.
