Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
2009/4/30 Wu, Yue : > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 08:22:59AM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote: >> 2009/4/30 Wu, Yue : >> > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: >> >> use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now >> >> derived from the name attribute of the root window. >> >> It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. >> > >> > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple >> > thing. :( >> >> There is wmname as well which can be used. > > I'll have a try, thank you :) Anyway, I think add it into dwm is a perfect way > for me, it just a simple function, and won't add much more lines of code I > think, right? Reading from stdin is significantly more complex than using an X property. I refer to the hg history: http://code.suckless.org/hg/dwm/rev/6d6ed7a9183c Kind regards, --Anselm
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 08:22:59AM +0100, Anselm R Garbe wrote: > 2009/4/30 Wu, Yue : > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: > >> use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now > >> derived from the name attribute of the root window. > >> It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. > > > > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple > > thing. :( > > There is wmname as well which can be used. I'll have a try, thank you :) Anyway, I think add it into dwm is a perfect way for me, it just a simple function, and won't add much more lines of code I think, right? -- Hi, Wu, Yue
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 09:06:41AM +0200, Antoni Grzymala wrote: > Wu, Yue dixit (2009-04-30, 14:53): > > > > It's part of the main Xorg distribution, so I don't think it's > > > unreasonable to expect people to have it. > > > > Some others haven't... It's just a simple function, if I have no xsetroot > > installed, and I like this function, I have to install a tool that's much > > bigger than dwm... > > Really? > > $ ls -l /usr/bin/xsetroot > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13676 2009-04-08 18:18 /usr/bin/xsetroot* > $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/dwm > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28668 2009-04-27 18:31 /usr/local/bin/dwm* > Hmm, I mean the src's package size. But now I know it's smaller than dwm after installing :) -- Hi, Wu, Yue
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
Not modifying the man page when status text behavior was changed was a big mistake. If nobody does it, I will try to submit a patch and edit the wiki this afternoon or tomorrow. -- - yiyus || JGL .
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
2009/4/30 Wu, Yue : > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: >> use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now >> derived from the name attribute of the root window. >> It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. > > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple > thing. :( There is wmname as well which can be used. Kind regards, --Anselm
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Antoni Grzymala wrote: > Wu, Yue dixit (2009-04-30, 14:53): >> Some others haven't... It's just a simple function, if I have no xsetroot >> installed, and I like this function, I have to install a tool that's much >> bigger than dwm... > > Really? Maybe he means x.org? # Kurt H Maier
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
Wu, Yue dixit (2009-04-30, 14:53): > > It's part of the main Xorg distribution, so I don't think it's > > unreasonable to expect people to have it. > > Some others haven't... It's just a simple function, if I have no xsetroot > installed, and I like this function, I have to install a tool that's much > bigger than dwm... Really? $ ls -l /usr/bin/xsetroot -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13676 2009-04-08 18:18 /usr/bin/xsetroot* $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/dwm -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28668 2009-04-27 18:31 /usr/local/bin/dwm* -- [a] pgp0nbiYUprzI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:58:10PM -0700, David E. Thiel wrote: > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:50:45PM +0800, Wu, Yue wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: > > > use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now > > > derived from the name attribute of the root window. > > > It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. > > > > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple > > thing. :( > > It's part of the main Xorg distribution, so I don't think it's > unreasonable to expect people to have it. Some others haven't... It's just a simple function, if I have no xsetroot installed, and I like this function, I have to install a tool that's much bigger than dwm... -- Hi, Wu, Yue
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:50:45PM +0800, Wu, Yue wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: > > use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now > > derived from the name attribute of the root window. > > It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. > > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple > thing. :( It's part of the main Xorg distribution, so I don't think it's unreasonable to expect people to have it.
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:50:45PM +0800, Wu, Yue wrote: > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: > > It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple > thing. :( > > -- > Hi, > Wu, Yue > So write your own ;) It's not hard to do.
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:08:09PM -0700, Scytrin dai Kinthra wrote: > use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now > derived from the name attribute of the root window. > It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game. It's a pain that I have to install an extra software to achieve this simple thing. :( -- Hi, Wu, Yue
Re: [dwm] dwm status bar..
use `xsetroot -name ` as dwm's status bar contents are now
derived from the name attribute of the root window.
It's a good thing, as you no longer need to play the pipe game.
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 21:16, Don Harper wrote:
> Hi,
> I am coming back to dwm after being away for a while. I am now
> running 5.5, and my question is how do I get the status back in the bar?
> I used to run something like:
>
> while true
> do
> #sswriter -d "%m/%d/%y - %I:%M %p" -D eth0 wlan0 "--{ %b0 | M: %m S: %s
> | %n | %d }--\n"
> status.sh
> sleep 15
> done | dwm
>
> But that does not work anymore. I do not see on dwm.suckland.org or in
> the man page what I should be doing now...
>
> thanks!
>
> don
>
> --
> Don Harper, RHCE http://www.donaldharper.com/
>
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