On Mon 2016.12.05 at 14:21 +0100, Rudolf Sykora wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been trying cwm for a while and would like to
> ask a question about it. As cwm seems to be developed
> within openbsd, I dare ask here.
>
> I seem to need desktops, thus my .cwmrc contains
>
> sticky yes
> bind M-1grouponly1
> bind M-2grouponly2
> bind M-3grouponly3
> bind M-4grouponly4
> bind MS-1 movetogroup1
> bind MS-2 movetogroup2
> bind MS-3 movetogroup3
> bind MS-4 movetogroup4
>
> which emulates desktops, and works fine
> as long as one doesn't have hidden windows. My problem
> with a hidden window shows, when
>
> 1) I have a certain group of windows,
> 2) I hide one window,
> 3) I switch to another group,
> 4) and I return to the original group.
> Now the window that I hid is no longer hidden.
> This I find annoying.
> (The movetogroup unhides all windows.)
>
> Is there any help (or does my use of cwm differ
> from the usual use?)
>
> Thanks for comments,
> Ruda
Hi,
I can't offer much help :) As you gathered, cwm doesn't have desktops, but it
can emulate desktops, with a few caveats (as you've found one). I see this a
lot from folks posting cwm configs - folks prefer desktops as opposed to
groups, which is what the original cwm was designed around. The mixing of
groups and ewmh desktops is fairly sloppy; replacing this emulation with actual
desktops is something I would like to see; I have some inital stabs at it, but
it does break groups and labels, thus it's almost a re-write from that
stand-point (making all 3 work without setting so-called 'modes' of
operations). Doesn't mean it won't happen; it bothers me enough to get back to
it...
Thanks,
Okan
