Re: [dwm] [PATCH] An experiment with X resources

"Anselm R. Garbe" <arg_AT_suckmore.org> writes:

> I don't see much benefit in this design, because you have to
> edit config.h anyways.

You edit config.h when you bind a keybinding to a general action ("launch
an xterm", say) but not when you change the command used to achieve that
action. I have just three spawn actions whose bindings are constant
across all my accounts and that I never change (xterm, browser, menu) but
I frequently tinker with the exact commands they run, and run different
commands on different displays---despite the fact those displays share a
dwm WASM blob and a home directory.

I don't think there is a benefit for upstream dwm, which is why I
deliberately pulled spawn_command out of the posted pull request. (As mentioned,
the code in its current state is unsatisfactory too, because it prevents
me from freeing the xrdb at the end of setup().) I brought it up less as
a follow on from your 'it won't last long'; it didn't! I'm glad I
mentioned it, though. The ~/.dwm/ approach that Kurt Maier posted is
a much nicer method of adding the indirection layer I wanted which fits
better with the overall dwm design. Thanks Kurt.

Cheers,

Chris.
Received on Tue Sep 25 2007 - 10:54:07 UTC